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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We want to thank you
so much for your love,
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and your prayers, and
your financial support
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of this ministry
because without you,
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we couldn't do what we do.
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And we have a really
special program today
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with seven guests on
the set at the same time,
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some beautiful people
that I want you to meet.
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But first, let me
read a scripture to you
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from 1 Corinthians 13.
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That's the love chapter.
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And I'll read what Paul
said beginning with verse 4.
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1 Corinthians 13:4.
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"Love suffers long and is kind.
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Love does not envy, it
does not parade itself,
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it's not puffed up,
does not behave rudely,
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does not seek its own.
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It is not
provoked. It thinks no evil.
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Does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth.
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Bears all things,
believes all things,
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hopes all things,
endures all things.
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Love never fails."
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And we're going to
talk today with some people
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who have learned to
show the love of God
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and to direct people to
Jesus just because of love.
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Let me
introduce our guest today.
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First we have Kelli Czaykowsky.
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Kelli, thank you so
much for being here.
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And Padday, can
you give us big smile?
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Yes. Hi, Padday.
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Then we have Ngoga.
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Ngoga, you are my man
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because your favorite
subject is math just like mine.
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And then Marina Falls.
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And next to her with a
beautiful young, Man Kim.
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Thank you for being here today.
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And then Lwe,
and we have Da Nay.
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And we are so glad
you all have come today.
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We are going to
talk about your ministry
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and just tell us or
give me a short version
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'cause we want
to go to some music.
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We'll come back. Okay, sure.
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But what is FREE INC?
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Okay, so it stands for
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Friends of Refugees providing
Education and Empowerment.
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We started it in 2010
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when we heard about
a group of young kids
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that were begging to
get private education
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because the schools
they were attending,
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there was a lot of
gangs and violence.
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And that's how it
all started in 2010
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was here in the
needs of a group of kids
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wanting to get
private safe environment
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to study and to learn.
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Okay, this is just exciting.
I've just met these people.
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But their
ministry is so exciting.
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And it will show
you the power of love
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that love never fails.
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But first we've
got one of our own
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who's going to
sing a song for us.
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And that is Tammy Chance.
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And she will be
singing Because of who you are.
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Since Jesus came and found me
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And He put his arms around me
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And all my
binding fetters took away
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Although I loved Him dearly
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And trusted Him sincerely
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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I've never felt
Him closer along a way
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And oh how sweet the feeling
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When in His presence kneeling
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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Oh blessed friend supernal
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My hope and joy eternal
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Keep thou my soul
'til shadows flee away
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Anoint me I would pray, Lord
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Till ends this
pilgrims way, Lord
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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I've never felt
Him closer along a way
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And oh how sweet the feeling
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When in His presence kneeling
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I've never loved
Him better than today
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I've never loved Him better
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No, I've never loved Him better
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No, I've never loved
Him better than today
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Thank you, Tammy.
That was beautiful.
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If you are joining us
just a few minutes late,
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our program today is about
a ministry called FREE INC.
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This is a 501 ministry.
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And FREE is an acronym for
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Friends of Refugees providing
Education and Empowerment.
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So we have with us
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Kelli Czaykowsky
and Marina Falls,
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who are founder and
co-founder of this ministry,
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and then all these
beautiful children,
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thank you so
much for coming here.
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Tell us when...
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Repeat for us how you started,
why you started this ministry.
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Okay, So Marina and I
both set on a school board
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in Georgia, Duluth
Adventist Christian School
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with, you know,
our biological kids.
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And we had heard, in 2010,
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of a group of
kids, refugee kids.
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And ironically, to
be honest, I didn't know
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what refugee meant
when I started this 501.
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We heard about a group
of kids that were begging,
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the superintendent...
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Let me just back
up for just a second.
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We are always
accustomed to calling people
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in the United States refugees,
so where have they come from?
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They were from
refugee camps? From...
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Okay, so a lot
of the kids that...
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well, the kids that
we help are refugees
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from all over the world,
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United Nations
chooses Clarkston in Georgia
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as one of the places
that the refugees come to.
