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, I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we welcome you
once again to 3ABN Today.
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And we're so
thankful that you tuned in
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as you do each and every day
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and we want to thank you
for your love and your prayers
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and your financial
support of this ministry.
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You know, one of
my favorite scriptures
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is what we call
The Great Commission
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and this is Matthew 28
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and I'm gonna
start with verse 19.
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Jesus says, "Go
therefore and make disciples
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of all the nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
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the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
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and teaching them all things
that I have commanded you,
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and lo, I'm with you always,
even to the end of the age."
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Amen. Amen.
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So thank you so much
especially to those of you
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who are members of the
"Go" Evangelistic Team.
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We always talk about
the Blessing is on the Go
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and we have the Blessing
is on the Go Evangelistic Team
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but when you
think of evangelism,
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we're all
supposed to be part of it.
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May be you
can't get out actually
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and do the evangelizing,
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but certainly
you can support it,
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and when Jesus
said, "All nations,"
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He was including
the Dine and the Dine,
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that is a Navajo
word for the people.
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Today we are going to talk about
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a mission ministry
to the Navajo people
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and I think it's going
to be very interesting.
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Let me introduce our guest.
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First we have with us Dorie,
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let me see if I can
say this right, Panganiban.
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Perfect, good.
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Dorie Panganiban, and
is that a Filipino name?
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That's a Filipino name.
That's my husband's name.
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Your husband's name
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and you're the
Outreach coordinator
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for La Vida Mission.
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I am. Good.
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We are going to come
back and get a little bit
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of your history in just a minute
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but thank you for being here.
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Then we have Pastor
Steve Gillham with us.
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Pastor, we're so
glad that you're with us
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and you're the president
and director of operations.
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Is that correct? That's correct.
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At La Vida Missions.
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Then we've got this
handsome young man on the end
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whose name is Warren Begay.
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And, Warren, you're
a high school student
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at La Vida Mission, right?
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Yes. Yeah. Wonderful.
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I was commenting on
how pretty his hair was
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and I asked him,
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do Navajo men ever go
bald and he said, "No."
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So that beautiful
thick head of black hair
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will be his for life
and that's a blessing
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that's going to
make some men envious.
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Well, before we get
started on our interview today,
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we always like to have music
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and we've got
someone special with us
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and that is Wintley Phipps,
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and Wintley is
going to be singing for us
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"Near the Cross".
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Jesus, keep me near the cross
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There are precious fountain
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Free to all
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A healing stream
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Flows from Calv'ry's mountain
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In the cross, in the cross
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Be my glory ever
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Till my raptured soul shall find
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Rest beyond the river
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Near the cross, a trembling soul
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Love and mercy found me
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There the
Bright and Morning Star
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Shed His beams around me
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Near the cross
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In the cross
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Be my glory ever
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Till my raptured soul shall find
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Rest beyond the river
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Near the cross!
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O Lamb of God
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Bring its scenes before me
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Help me walk from day to day
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With its shadows o'er me
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Near the cross!
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In the cross
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Be my glory ever
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Till my raptured soul shall find
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Rest beyond the river
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Oh, thank you,
Pastor Wintley Phipps.
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You know, God has given this man
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an amazing
ability as far as teaching
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from the Word of God but
also the gift of that voice
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and God has
opened the doors for him
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that he has had
the opportunity to sing
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for the last seven
or eight presidents.
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It's amazing. Amen.
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But we are just so
thankful to Wintley
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and many of you know him as
not only a singer and pastor
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but as the host of Perfecting Me
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or you will come to know him
as the host of Perfecting Me.
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So thank you, Wintley.
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Well, this is your first
trip, all three of you to 3ABN.
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Right? Yes. Yes.
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So when we said we were
in the middle of a cornfield,
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are you now convinced we are?
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Yes. Here it is.
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Wonderful place.
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Did someone come pick you up
at the airport or did you...?
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We drove from New Mexico.
Oh, you drove all the way?
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Today he drove and we rode.
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All right. That's
quite a trip then.
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How many miles was it, Steve?
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Ah, too many. Too many?
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All right. Yeah.
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I don't remember the
figure. It's a long ways.
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It is a long ways.
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How long did it
take you to get here?
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We left Monday
morning about 8:15
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and we got here
yesterday about 5-6.
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All right. So
that's a good long trip.
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Yeah. Dorie,
let's start with you.
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I always like to get to know
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a little bit about
our special guests.
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Tell us how did you grow
up in an Adventist family
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and how God brought
you to La Vida Mission?
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My name is Dorie
Rogado Panganiban
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and I'm married to
Pastor Polly Panganiban
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from the Philippines.
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So I'm a Filipino. Okay.
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Always mistaken for a Navajo.
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And my Navajo
sisters and brothers call me
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Navajo born in the Philippines.
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Navajo born in
the Philippines. Yeah.
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I was born and I grew up
in a Roman Catholic home.
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My family was baptized
when I was in the elementary
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and hearing mission
stories from Africa,
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I love the mission stories
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from different
parts of the world,
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especially from Africa
and it kind of enticed me
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to become a missionary
even when I was a little child.
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Then I went to
college, I studied the ministry
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and that's where
I met my husband,
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and we both served
in the mission field
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for 25 years together.
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He was the mission
president for 12 years
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before we came here to La Vida
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and I was many
departmental directors
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of different ministries
in the Philippines like
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woman's ministry,
children ministry,
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family ministry,
stewardship ministry,
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livelihood, philanthropic...
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So you're very busy
little beaver, aren't you?
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She still is. Still is.
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Yeah.
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And I really wanted
to go as missionary,
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still I want to
go as missionary.
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I wanted to go to
Africa but my Filipino friends
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who are missionaries in Africa
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told me that there are
lots of snakes in Africa
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and I was so terrified of snakes
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so I said, I'm
not going to Africa
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but then I was praying
that the Lord will lead us
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to a mission field
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and I was here in the
United States sometime,
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few years ago
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and somebody
mentioned about La Vida Mission.
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And I said, "Where is that?"
They said, "In New Mexico."
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I was in
California at that time.
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I said, "So there is a
mission field in America?"
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They said,
"Yeah, in New Mexico."
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And, you know, it passed on
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and then I went to my foster
sister's house in California
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and I was
working on her computer
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and on the side of her computer,
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I saw an
envelope, donation envelope
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that she has
for La Vida Mission.
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She happened to meet
La Vida Mission's people
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at the GC when
they had their booth,
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and she was a constant
supporter of LaVida Mission.
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So I opened her
donation envelope
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and I said,
"Hmm, La Vida Mission."
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That was the second
encounter for La Vida Mission
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and before I left
to the Philippines,
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I asked her if I
can borrow a book
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to read on the plane,
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so she said, "Oh, go
and pick one of the books."
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And I happened to pick
the book of Doug Batchelor,
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The Rich Caveman
and I was reading it
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you know, while
I was in the plane,
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and I read there
that Doug Batchelor
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was a missionary
in La Vida Mission.
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And it was like the
third time La Vida Mission,
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you know, came up in
that short one week time.
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I said, "Could God be calling us
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to go to La Vida Mission?"
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When I went back
to the Philippines,
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when I reached the
Philippines I googled online,
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you know, La Vida
Mission and I said,
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"Wow, this is
really a mission field."
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This is in the middle of nowhere
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but I kept on
reading and out of curiosity,
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you know, I typed in an inquiry.
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I said, "You
know, I'm interested
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to go to La Vida
Mission and be a missionary
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not thinking, you know,
if they will respond or not,
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you know, it's
just on their website
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and I told my husband,
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I really want
go as a missionary,
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can we go as missionary?
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And you know, he was like,
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"But we're already working here,
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you know, we're
working in a mission."
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But then after like two months,
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I got an email from the director
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then of La Vida
Mission and said,
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"Well, we are
interested in you."
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And he said, "Do you have visa
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to come to the
United States and work?
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I said, "Oh, well,
I have visitor's visa,
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both of us have visitor's
visa and I still have my J1 visa
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but to work we don't have a visa
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and he said, "Well, you can
get a religious worker's visa
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and that was February
and then it stopped there.
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Oh, no, April. That was April.
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And then I forgot
about it and then in July,
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I was in the
union office attending
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the Women's Ministry's
Director's Council meeting
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and I checked my email.
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Normally I don't
check bulk mail or spam,
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I just delete it but
that night out of curiosity
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I opened my bulk
mail and I saw an email
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from the then president
of La Vida Mission and said,
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"We're interested in
you, would you like to come?"
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It was like July.
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And so I contacted...
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I said, I seriously got an
email from La Vida Mission.
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They didn't know
yet what's happening.
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So to make the long story short,
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that was end of July,
September we were here.
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Wonderful and you've
been at La Vida for...
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For 10 years. Ten years.
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So obviously
this was the mission,
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the La Vida
means, "The Life" right?
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The Life, yes.
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The Life, so God called
you to the mission field
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to minister to
the Navajo people.
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We're gonna come back
to you in just a moment
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but, Steve, tell us,
I know that when Wintley
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was singing a while
ago, Pastor Phibbs, you said,
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hey, I was in seminary with him.
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Tell us how God
brought you to La Vida?
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My first contact with La Vida
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was when a group was
traveling in a little bus
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and coming around
singing at churches.
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And some stayed in our home
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that was on the
Oregon Coast in Brookings
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and we moved near,
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I was living in
Southern Colorado
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and my church, Monte
Vista went to a mission trip
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twice to La Vida,
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and we put on a
vacation Bible school
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and did some clean-up.
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After that, I was
asked to do a week of prayer
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and then they asked me
to be on their constituency
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and I saw, "Well, this is fun,
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maybe some day
we'd like to be here."
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Retirement came
and we thought about
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all the things that
would be fun for us to do
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but instead we
ended up with La Vida.
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In 2013, they invited
me to be the president
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and then later
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after expressing all
the reasons why I couldn't,
00:17:28.84\00:17:32.91
I ended up being the director.
00:17:32.95\00:17:35.48
Well, you know, when you said,
00:17:35.52\00:17:36.85
I bet you're having fun now too.
00:17:36.89\00:17:38.32
I'm having fun. Yeah.
00:17:38.35\00:17:39.82
You know,
sometimes people will ask us,
00:17:39.85\00:17:42.76
my husband and I if
we ever planned to retire
00:17:42.79\00:17:44.99
and the answer is we don't
want to think about retirement
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because it's so wonderful
to have a life of purpose
00:17:48.23\00:17:50.97
doing something for the Lord.
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Now, what are
the conditions like?
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You are in New Mexico
on the Navajo reservation
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between
Farmington and Crownpoint
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up in the
northeastern part of...
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Northwestern.
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I mean northwestern,
I'll get my directions right.
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What are the conditions
like on the reservation?
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It's a desert. No
snakes though, huh?
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Aw, yeah, Dorie,
as soon as you...
00:18:16.99\00:18:18.86
I'm from New Mexico, I
know. Escape from snake.
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Snakes. Went to the snake.
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Went to the snake. Okay.
00:18:25.47\00:18:27.34
We had a
rattlesnake right outside
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the door of the
school a couple of years ago
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but he is not with us anymore.
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No, okay.
00:18:36.34\00:18:39.45
Are the Navajo people...
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Tell me a little bit about them?
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What are their
living conditions like
00:18:44.09\00:18:45.95
and what are their...
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How receptive are they to you?
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The Navajo people
are wonderful people.
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They're friendly.
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They have
encountered white people
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not always to their advantage
00:19:04.51\00:19:07.18
and so they kind of
wonder when they meet,
00:19:07.21\00:19:11.31
you know, is this
person trustworthy.
00:19:11.35\00:19:14.28
But spending time
allays that concern.
00:19:14.32\00:19:18.12
Surely.
00:19:18.15\00:19:20.79
Their living
conditions are not so different
00:19:20.82\00:19:25.33
than many places except that
00:19:25.36\00:19:29.53
those who live in
the rural settings
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sometimes go
without electricity.
00:19:32.50\00:19:35.54
That's being
remedied and until recently
00:19:35.57\00:19:39.84
many did not have water
and that's being remedied too
00:19:39.87\00:19:46.08
but that's rather
within the last little while,
00:19:46.11\00:19:50.52
couple three years or whatever.
00:19:50.55\00:19:52.55
What is the main religion there?
00:19:52.59\00:19:53.96
Are there many
Christians or, Warren,
00:19:53.99\00:19:58.39
since you're shaking your head,
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Warren, I'm gonna
ask you what is that?
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You lived there, you
grew up on the reservation,
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tell us about it?
00:20:04.93\00:20:08.17
Well, where I
grew up it was mostly
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Baptist church on Sunday.
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Okay.
00:20:14.28\00:20:16.38
On my dad's side was
tradition, so I had to choose
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which one I
would believe in and...
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So when you say tradition,
what are the Navajo tradition,
00:20:24.32\00:20:27.69
their spiritual tradition?
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They believe in spiritism
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or they believe
in spirits, right?
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Yes, yes.
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I was with my grandma
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for maybe the
beginning of like kindergarten
00:20:38.73\00:20:43.24
and my mom took
me away from her so,
00:20:43.27\00:20:46.54
I see her now and then
00:20:46.57\00:20:47.91
and she tells me
traditionally the stuff,
00:20:47.94\00:20:51.65
so you know, mostly Christian.
00:20:51.68\00:20:55.95
Now, you're mostly...
00:20:55.98\00:20:57.32
Your family is mostly Christian
00:20:57.35\00:20:58.69
but on the
reservation in general,
00:20:58.72\00:21:01.52
are there more Christians now
00:21:01.56\00:21:03.96
or would you
say it's more people
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.69
who are following
the traditional spiritism
00:21:05.73\00:21:09.86
of the Navajo people?
00:21:09.90\00:21:12.63
Say there'll be...
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I see more Christians
now than let's say back then.
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All right.
00:21:23.14\00:21:24.48
But now you're
the only Adventist
00:21:24.51\00:21:25.85
presence on the
reservation, is that correct?