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It's actually the
most, the first square mile
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in America,
Clarkston, Georgia is there's
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thousands of
refugees within a square mile.
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There's 60
languages spoken there.
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So it's
definitely a mission field.
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So they're brought
here from United Nations
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because Clarkston
offers low housing,
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affordable housing,
public transportation.
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So obviously, when
refugees arrive to America
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or wherever they go,
they don't have anything
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but what's in their bag, so
there's no cars or anything.
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So Clarkston has a
public transportation
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that runs right
through the city.
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And then also the
climate as it's not too harsh,
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not too cold, not
too high, and that's why
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United Nations
had chosen Clarkston
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as one of the places
for refugees to come.
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So in 2010, I had
heard of a group of refugees
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that were
begging, the superintendent
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who had gone to visit
them for private education.
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And I thought, you
know, how can only...
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Marina and I and
Sharon, there's three of us
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that our heart
was really burdened
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to help the kids, you
know, help these people.
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We went and we
saw the conditions
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that they were living in.
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And the parents and the faith
that they still had up there,
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all the struggles
that they've gone through
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just to get here.
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And we, I can
only speak for myself
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but I couldn't
sleep for three nights.
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I was just up. It
really bothered me.
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And I remember praying to
God just saying if He opened,
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you know, the doors, I
would walk through them,
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and that's been my prayer,
you know, the hope ministry,
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and He's opened
them very well for us.
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So we started off
just providing education
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for 12 in 2010.
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Why were the parents
asking for private education?
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Because in Clarkston, there's
so many different languages,
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and the school
system there is a second
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from the bottom in Georgia.
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And they're
overwhelmed themselves
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with, you know, the
needs of all the kids,
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a lot of our parents,
they don't understand English
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or speak it.
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So it's hard for
them to help them
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with their kids' homework.
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And the parents
themselves are usually gone,
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most of the day
they drive hour and half
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to go to the chicken factories.
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So the kids are,
you know, by themselves
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trying to do their homework.
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And they need a
lot of one-on-one.
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The public school unfortunately,
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they're probably
doing all they can
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but they can't provide that.
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There's a lot of gangs in
the schools, a lot of drugs,
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and child
trafficking in the area.
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So a lot of their parents,
their prayer was that we,
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you know, helped them
with food and clothing,
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but all they
wanted was their kids
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to be in a safe environment
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to be able to
study and to learn.
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So that's where we
started off with education
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because that was
prayers and the desires
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and the burden that
God placed on my heart.
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Marina, you all have
known each other for how long?
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Kelli and I
have known each other
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probably 15 years, 15, 16 years.
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Our sons have been in
the same class basically
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since kindergarten
through high school.
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And they're both now in college,
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so it's been a long time.
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And we first met
each other at the school.
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And then we served on
the school board together
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and then we just
developed friendship
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that's become
like a sisterhood now.
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We're sisters basically.
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And we both work, you know,
with the charity that we have.
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You know, we have
a burden for helping
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the
underprivileged, and Clarkston,
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and the children.
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So we work very
closely together.
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Amen.
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And, you know, now we've
got Padday, Ngoga, and Man Kim,
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and Lwe, and Da Nay.
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You all go to the
Adventist school, huh?
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All of you? Right. Yes, ma'am.
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We're going to
talk to each one of you
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in just a minute.
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But when you say that
these people are just rescued
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from refugee camps,
they're brought into Clarkston,
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and there's thousands of
people in this one square mile
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that have very diverse culture.
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So there's a culture
shock going on first.
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When we talk about
low cost of housing,
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it's actually about
$600 to $1,000 a month,
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and they've only get
the first two months free,
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is that correct?
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Yes, three months
that they get free,
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and then they're completely
on their own after that.
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So if they
haven't found the job,
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most of them work
at chicken factory.
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If they haven't found a
job in the first three months,
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what happens?
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They just get kicked out
of the house as you're hived.
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And so, you know,
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we don't go
around town tenure by,
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we help with the
rent 'cause we do so much.
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But if we do find
people, for instance,
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that's how I actually
met Ngoga and his family.
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The mom was shot in
the revolution in her leg,
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and so it's
hard for her to work.