00:21:25.88\00:21:29.05
No. Okay, tell us.
00:21:29.08\00:21:32.12
There are about 13 or
14 Adventist churches,
00:21:32.15\00:21:38.33
congregations,
that meet on the rest,
00:21:38.36\00:21:40.36
may be 15...
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Really?
00:21:42.00\00:21:44.53
The Navajo reservation,
00:21:44.57\00:21:46.37
you can say almost
centers on the four corners area
00:21:46.40\00:21:50.47
where Utah, Arizona, Colorado,
and New Mexico come together,
00:21:50.51\00:21:57.05
but that's the end
of the Adventist world
00:21:57.08\00:22:00.58
because the Adventist world
at that point is divided into
00:22:00.62\00:22:05.62
three union conferences
and four local conferences,
00:22:05.65\00:22:10.59
but there are a
number of congregations
00:22:10.63\00:22:13.53
that minister to
the Navajo Nation.
00:22:13.56\00:22:15.70
Wonderful.
00:22:15.73\00:22:17.07
Now, are you the
only Christian school?
00:22:17.10\00:22:20.67
There are other
several Christian schools.
00:22:20.70\00:22:23.30
We have other Adventist
schools on the reservation
00:22:23.34\00:22:25.97
like in Waterflow...
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In the New Mexico side.
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In New Mexico area and
even in the Arizona area.
00:22:28.74\00:22:31.61
Wonderful.
00:22:31.65\00:22:32.98
But in the part of
the New Mexico reservation
00:22:33.01\00:22:37.22
between
Crownpoint and Farmington,
00:22:37.25\00:22:39.22
it's just La Vida Mission.
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Okay.
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.16
Tell me, you were founded
nearly 60 years ago, how...
00:22:42.19\00:22:47.70
You actually
brought a little video
00:22:47.73\00:22:49.30
that they put together
00:22:49.33\00:22:50.77
and would you
like to start with that
00:22:50.80\00:22:52.20
so people can see
who your founder was
00:22:52.23\00:22:54.47
and what the vision is.
00:22:54.50\00:22:55.84
So we're going
to show you a video
00:22:55.87\00:22:58.17
that La Vida
Mission has put together.
00:22:58.21\00:23:04.65
La Vida Mission
is a mission field
00:23:04.68\00:23:07.02
in your backyard.
00:23:07.05\00:23:10.09
In the last days, God says,
00:23:10.12\00:23:11.79
"I will pour out my
Spirit on all people.
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.89
Your sons and
daughters will prophesy,
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.83
your young men will see visions,
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.99
your old men will dream dreams."
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.56
I will pour out my
Spirit on both men and women.
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La Vida Mission all
started with a dream.
00:23:26.07\00:23:29.20
The dreamer was called by God.
00:23:29.24\00:23:31.31
Her name was
Lilikai Julian Neil,
00:23:31.34\00:23:34.11
born near
Crownpoint, New Mexico in 1900.
00:23:34.14\00:23:38.11
She studied with
Orno and Agnes Follet.
00:23:38.15\00:23:40.92
They were the first Adventist
missionaries to the Navajo.
00:23:40.95\00:23:44.95
And in 1917, she was baptized
00:23:44.99\00:23:48.36
the first Navajo
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:23:48.39\00:23:52.06
Lilikai, who also
became the first woman
00:23:52.09\00:23:54.70
to set on the
Navajo Travel Council
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.70
had a dream.
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.77
In her dream, she
saw a big circle of light
00:23:58.80\00:24:01.90
with Jesus
standing in the center
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.34
clothed in shining garments.
00:24:04.37\00:24:06.84
As she listened
to him in adoration,
00:24:06.88\00:24:08.81
he turned and
looked at her and smiled.
00:24:08.84\00:24:11.41
Then she heard footsteps,
many, many moccasin footsteps.
00:24:11.45\00:24:15.98
They were marching
endlessly in the darkness,
00:24:16.02\00:24:18.82
just outside
the circle of light.
00:24:18.85\00:24:22.22
Then the scene
gradually changed.
00:24:22.26\00:24:24.66
Soon she saw
more moccasin's feet
00:24:24.69\00:24:27.66
but this time they
were young dancing feet.
00:24:27.70\00:24:31.53
Many of these
smaller feet paused to turn.
00:24:31.57\00:24:35.10
Then they walked
into the circle of light
00:24:35.14\00:24:36.91
where they were gladly
welcomed by the smiling Savior.
00:24:36.94\00:24:40.88
Lili heard a command from Jesus,
00:24:40.91\00:24:42.71
"Teach the children."
00:24:42.74\00:24:45.08
She understood that the vision
00:24:45.11\00:24:46.65
depicted the young
people and children of her tribe
00:24:46.68\00:24:50.15
as the hope of
the Navajo Nation,
00:24:50.19\00:24:52.72
that many of them
would turn for the old ways
00:24:52.75\00:24:56.32
into the light and happiness
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.56
surrounding the Jesus she loved.
00:24:58.59\00:25:01.16
The command she heard
00:25:01.20\00:25:02.76
was repetition of
the Gospel Commission:
00:25:02.80\00:25:05.83
Go therefore,
teach all nations...
00:25:05.87\00:25:08.84
Teaching them to
observe all things
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.84
whatsoever I have commanded you,
00:25:10.87\00:25:13.41
baptize them in
the name of the Father,
00:25:13.44\00:25:16.24
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
00:25:16.28\00:25:19.68
From that time on
all Lili's energies
00:25:19.71\00:25:22.58
were dedicated to this call.
00:25:22.62\00:25:25.05
Due to a terrible car accident
00:25:25.09\00:25:26.89
that permanently
impaired her health,
00:25:26.92\00:25:29.56
Lili didn't live up to
see her dream come true
00:25:29.59\00:25:32.93
but she did see the
birth of La Vida Mission.
00:25:32.96\00:25:36.20
The mission was founded in
1960 and it has grown since.
00:25:36.23\00:25:41.67
It's been almost 60 years
but the mission is still alive.
00:25:41.70\00:25:45.57
It's alive and
continually sharing the love
00:25:45.61\00:25:48.34
and the gospel of
Jesus to the Navajo people
00:25:48.38\00:25:52.08
through our school,
our church, our planning,
00:25:52.11\00:25:55.65
and the numerous
community service
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.52
and outreach programs.
00:25:57.55\00:26:00.39
Our school's motto
is Education for Life,
00:26:00.42\00:26:03.99
Education for Eternity.
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.80
We strive to raise and maintain
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.76
a high standard
for academic classes,
00:26:08.80\00:26:11.90
first grade through high school.
00:26:11.93\00:26:14.60
This is Audi.
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.50
Last year she was
placed in another school
00:26:16.54\00:26:18.84
for a quarter.
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.38
Here's how she explained it,
00:26:20.41\00:26:22.34
"At the other school
there is no Jesus over there."
00:26:22.38\00:26:26.98
Oh. What a poignant comment.
00:26:27.02\00:26:29.85
So she actually
had been in your school
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.95
then went to another
school with her sister...
00:26:32.99\00:26:34.89
She started
there as a preschooler
00:26:34.92\00:26:37.63
and then she has
been attending there
00:26:37.66\00:26:39.96
and then her older sister
wanted to try another school
00:26:40.00\00:26:43.16
and so she has to
go with her sister
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.73
but she did not enjoy it there.
00:26:45.77\00:26:48.04
Said, "They don't
sing for my birthday."
00:26:48.07\00:26:50.54
Yeah, and she said,
"There was no Jesus"
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.17
so she came back. And
there is no Jesus there.
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.88
So they both came
back with the quarter?
00:26:54.91\00:26:56.64
They both came
back after quarter.
00:26:56.68\00:26:58.61
So, praise the Lord for Lilicai
and for what she has started
00:26:58.65\00:27:03.39
but I love your motto:
00:27:03.42\00:27:07.82
Education for Life,
Education for Eternity.
00:27:07.86\00:27:11.26
Tell us how you educate for life
00:27:11.29\00:27:13.96
other than the
scholastic education.
00:27:14.00\00:27:16.70
You teach
essential living skills
00:27:16.73\00:27:19.70
and tell us about
00:27:19.73\00:27:21.44
the essential living
skills programs you do?
00:27:21.47\00:27:25.34
The essential living skills,
we teach our practical things
00:27:25.37\00:27:30.38
that are useful to people
00:27:30.41\00:27:34.02
particularly people
who have a rural life.
00:27:34.05\00:27:37.02
We teach auto
mechanics even for girls.
00:27:37.05\00:27:40.06
Wonderful.
00:27:40.09\00:27:42.09
My wife and I
wouldn't let our daughters
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.93
get their driver's license
00:27:45.96\00:27:47.33
until they could change
her flatten and change the oil.
00:27:47.36\00:27:50.97
Good for you.
00:27:51.00\00:27:52.33
And we felt like that
00:27:52.37\00:27:54.47
these girls could
profit from that too.
00:27:54.50\00:27:57.27
So we've taught what we call
00:27:57.31\00:27:59.17
powder puff
mechanics just for girls.
00:27:59.21\00:28:03.21
We found that the
boys were threatened
00:28:03.24\00:28:05.01
to have girls in their class.
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.38
"What are they
doing here in our domain?"
00:28:06.41\00:28:09.52
But they have each,
the boys are also learning
00:28:09.55\00:28:13.19
mechanic skills and welding.
00:28:13.22\00:28:15.59
Boys and girls both
have learned to weld.
00:28:15.62\00:28:18.99
Warren, you've done
some pretty nice projects
00:28:19.03\00:28:21.93
and the others in welding,
00:28:21.96\00:28:24.77
and we teach baking
and cooking to the kids.
00:28:24.80\00:28:29.90
Now, do you have the
boys teach them any of that?
00:28:29.94\00:28:34.41
No. No.
00:28:34.44\00:28:35.78
Well, the boys are
there but it's not segregated.
00:28:35.81\00:28:40.15
Those areas that the
boys think of their domain,
00:28:40.18\00:28:43.39
the teachers segregate.
00:28:43.42\00:28:45.49
Okay.
00:28:45.52\00:28:47.42
And is there any
agricultural training or...
00:28:47.46\00:28:49.76
Yes. Yes.
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.13
Okay, all right.
00:28:51.16\00:28:54.13
But that's the
education for life
00:28:54.16\00:28:58.40
but you said
education for eternity.
00:28:58.43\00:29:00.84
So tell us about your
spiritual development,
00:29:00.87\00:29:03.41
what are you doing
to help the children?
00:29:03.44\00:29:06.34
Actually La Vida
Mission's first mission field
00:29:06.37\00:29:08.61
is our student population.
00:29:08.64\00:29:11.08
So I was a dorm
parent for five years
00:29:11.11\00:29:14.02
and I enjoyed it.
00:29:14.05\00:29:15.38
You know, leading these children
00:29:15.42\00:29:16.75
to the knowledge of Jesus.
00:29:16.79\00:29:18.79
So in the dorm
when they wake up,
00:29:18.82\00:29:22.76
we teach them how to pray
00:29:22.79\00:29:25.29
and then we
have morning worship,
00:29:25.33\00:29:27.00
family worship, and
then they go to school.
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.03
They have
worship in the classroom.
00:29:30.07\00:29:33.47
In the evening we have
evening family worship again,
00:29:33.50\00:29:36.97
and then we have wakeup prayer.
00:29:37.01\00:29:39.07
We have weekend schools
00:29:39.11\00:29:41.78
where the kids
stay there for two weeks
00:29:41.81\00:29:44.38
so they can
attend church on Sabbath
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.82
and join us for worship.
00:29:46.85\00:29:48.92
And let me stop you right there.
00:29:48.95\00:29:50.29
Are most of your
children boarding students?
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.86
Mostly. About
maybe 90%. There are...
00:29:53.89\00:29:56.89
Okay, so typically
though, as a boarding student
00:29:56.93\00:29:59.69
then they would go
home on the weekends
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.30
to be with their family.
00:30:01.33\00:30:02.80
But then you have weekend school
00:30:02.83\00:30:04.23
so that they can come and go.
00:30:04.27\00:30:05.60
Normally they go
home after lunch on Friday
00:30:05.63\00:30:09.67
but when there
is a weekend school,
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.04
they stay there for two weeks
00:30:11.07\00:30:12.84
and they go home the
next week on Thursday
00:30:12.87\00:30:15.68
instead to give the dorm parents
00:30:15.71\00:30:18.25
and the teachers
some longer break
00:30:18.28\00:30:20.08
and the kids also.
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.28
But we also have a
week of prayer, pathfinders,
00:30:22.32\00:30:25.42
you know, things that
are really new to these kids
00:30:25.45\00:30:28.72
because most of our kids
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.39
when they come
to La Vida Mission,
00:30:30.43\00:30:31.83
they're not
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:30:31.86\00:30:33.90
they're not from
Seventh-day Adventist homes
00:30:33.93\00:30:36.03
but they're Christians
00:30:36.06\00:30:37.47
and some of them
are traditionals.
00:30:37.50\00:30:38.93
Okay.
00:30:38.97\00:30:40.30
Now, Warren, I
understand that the reason
00:30:40.34\00:30:42.77
they brought you as a student,
00:30:42.80\00:30:45.14
you're a student
at La Vida Mission,
00:30:45.17\00:30:47.41
and I hear
you're a model student
00:30:47.44\00:30:49.58
but tell us how long
you've been at La Vida
00:30:49.61\00:30:53.42
and how did you
end up at La Vida?
00:30:53.45\00:30:55.85
I've been at La
Vida for six years now.
00:30:58.15\00:31:00.52
All right. And...
00:31:00.56\00:31:03.39
Are you a senior in high school?
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.99
Yeah. Yes.
00:31:05.03\00:31:06.36
Eleventh grade.
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.10
And I had my cousin
tell me about school
00:31:08.13\00:31:13.03
'cause I wanted to
feel like a boarding school
00:31:13.07\00:31:16.81
how it was and test it out
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.27
before I go to
regular school, you know...