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And the dad is not here.
So that's how we met them.
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As we didn't want them
to end up on the street,
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so we helped them with the rent,
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and that's how we got
a relationship with them.
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And they're
currently, all five of the boys
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are in our school, right now.
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So, you know, I
always believe that
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you don't go by black and white.
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I mean, as a board we were like,
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we don't, how we realm,
you know, we don't do college,
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but those things are
both not accurate now.
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I believe that
you go with the burden
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that God places on your heart.
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And you don't worry about, I
know a lot of people say that
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they walk in faith
and stuff, but, you know,
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you can't worry about how
you're going to pay for this
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or, you know, at
the end of the year
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what you're going to have.
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I really believe
that what we're given
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we just return it
back to the refugees.
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And God allows those doors open
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because these people
themselves are at home praying,
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and we don't hear
those prayers, only God does.
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So when we feel a
burden on our heart,
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and we run into,
you know, the people.
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We've been over
there for a while now,
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so they have our numbers,
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we'll get calls for them
all the night for diapers.
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We'll get people that
need rides to the hospital
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that don't drive.
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You'll be surprised
the needs that people have
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is not only that they're hungry,
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but they're also thirsty
for love, and for yeah...
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And I know
that's been your motto
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is just to love
them and introduce them
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to the love of God as well.
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Because we love Him
because He first loved us.
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So, Ngoga,
you're from the Congo?
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No, from Rwanda. No.
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Well, he is
originally from the Congo
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but because of the revolution
in the Congo, they fled Congo,
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and they ended up
in the refugee camps
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on the Rwanda border.
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So they say they're from Rwanda,
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but they're
originally from Congo.
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Okay, from Rwanda.
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What do you like, Ngoga,
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about going to
the Adventist school?
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They help people with something
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when they need,
or something to do,
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they help them.
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stop to help them what to do,
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and after then
we're gonna eat food.
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And after they eat
food, they let them play.
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So you get a lot of
help, and you get to eat,
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and you get to...
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You said what is
your favorite subject?
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Math. Math.
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Let's give a
high-five. Yes, me too.
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So you're learning a lot.
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Did his family speak
English when they came?
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They don't, they still...
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Well, the mom does
not speak English at all.
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The children
because of going to school
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they're picking up the English.
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Absolutely. Okay.
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And I know
Padday is Burmese? Yes.
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She's Korean from, yeah, Burma.
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Okay. Now you
give many services.
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You have, I think, we've
got some pictures that...
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let's run through these pictures
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so that you get an overview,
then we're going to come back
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and speak to each
one of these children.
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But let's get a good overview
of the ministry because...
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How many of you here,
first let me ask this question.
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How many of you have
seen a dentist recently?
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Raise your hand if
you've seen the dentist.
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You went to the
dentist? Yep, everyone of you.
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So that's a service
that you find dentist
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who are willing to
give their services free.
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We do everything.
We do our haircuts.
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We make 50
lunches every single day.
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We have 76 kids currently
that we pick up on our own bus
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and bring them to the school.
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We provide rides home like
if they want to do activities.
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We do counseling
for the moms and dads.
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We do ESL classes. We
do after school tutoring.
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We take college volunteers
to come to our apartment.
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We actually have an apartment
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right in the heart of Clarkston.
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We do trash pick ups.
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We go and pick up,
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there's a lot of
trash around our area
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and it really
makes the place like bad.
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And so we'll get a bunch
of high school volunteers
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or just community
service volunteers.
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So we're starting sowing classes
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so that some of the moms
can sell some of their stuff
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and make a little income.
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And computer classes as well.
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We help with Medicaid
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and with food
stamp applications.
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We take people to the doctor.
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So people think that
we probably do too much
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but I just feel like if
God gives you the energy,
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you know, to do
it, then we do it all.
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And if it weren't for you,
what would these people do?
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I mean, these
services weren't offered,
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like you said,
you can't just say,
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"Oh, well, we only help
with food and clothing,"
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because if someone
needs a ride to the doctor,
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then we'll ride to the doctor.
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So let's look at
some of the pictures
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that you brought with you.