00:31:19.31\00:31:23.18
To college? Yeah.
00:31:23.21\00:31:26.08
And so far I like it. I'm
still here, I love it here.
00:31:26.11\00:31:30.22
I brought my brother and
my sisters to the school.
00:31:30.25\00:31:34.62
And another cousin. Yeah.
00:31:34.66\00:31:36.39
Now your mother was a Baptist,
00:31:36.42\00:31:38.23
your father is a traditionalist.
00:31:38.26\00:31:40.76
He follows the traditional
Navajo religious beliefs.
00:31:40.80\00:31:45.03
Have you or your
brothers and sisters
00:31:45.07\00:31:47.14
who are attending been baptized
00:31:47.17\00:31:49.30
as a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian?
00:31:49.34\00:31:51.51
Yes. All of them actually.
00:31:51.54\00:31:53.51
All of you.
Wonderful. Wonderful.
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.44
Well, what has
been your favorite part
00:31:56.48\00:32:00.82
of your curriculum there?
00:32:00.85\00:32:03.28
The training
that you're getting?
00:32:03.32\00:32:05.39
The welding. Welding?
00:32:05.42\00:32:07.46
I love welding. Okay.
00:32:07.49\00:32:09.12
Do you have any idea of
what you want to do as...
00:32:09.16\00:32:12.59
Are you still
planning on going to college
00:32:12.63\00:32:14.36
or do you want to do
that or become a welder?
00:32:14.40\00:32:17.57
I want to do underwater welding.
00:32:17.60\00:32:19.40
That's my dream.
00:32:19.43\00:32:21.50
Amen. Amen.
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.37
That's a high paying job.
00:32:24.41\00:32:26.04
Good ambition. Yeah.
00:32:29.51\00:32:31.61
Now, tell us how you fulfill
the mission beyond the school?
00:32:31.65\00:32:37.32
I noticed in your
clip that you had a clinic,
00:32:37.35\00:32:41.52
you have a church,
what kind of, I mean,
00:32:41.56\00:32:46.66
what is your community outreach?
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.56
For community outreach,
we have numerous of them.
00:32:51.17\00:32:53.70
Okay.
00:32:53.74\00:32:55.40
First, the
church serves us a place
00:32:55.44\00:32:57.51
where people
come to the funeral,
00:32:57.54\00:33:00.34
sometimes wedding,
but mostly funeral.
00:33:00.38\00:33:03.08
You know, when
there is a funeral
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.48
they need a bigger church,
so they come to our church.
00:33:04.51\00:33:07.98
And then in the
mission, within the mission,
00:33:08.02\00:33:11.85
we have what we call
00:33:11.89\00:33:13.22
as the monthly
community service day
00:33:13.25\00:33:16.02
where people come
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.69
and they go through
our thrift store or hogan
00:33:17.73\00:33:23.47
and they get the
clothes that they need
00:33:23.50\00:33:26.37
and we also give them...
00:33:26.40\00:33:30.01
We serve them a food pantry
in cooperation with partnership
00:33:30.04\00:33:33.68
with native Americans
in Arizona, in Phoenix,
00:33:33.71\00:33:36.91
so they go there every
last Sunday of the month.
00:33:36.95\00:33:40.98
We used to have it every
Sunday and Wednesday the door,
00:33:41.02\00:33:44.92
of course, that's open.
00:33:44.95\00:33:47.02
But now we are just
doing it once a month
00:33:47.06\00:33:49.26
and we also reach out
00:33:49.29\00:33:53.13
to the community
doing visitation,
00:33:53.16\00:33:58.60
friendship evangelism.
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.10
We have found out that,
00:34:00.14\00:34:01.74
you know, working with our
native brothers and sisters,
00:34:01.77\00:34:06.88
the method of Jesus
is the most effective
00:34:06.91\00:34:11.58
because there are two
things that are important
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.08
when you work with
the native population,
00:34:14.12\00:34:16.55
time and trust.
00:34:16.58\00:34:19.15
The longer you stay there,
00:34:19.19\00:34:21.72
the better you
can get their trust.
00:34:21.76\00:34:24.13
And it takes time
to get their trust.
00:34:24.16\00:34:27.20
So if you stay there
longer, you get their trust.
00:34:27.23\00:34:31.13
They feel that you
really care for them,
00:34:31.17\00:34:33.97
so in our outreach, you
know, we go to graduation,
00:34:34.00\00:34:40.61
we go to funeral family meeting.
00:34:40.64\00:34:43.65
They have family meeting
00:34:43.68\00:34:45.01
when somebody
died in the community.
00:34:45.05\00:34:47.22
They gather all the
people in the community
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.55
and they present
how much the expenses is
00:34:49.58\00:34:53.62
and everybody pitch in.
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.59
And my husband and I found out
00:34:55.62\00:34:57.26
that that's one of the
best way to minister to people.
00:34:57.29\00:35:00.50
We go there, you know,
we bring some food to share
00:35:00.53\00:35:04.13
and sometimes I
sing and share to them,
00:35:04.17\00:35:08.77
you know, the promise of Jesus,
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.34
the comfort that they need so...
00:35:10.37\00:35:13.48
In fact, Dorie, you've got
several of us into singing.
00:35:13.51\00:35:19.11
We had a whole group of staff
00:35:19.15\00:35:21.38
that sang in
Navajo at a funeral.
00:35:21.42\00:35:24.69
Wonderful. Wonderful Yeah.
00:35:24.72\00:35:26.96
And like there was
once somebody died.
00:35:26.99\00:35:31.63
She attends our Bible study
and she has not been attending
00:35:31.66\00:35:37.43
our Bible study
for three days already
00:35:37.47\00:35:41.97
so we were wondering,
00:35:42.00\00:35:43.34
and my husband and I
were planning to visit her
00:35:43.37\00:35:45.37
but we ran out
of time so we said,
00:35:45.41\00:35:46.98
oh, we'll just
visit her before Sabbath
00:35:47.01\00:35:49.64
but then Thursday, I guess,
00:35:49.68\00:35:51.45
I received a text
from another lady and said,
00:35:51.48\00:35:54.15
"Do you know that
sister so-and-so, you know,
00:35:54.18\00:35:57.85
was found dead in her house."
00:35:57.89\00:36:00.29
And there was no, you know,
she has no immediate family.
00:36:00.32\00:36:04.46
No husband, no mother,
no father, no siblings.
00:36:04.49\00:36:08.76
And so we went
00:36:08.80\00:36:11.43
and she was already
at the funeral house.
00:36:11.47\00:36:14.50
Later we found out
that she has some cousins
00:36:14.54\00:36:17.41
who wanted to give her a
decent funeral and they said,
00:36:17.44\00:36:21.14
"We don't know even if
she is attending church,"
00:36:21.18\00:36:23.28
and they said oh.
00:36:23.31\00:36:24.65
Somebody said,
"Oh, she is attending
00:36:24.68\00:36:26.08
the Seventh-day
Adventist group."