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And you can just explain
them as we run through them.
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Okay, sure.
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So this guy, he had a fracture,
and he had some sutures.
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And do believe it or not,
I actually do have a degree
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in the medical field.
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I'm a hand therapist.
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So I don't do that now
with the charity fulltime.
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But he had a
little infection going on,
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so we were doing a
little bit of cleaning
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outside of our
office of his wound.
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Okay. And then
now the next picture.
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This was an article
in one of the magazines
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that just talking
about the land of refugees
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and how thankful they are
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for all the
help that we provide.
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Amen.
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This is our logo.
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We're giving them
empowerment there,
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lifted them up.
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That's a good logo.
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Nia is actually
one of our students
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that's currently at Southern.
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She has a 4.0. We
started helping her.
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She was in seventh grade,
Man Kim's actually her sister.
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And well, she did internship
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at the dentist as
one of our refugees.
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She's helping clean the teeth.
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Her dream and desire,
and she will become a dentist
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and go back to Myanmar
and do missionary work.
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Praise God. Smart young lady.
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These are some of our kids
from the Chen Adventist group
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that go to our
school, a group of the kids.
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And Chen is one
of the groups of...
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Of Myanmar, from
Burma, yes. Okay.
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And this is Keeler
Deming kindergarten.
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Okay.
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These are some of
the kids at one of our
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dentist
appointments at Mustard Seed.
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It's like 15
minutes from the school.
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They get to the
school, we load them up,
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and we take them to the
dentist to get their cleanings.
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This is actually a summer,
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every Sunday we
take between 20...
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And one time this past
summer, we actually have 43 kids
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show up, and thank God,
they allowed them all to come.
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We shoved them on
the bus to a summer camp
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where they get
to stay a whole week
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like a HUD at springs,
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and just have a week of
fun and outdoor activity,
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you know, learning about God.
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We have all kind of
religions that go to that camp.
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This is actually our office
00:19:14.85\00:19:16.22
that a group of precious
Muslim college kids came in,
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they told me not to
come four days or the summer,
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and the office was,
it was just disgusting,
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the carpet was
stained and there was
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roaches and rats and stuff.
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And those kids
came in for four days
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and they painted everything,
00:19:32.20\00:19:33.54
they donated four
laptops for our ESL classes
00:19:33.57\00:19:36.04
and after school tutoring.
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And they redid our
whole entire apartment for us.
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It's a three-bedroom
apartment that we have.
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And this is some of
the kids that did it.
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I cried when I walked
in, if you guys were to saw
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the before
picture, it was horrible.
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And they spent all the night.
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This is our bus that
precious couple donated to us
00:19:50.89\00:19:54.92
so that we could,
you know, bring the kids
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because now we have 76
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and they wouldn't
fit on the other bus.
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So this bus
holds three per seat,
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and we use every single seat.
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Praise God. Yes.
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And this is one of our outreach,
00:20:07.40\00:20:09.47
we go to the different...
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there's 40 apartment buildings
at house refugees in Clarkston.
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So we go and we'll
place, put a tarp down,
00:20:14.58\00:20:17.15
and we collect like donated
used clothes, and furniture,
00:20:17.18\00:20:22.28
and we put it
all on the outside,
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and the refugees would just come
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and take what they need.
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Amen.
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This is one of
the average apartments
00:20:30.09\00:20:32.63
in Clarkston.
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You see the back.
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You know, even though
they arrive in America,
00:20:35.60\00:20:38.23
they still want to
keep their culture.
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And so that's why you'll
see a lot of the clothes lines,
00:20:40.27\00:20:42.54
and they'll cook outside and...
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When you go to Clarkston,
you totally forget that
00:20:44.41\00:20:46.34
you're in America.
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These are some of our kids
00:20:47.74\00:20:50.25
that we were
given some clothes to.
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Yeah that's me.
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Who is that cutie
pie in your hands?
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His sister lived
with me for a while
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and then they moved to Kansas.
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Yeah. Yes.
00:21:02.42\00:21:04.69
And this is one of the
outreaches we were doing,
00:21:04.73\00:21:07.43
we we're bringing
the kids different hats,
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.70
you can see, and
some gloves and stuff.