00:36:26.11\00:36:27.78
So can we ask their
help? So they asked our help.
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.65
My husband did the funeral.
00:36:30.69\00:36:32.89
Pastor Steve went with us
00:36:32.92\00:36:34.26
and the little
church in Crownpoint
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.66
and we served them, you
know, and also the reception
00:36:36.69\00:36:41.96
and after the
service, people were saying,
00:36:42.00\00:36:45.63
"Oh, thank you.
00:36:45.67\00:36:47.00
This is the first
time that we have seen
00:36:47.04\00:36:48.37
this kind of
ministry from a church group."
00:36:48.40\00:36:51.44
And one of the best
comment that we heard, you know,
00:36:51.47\00:36:54.58
that was told to the leader
of the congregation was like,
00:36:54.61\00:36:58.48
"Oh, I was so happy
to see all of you serving
00:36:58.51\00:37:02.88
with all your smiles.
00:37:02.92\00:37:04.25
You mean business.
00:37:04.29\00:37:05.62
But in all your
faces we see Jesus."
00:37:05.65\00:37:09.06
And that made me...
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.43
That really made me cry. Amen.
00:37:10.46\00:37:13.13
And I thank God for that soul.
00:37:13.16\00:37:15.10
Amen.
00:37:15.13\00:37:16.46
I need to jump in, Dorie,
00:37:16.50\00:37:19.23
on what you're
saying about Crownpoint.
00:37:19.27\00:37:23.04
La Vida Mission
was established in 1960
00:37:23.07\00:37:27.34
but initially there was
a church at the mission,
00:37:27.38\00:37:31.91
then La Vida had a part
00:37:31.95\00:37:34.92
in the starting of
the Waterflow Church
00:37:34.95\00:37:37.49
between Farmington and
Shiprock but more recently,
00:37:37.52\00:37:42.69
Dorie and her
husband Polly have started
00:37:42.72\00:37:46.90
a congregation in
Crownpoint which is south of us.
00:37:46.93\00:37:51.20
It's actually, we're eight miles
00:37:51.23\00:37:54.34
from the border
between the southwestern
00:37:54.37\00:37:58.04
and the mid-America union
00:37:58.07\00:37:59.47
and Rocky Mountain
and Texico Conference,
00:37:59.51\00:38:03.24
so we're now
operating in two conferences.
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.78
And the Texico
Conference has taken an interest
00:38:06.82\00:38:10.69
in our work and...
00:38:10.72\00:38:13.52
Well, when you first
started, you were in a trailer
00:38:13.56\00:38:17.23
that had been
donated by a lady, a 12x60
00:38:17.26\00:38:23.97
and, you know, a
12x60 is not that big
00:38:24.00\00:38:29.04
and you get the back
half of it in small rooms,
00:38:29.07\00:38:32.54
bathroom and
bedrooms and I've been there
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.98
when there were
almost 40 people.
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.45
We were elbow to
elbow in the trailer
00:38:38.48\00:38:44.09
and quite crowded and
we didn't just sit there
00:38:44.12\00:38:47.46
and have church.
00:38:47.49\00:38:49.36
When church is over,
Dorie brings out the food
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.99
and everybody
eats and I was amazed
00:38:53.03\00:38:57.63
and then my first time
there after they had eaten,
00:38:57.67\00:39:03.24
then they threw that plate away
00:39:03.27\00:39:05.07
and I looked and I
said, what's happening
00:39:05.11\00:39:07.54
and they got a new
plate and they loaded it again
00:39:07.58\00:39:11.55
and covered it with foil
and Dorie sent them food home.
00:39:11.58\00:39:16.02
Oh, wonderful. Wonderful.
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.65
So you, it sounds like
00:39:17.69\00:39:19.39
when the Lord
brought Dorie to La Vida
00:39:19.42\00:39:22.19
that was exactly
the missionary feel
00:39:22.22\00:39:24.16
that he needed...
00:39:24.19\00:39:25.53
Here he wanted you.
00:39:25.56\00:39:28.00
I'm interested
how do you interest
00:39:28.03\00:39:31.43
the people in Bible studies?
00:39:31.47\00:39:33.13
How do you get them to church?
00:39:33.17\00:39:34.94
How do you get the
children to enroll in school?
00:39:34.97\00:39:41.14
Is it just this friendship
evangelism that you find
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.11
and people will
start studying with you
00:39:44.15\00:39:46.48
or come to church
00:39:46.51\00:39:47.85
or send their
children to the school?
00:39:47.88\00:39:49.65
Yeah.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.02
It's basically
friendship evangelism
00:39:51.05\00:39:53.39
and people who have
been attending our meeting,
00:39:53.42\00:39:55.62
they will tell other people.
00:39:55.66\00:39:57.19
Okay. And just
the method of Jesus.
00:39:57.23\00:40:01.20
And I was talking to one lady
00:40:01.23\00:40:03.03
who was just
baptized in Crownpoint
00:40:03.06\00:40:05.93
and she was eating and
said, "Come, sit by me."
00:40:05.97\00:40:10.04
So I was sitting and
she said, "Do you know that
00:40:10.07\00:40:12.41
I had been going
to different churches.
00:40:12.44\00:40:16.18
Your church is the nicest
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.51
and when you were
still at the trailer,
00:40:18.55\00:40:21.68
she said somebody told
me you need to go there,
00:40:21.72\00:40:25.55
you will meet
Dorie and other members
00:40:25.59\00:40:30.39
of the La Vida Mission Outreach
they're nice and friendly.
00:40:30.43\00:40:34.06
So I went there and
I met you and the rest
00:40:34.10\00:40:36.77
and you're really
friendly and I got stuck here."
00:40:36.80\00:40:40.07
That's what she said.
Praise God. Praise God.
00:40:40.10\00:40:42.44
And she got baptized
and she really enjoyed it.
00:40:42.47\00:40:45.11
Tell them the difference between
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.11
when we were in
the trailer and now?
00:40:47.14\00:40:49.91
Oh, yeah, now we have
a bigger church building
00:40:49.94\00:40:53.01
because Texico Conference
is renting their building.
00:40:53.05\00:40:56.18
It has open, the
building just opened,
00:40:56.22\00:40:58.95
it was being rented by
a medical supply company
00:40:58.99\00:41:03.09
for 20 years,
00:41:03.12\00:41:04.96
then they gave it up and
then we were able to get it
00:41:04.99\00:41:07.93
and Texico Conference
now is in full support of us
00:41:07.96\00:41:12.33
and they did not only refurbish
and furnish the building,
00:41:12.37\00:41:17.31
they're paying
for its monthly rent
00:41:17.34\00:41:19.04
for our ministry in Crownpoint.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.64
Praise God. Praise God.
00:41:20.68\00:41:23.75
They still miss the trailer.
00:41:23.78\00:41:25.71
The people were telling me
00:41:25.75\00:41:27.22
when are you going
back to the trailer?
00:41:27.25\00:41:29.48
Because the "home church"
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.25
is very
attractive to the native.
00:41:31.29\00:41:33.96
You know, small group
where we close commune,
00:41:33.99\00:41:36.76
that's very attractive to them.
00:41:36.79\00:41:38.43
Well, you are
doing something right
00:41:38.46\00:41:39.79
if you had 40 people,
you know, you're starting up
00:41:39.83\00:41:43.33
and you have 40 people in
a hot smog trailer church.
00:41:43.37\00:41:45.13
Actually pastors did,
00:41:45.17\00:41:46.50
it did not start in the trailer.
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.40
It started in the living room
00:41:48.44\00:41:49.90
of one of the only
Adventist in the town.
00:41:49.94\00:41:55.71
It was a small living
room and then we grew bigger
00:41:55.74\00:41:59.08
and we so we prayed
that the Lord will give us
00:41:59.11\00:42:01.28
something even we came yet
00:42:01.32\00:42:03.59
and somebody
donated the trailer.
00:42:03.62\00:42:05.65
She is a friend of
one of the pioneers
00:42:05.69\00:42:10.59
of La Vida Mission, Aunt Mary.
00:42:10.63\00:42:13.86
So, Steve, what are the
plans for the future of La Vida?
00:42:13.90\00:42:17.57
I mean, obviously the
Lord has kept you rolling
00:42:17.60\00:42:19.83
for 60 years nearly.
00:42:19.87\00:42:22.97
What do you envision
for the future of La Vida?
00:42:23.00\00:42:27.88
For the future we're
excited because we're getting
00:42:27.91\00:42:33.01
a medical missionary to come
00:42:33.05\00:42:35.65
which happens to be
Dorie and Polly's son.
00:42:35.68\00:42:39.32
And he is landing
tonight at Albuquerque
00:42:39.35\00:42:44.46
and going to be picked up.
00:42:44.49\00:42:46.19
We petitioned his immigration
00:42:46.23\00:42:49.00
as a religious
worker and the clinic,
00:42:49.03\00:42:53.10
which was once a very crucial
00:42:53.13\00:42:57.44
first place of help for people
00:42:57.47\00:43:01.61
because when the mission started
00:43:01.64\00:43:03.31
the road to
Farmington was a dirt road,
00:43:03.35\00:43:06.28
kind of a
two-track road, you know,
00:43:06.31\00:43:08.92
where the two wheels had run
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.92
and there were no
bridges over the wash,
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.49
and there are cars and busses
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.36
even that have sunk
into the sand of the wash,
00:43:15.39\00:43:19.86
which is a river with no
water except when it rains
00:43:19.89\00:43:24.50
and so as
transportation has improved,
00:43:24.53\00:43:28.90
once we had doctors and
dentists and optometrists
00:43:28.94\00:43:33.31
who flew in, we have a
landing strip on the mission
00:43:33.34\00:43:37.28
and they flew in
and held clinics.
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.91
Now with Indian Health Service
providing much better care
00:43:39.95\00:43:44.42
and we've got
excellent highways,
00:43:44.45\00:43:47.72
that phase of the clinic's
usefulness has diminished
00:43:47.76\00:43:52.06
but we're wanting
to make the clinic
00:43:52.09\00:43:54.63
a place of wellness training.
00:43:54.66\00:43:58.57
Oh, wonderful.
00:43:58.60\00:43:59.93
Which is prevention
00:43:59.97\00:44:01.30
and promoting a
healthy lifestyle.
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.51
And healthy
lifestyle and Weldon Joseph,
00:44:03.54\00:44:07.41
their son is coming
and will be leading out
00:44:07.44\00:44:11.21
and that along with
being a part of the rest
00:44:11.25\00:44:14.12
of the outreach team.
00:44:14.15\00:44:15.98
Now do you ever have...
00:44:16.02\00:44:18.75
I don't know what to
call it, but just like
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.79
if somebody wanted to
go, do a missionary trip,
00:44:20.82\00:44:23.49
just a little short
term missionary trip
00:44:23.53\00:44:25.53
do you have people...
00:44:25.56\00:44:27.06
All the time. All the time.
00:44:27.10\00:44:28.96
We have that
invitation out continuously.
00:44:29.00\00:44:32.87
Southern
University out of Collegedale
00:44:32.90\00:44:36.81
has been for every spring.
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.17
Some of the kids come
00:44:39.21\00:44:40.54
and spend their
spring break with us
00:44:40.58\00:44:42.74
for several years now.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.78
I had a lady call up a
few months ago and she says,
00:44:44.81\00:44:49.32
"I would like to
go on a mission trip
00:44:49.35\00:44:51.09
but I'm not with the group.
00:44:51.12\00:44:52.45
Could you use one person?"
00:44:52.49\00:44:54.26
We said, "Sure."
00:44:54.29\00:44:56.49
So she flew to Albuquerque
00:44:56.52\00:44:58.23
and my wife and I
went and picked her up
00:44:58.26\00:45:01.06
and she was there for a
week and went home delighted.
00:45:01.10\00:45:04.53
We have groups from Canada,
from British Columbia, Canada,
00:45:04.57\00:45:10.77
from
Washington, from California,
00:45:10.81\00:45:14.94
from all over the
country, actually Florida also.
00:45:14.98\00:45:20.18
So we're drawing
from all these areas.
00:45:20.22\00:45:23.12
Wonderful.
00:45:23.15\00:45:24.49
So we had a video
00:45:24.52\00:45:25.92
that we're not
going to be able to show
00:45:25.95\00:45:27.52
but I wanted you to
tell the story about,
00:45:27.56\00:45:30.26
and I don't care who tells it
00:45:30.29\00:45:32.23
but tell us the
story about Cody and Tisha
00:45:32.26\00:45:37.37
and their role that La
Vida has made in their life?
00:45:37.40\00:45:42.80
Cody is my Navajo son
00:45:42.84\00:45:45.17
because when he first
came to La Vida Mission,
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.38
he lived in our
dorm and he told us later
00:45:47.41\00:45:53.15
when he was no longer a student,
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.02
when he was sent to
La Vida, he was sent
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.42
because he was in
trouble in another school,
00:45:57.45\00:45:59.95
so he was having a rough
time but then he stayed with us
00:45:59.99\00:46:04.79
and one thing that
really attracted him
00:46:04.83\00:46:08.43
to the dorm always when we're
having dorm is about heaven.
00:46:08.46\00:46:12.13
So he would always
tell me and my husband,
00:46:12.17\00:46:14.67
"Can we have worship
now and talk about heaven?"
00:46:14.70\00:46:18.61
And that kind of
enticed him to know Jesus
00:46:18.64\00:46:23.08
and he was baptized
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.61
into the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:46:25.65\00:46:27.18
and last May we attended
00:46:27.22\00:46:31.35
his graduation
reception from high school
00:46:31.39\00:46:34.79
and he gave this
little speech and he said,
00:46:34.82\00:46:36.93
"I'm so thankful
for La Vida Mission
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.89
because it has
done so much in my life,
00:46:38.93\00:46:41.56
it has impacted my life.
00:46:41.60\00:46:43.53
I was in a difficult situation
00:46:43.57\00:46:45.80
but then when
they came to La Vida,
00:46:45.83\00:46:48.50
things has changed
00:46:48.54\00:46:49.90
and I will forever
be grateful to God.