00:21:09.73\00:21:12.90
This is FLAG camp which
is fun learning about God.
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It's something else
we do the first and third
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Sabbath of the month.
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It's like a one-day VBS
where we bring around 50 kids,
00:21:19.37\00:21:22.94
we just sit
outside, and we do crafts,
00:21:22.98\00:21:25.01
and we do a
Bible story and a song,
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and then they get a snack.
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It's amazing how, you
know, you began in 2010
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and how the Lord
has just blossomed this.
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Yes. I just
wanted to ask Da Nay.
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Da Nay, you lived
in a refugee camp.
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Do you know what
country that refugee camp was?
00:21:45.17\00:21:47.60
It was in between
Thailand and Burma.
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Between Thailand and Burma.
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What do you remember
about the refugee camp?
00:21:51.31\00:21:55.58
The water around
there wasn't really clean,
00:21:55.61\00:21:57.98
so we had to walk
miles to the river
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and carry buckets of
water back to our houses.
00:22:00.72\00:22:06.22
And they don't really
give out as much blankets,
00:22:06.25\00:22:11.36
or shirts, or
clothing as much as FREE.
00:22:11.39\00:22:16.73
Was it too cold there?
00:22:16.77\00:22:18.53
Yeah, it can get really cold.
00:22:18.57\00:22:21.57
And they gave about one
or two blankets per family.
00:22:21.60\00:22:25.77
And how many are in your family?
00:22:25.81\00:22:28.14
Eight or nine.
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.28
So how many brothers
and sisters do you have?
00:22:30.31\00:22:32.31
I have three
brothers and three sisters.
00:22:32.35\00:22:34.92
So there are seven children
and you've got your parents,
00:22:34.95\00:22:37.29
so you had one or two blankets
00:22:37.32\00:22:41.69
to ward off the winter weather
00:22:41.72\00:22:44.76
for your whole family then, huh?
00:22:44.79\00:22:46.59
How did you stay warm?
00:22:46.63\00:22:47.96
Just cuddle up close
when you go to sleep?
00:22:48.00\00:22:49.36
Yeah. Okay.
00:22:49.40\00:22:51.53
Did you get enough food?
00:22:51.57\00:22:53.67
Well, when they pass
out food, they gave you time
00:22:53.70\00:22:58.27
and like if you arrive
late, they don't give us much
00:22:58.31\00:23:00.74
as when you arrive early.
00:23:00.78\00:23:03.68
And like
sometimes you have to walk
00:23:03.71\00:23:05.11
really fast to go there.
00:23:05.15\00:23:06.48
Yeah.
00:23:06.51\00:23:07.85
But I bet you
learned to leave early
00:23:07.88\00:23:09.22
so you can get some food, huh?
00:23:09.25\00:23:10.59
Yes, ma'am.
00:23:10.62\00:23:11.95
So you then moved
to the United States.
00:23:11.99\00:23:16.16
What was it like for
you when you got here?
00:23:16.19\00:23:19.46
It was really hard.
We didn't know anyone.
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.00
And we didn't know
how to speak English.
00:23:22.03\00:23:26.10
So it was really
hard to communicate
00:23:26.13\00:23:27.67
with other people.
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.17
And yeah.
00:23:29.20\00:23:31.31
And a completely
different culture.
00:23:31.34\00:23:34.24
And so did you feel...
00:23:34.28\00:23:36.11
did you think that
you were better off
00:23:36.14\00:23:39.48
by being here or
was it really scary
00:23:39.51\00:23:42.82
when you first came?
00:23:42.85\00:23:44.39
It was kind of
scary when we first came
00:23:44.42\00:23:46.39
and like didn't
know how to speak English
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.99
and communicate.
00:23:49.02\00:23:50.99
But then later, we
learned how to speak English
00:23:51.03\00:23:54.90
and communicate
with other people.
00:23:54.93\00:23:57.60
So you're 14 years old,
00:23:57.63\00:23:59.50
and you are a
soccer player, huh?
00:23:59.53\00:24:01.84
Yes, ma'am. Yes.
00:24:01.87\00:24:03.20
And what is your
favorite subject in School?
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.71
My favorite subject is science.
00:24:05.74\00:24:07.78
Science, okay. Good.
00:24:07.81\00:24:09.58
Well, so when you're
thinking about these families
00:24:09.61\00:24:15.28
coming over,
00:24:15.32\00:24:18.02
what would they do if
they only get a three-month,
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.49
I mean, if they get kicked
out, what on earth do they do?
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.56
Yeah.
00:24:23.59\00:24:25.39
Well, you know, it's really hard
00:24:25.43\00:24:28.63
because
unfortunately, we can't help,
00:24:28.66\00:24:30.97
you know, everyone.
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.33
And the ones that we can't help,
00:24:32.37\00:24:33.90
a lot of the boys
do go to the gangs.
00:24:33.94\00:24:37.01
I don't know if you're
aware, but 80% of refugees
00:24:37.04\00:24:38.84
are women and children
because a lot of their fathers
00:24:38.87\00:24:41.04
have been killed in the wars.
00:24:41.08\00:24:42.71
So there's not lot
of father, you know,
00:24:42.74\00:24:44.55
role models out there.
00:24:44.58\00:24:46.41
In Clarkston,
where the refugees,
00:24:46.45\00:24:48.35
so you find a
lot of the teenagers,
00:24:48.38\00:24:51.22
if they don't have
the love and support
00:24:51.25\00:24:53.66
of charities like us, or
churches, or just teachers,
00:24:53.69\00:24:57.69
they will find support,
you know, that they want,
00:24:57.73\00:25:02.66
you know, with
gangs unfortunately.
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.67
So what do they do is they...
00:25:04.70\00:25:06.94
there's a lot of,
you know, robberies,
00:25:06.97\00:25:09.90
there's a lot of
people stealing stuff.
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.64
And, you know, we try
not to judge anyone at all.
00:25:11.67\00:25:16.14
We've helped people
that's been in situations,
00:25:16.18\00:25:18.85
you know, with that all,
00:25:18.88\00:25:20.58
they've been
arrested for stuff, you know,
00:25:20.62\00:25:21.95
older boys and
they'll reach out to us.
00:25:21.98\00:25:24.35
And even for them, you know,
we're there for them as well
00:25:24.39\00:25:28.26
because who am
I to judge someone
00:25:28.29\00:25:30.83
if you put me in
their situation, you know,
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.93
and everything that
they've been through,
00:25:33.96\00:25:35.30
who's to say that I
won't be doing the same thing.
00:25:35.33\00:25:36.87
It's just survival. Yeah.
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.47
Well, and I know that, you know,
00:25:39.50\00:25:41.74
the ones that are
coming into the school
00:25:41.77\00:25:43.97
and being trained, at
least they are learning,
00:25:44.01\00:25:49.61
they're seeing an
expression of love from you all.
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.15
So this helps
them avoid the gangs.
00:25:52.18\00:25:54.45
It's night and day...
00:25:54.48\00:25:57.15
with even the refugees
out there, they'll tell us,
00:25:57.19\00:26:01.39
"You know, Miss Kelli,
what a difference it is
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.29
between the kids
that you're helping
00:26:03.32\00:26:05.09
and the kids that you're not."
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.00
And, you know, we have 76,
00:26:07.03\00:26:11.03
so we're kind of at our max.
00:26:11.07\00:26:12.40
But thank God, I'm
going to meet this week
00:26:12.43\00:26:15.10
actually with another school
that's going to be willing...
00:26:15.14\00:26:17.47
It's been a
prayer of mine, to take,
00:26:17.51\00:26:19.71
they're going to start with
20 refugees at their school.
00:26:19.74\00:26:22.31
Praise God. So yeah, yeah.
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.31
So it's a blessing for us.
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.01
You are at that point
that the Lord is expanding
00:26:26.05\00:26:28.68
the ministry beyond you.
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.15
Yes. Lwe, let me see your smile.
00:26:30.19\00:26:33.79
That's a good smile, Lwe.