00:46:49.94\00:46:52.74
Praise God. That's so good.
00:46:52.77\00:46:55.24
His niece now is in La
Vida, he is just a sweetheart.
00:46:55.28\00:46:59.38
He loves in there.
00:46:59.41\00:47:00.75
Wonderful. Now what about Kyle?
00:47:00.78\00:47:03.15
You wanted to tell Kyle's story.
00:47:03.18\00:47:06.82
Kyle was a
student in La Vida Mission
00:47:06.86\00:47:09.36
several years ago.
00:47:09.39\00:47:12.36
She told us, he
told us he did not have
00:47:12.39\00:47:14.30
a very pleasant
experience for the two years
00:47:14.33\00:47:16.60
that he was
there and then he left.
00:47:16.63\00:47:19.17
He went to another
school and then after some years
00:47:19.20\00:47:23.37
he became
interested in spiritual things.
00:47:23.41\00:47:26.98
In spirit what?
Spiritual things.
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.94
Okay, spiritual things.
00:47:28.98\00:47:30.31
So he went to a Baptist church.
00:47:30.35\00:47:33.68
He attended that
church for 10 years
00:47:33.72\00:47:35.55
but never got baptized.
00:47:35.58\00:47:37.22
And then after that
he was listening on...
00:47:37.25\00:47:42.26
Oh, no he was
browsing on YouTube
00:47:42.29\00:47:44.36
and he saw Doug
Batchelor's presentation
00:47:44.39\00:47:48.10
and he learned
about the Sabbath.
00:47:48.13\00:47:50.47
He didn't know
that Doug Batchelor
00:47:50.50\00:47:52.13
was a Seventh-day
Adventist and so he said,
00:47:52.17\00:47:57.64
so Sabbath is, you know.
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.51
He said, "I had better
find another church to go to."
00:48:00.54\00:48:04.85
So he thought
of all the churches
00:48:04.88\00:48:08.58
around the area
00:48:08.62\00:48:10.59
and then La Vida
Mission flashed to him and said,
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.36
I don't know if I
want to go back to La Vida
00:48:13.39\00:48:16.19
but it kept, you know,
flashing through his mind
00:48:16.22\00:48:19.53
and he said, "Oh, well,
I better go there and try."
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.80
So he went there
and when he went there
00:48:22.83\00:48:25.73
and attended the church,
00:48:25.77\00:48:27.10
it was the first
Sabbath of January.
00:48:27.14\00:48:30.21
He was with his
grandmother in a wheelchair
00:48:30.24\00:48:32.51
and I was on the wheelchair
too because of my accident,
00:48:32.54\00:48:35.04
so the connection was instant.
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.45
And he said,
"Wow, it's so different.
00:48:37.48\00:48:41.58
I feel different
coming back to La Vida.
00:48:41.62\00:48:45.42
People are also very friendly.
00:48:45.45\00:48:48.36
So we invited them to
come back and they came back
00:48:48.39\00:48:51.69
and then he talked to
me and my husband and said,
00:48:51.73\00:48:54.40
"Can you do Bible
study at their house?"
00:48:54.43\00:48:57.10
And he gathers the Navajo people
00:48:57.13\00:48:59.43
and because he
is a Navajo speaker,
00:48:59.47\00:49:02.10
he is my husband's
interpreter in Navajo.
00:49:02.14\00:49:06.34
How wonderful.
00:49:06.37\00:49:07.81
And after a year of
study in their house,
00:49:07.84\00:49:12.58
he gave his life
to Jesus by baptism.
00:49:12.61\00:49:17.92
So he got baptized
and now we're helping him
00:49:17.95\00:49:21.66
go through Southwestern
Adventist University
00:49:21.69\00:49:24.99
to get his church's
ministry certificate.
00:49:25.03\00:49:28.33
Wonderful.
00:49:28.36\00:49:29.93
So he is a
potential Bible worker
00:49:29.96\00:49:32.40
for the Navajo.
00:49:32.43\00:49:33.77
That is one great need
on the Navajo reservation,
00:49:33.80\00:49:36.17
Navajo pastors, and
Navajo Bible workers
00:49:36.20\00:49:38.24
because it's hard,
their language is very hard.
00:49:38.27\00:49:41.34
Do most of them
not speak English?
00:49:41.38\00:49:44.01
The older people.
00:49:44.05\00:49:46.08
Oh, I see. I see.
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.85
Well, it's exciting and I
just have a few seconds, Warren,
00:49:47.88\00:49:52.09
and since you're a man of
few words, this will work.
00:49:52.12\00:49:55.69
What has been the
reaction of your parents
00:49:55.72\00:49:59.33
when all of their
children have now become
00:49:59.36\00:50:01.93
Seventh-day
Adventist Christians?
00:50:01.96\00:50:03.43
Did your mother
and father accept that?
00:50:03.47\00:50:06.84
Yes, they do actually.
00:50:06.87\00:50:08.77
Good. Good.
00:50:08.80\00:50:10.77
And how has this impacted
your life being at La Vida?
00:50:10.81\00:50:14.81
What good did
it do to your life?
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.54
What difference it
has done to my life...
00:50:19.61\00:50:22.42
As I said, a man of few words.
00:50:22.45\00:50:25.15
You think about that,
00:50:25.19\00:50:26.52
we'll come back
in just a second.
00:50:26.55\00:50:28.29
What we'd like to do
is to put up the address
00:50:28.32\00:50:33.50
and the contact
information for La Vida Mission
00:50:33.53\00:50:37.03
because perhaps the
Holy Spirit is inspiring you
00:50:37.07\00:50:40.34
that you would like to go
00:50:40.37\00:50:42.47
for a short term missionary trip
00:50:42.50\00:50:45.21
and reach out to
the Navajo people
00:50:45.24\00:50:47.58
or to help or maybe
the Lord is impressing you
00:50:47.61\00:50:51.25
to support this
ministry by prayer
00:50:51.28\00:50:54.55
and/or financial support.
00:50:54.58\00:50:56.65
Here is the
information you need.
00:50:56.69\00:51:00.76
We invite you to find out
more about the outreach efforts
00:51:00.79\00:51:03.86
of La Vida Mission
from their boarding academy
00:51:03.89\00:51:06.63
for Navajo
children to providing water,
00:51:06.66\00:51:09.20
Bible studies,
00:51:09.23\00:51:10.57
food and clothing
for the Navajo Nation.
00:51:10.60\00:51:13.80
Visit their
website lavidamission.org.
00:51:13.84\00:51:16.91
Find out how
you can support them
00:51:16.94\00:51:19.14
or even help them as
a short term missionary.
00:51:19.17\00:51:22.24
The web address
again is lavidamission.org.
00:51:22.28\00:51:26.18
You may also reach
them at (505) 786-3004
00:51:26.21\00:51:32.29
or write them
at La Vida Mission,
00:51:32.32\00:51:34.32
PO Box 3308,
Farmington, New Mexico 87499.
00:51:34.36\00:51:41.16