00:26:33.82\00:26:37.56
Tell us about
00:26:37.59\00:26:40.80
when you started coming
to school, now you grew up
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.47
in a Buddhist
family, is that correct?
00:26:43.50\00:26:44.87
Yeah. Okay.
00:26:44.90\00:26:46.23
What do Buddhists believe?
00:26:46.27\00:26:48.17
Buddhists believe in like
meditation stuff like peace.
00:26:48.20\00:26:54.41
And through meditation,
there is peace and stuff.
00:26:54.44\00:26:57.71
But Buddhists have
many gods, don't they?
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.68
Yeah. That
they... Okay. Worship.
00:26:59.71\00:27:02.08
So when you started
coming to this school,
00:27:02.12\00:27:06.62
you were introduced to Jesus.
00:27:06.65\00:27:09.19
What did you think about Jesus?
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.99
That He was
very kind and loving.
00:27:12.03\00:27:14.40
That He's very
peaceful and not like harming.
00:27:14.43\00:27:18.13
So you kind of
fell in love with Jesus
00:27:18.17\00:27:20.94
and what's happened now?
00:27:20.97\00:27:22.67
Did you get baptized?
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.04
Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:24.07\00:27:25.41
Are you the first
Adventist Christian
00:27:25.44\00:27:28.44
in your family?
00:27:28.48\00:27:29.81
Yeah. Yes.
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.28
And so what did your parents...
00:27:31.31\00:27:32.91
Now your parents left
that choice up to you,
00:27:32.95\00:27:36.15
but they made you do something
before you got baptized.
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.95
What did they do? They
shaved your head and what?
00:27:38.99\00:27:40.89
Last summer, I
had to follow a monk
00:27:45.89\00:27:48.10
and like learned
the teaching stuff.
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.77
Okay, so you follow the
monk and you were learning
00:27:50.80\00:27:53.50
the teachings of Buddhism.
00:27:53.54\00:27:55.37
But when you
compared what Buddhism taught
00:27:55.40\00:27:58.71
and what Christianity
teaches from the Bible,
00:27:58.74\00:28:01.58
you'd met the real God, huh?
00:28:01.61\00:28:03.31
And you decided.
00:28:03.35\00:28:05.31
Oh, we're so
glad that, you know,
00:28:05.35\00:28:07.45
we're brothers and
sisters, did you know that?
00:28:07.48\00:28:09.62
Yeah.
00:28:09.65\00:28:10.99
Even you can call
me Auntie if you want
00:28:11.02\00:28:14.72
'cause I'm old enough
to be your grandmother.
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.99
But we are brothers and sisters
in Christ and that's wonderful.
00:28:18.03\00:28:21.46
So the children, you
don't force religion?
00:28:21.50\00:28:25.83
Absolutely not. No.
00:28:25.87\00:28:28.07
Actually if you come
and volunteer at my charity,
00:28:28.10\00:28:32.24
that's something that I
let you know upfront is that
00:28:32.27\00:28:34.78
we don't force
anything on the people
00:28:34.81\00:28:37.98
because if you truly love,
and you want to help people,
00:28:38.01\00:28:40.92
and you're doing it for them,
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.28
you meet people
at where they are,
00:28:42.32\00:28:44.09
and you provide what they need.
00:28:44.12\00:28:45.69
And then to me,
it's God's responsibility
00:28:45.72\00:28:48.39
to put the burden
on people's heart.
00:28:48.42\00:28:50.49
So if you really
believe in what you're doing,
00:28:50.53\00:28:52.46
and you are really
being inspired from,
00:28:52.49\00:28:55.63
you know, God,
then you have to trust
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.93
that He will do all
that, that's not your job.
00:28:57.97\00:29:00.10
Your job is to go and love
00:29:00.14\00:29:01.54
and to show them
it's unconditional.
00:29:01.57\00:29:03.30
You know, how many
times I've been asked like,
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.97
"You know, Miss
Kelli, why do you help us,
00:29:05.01\00:29:06.37
why do you love us?
00:29:06.41\00:29:07.84
You know, why are
you doing this for?"
00:29:07.88\00:29:09.34
And, you know, I
tell them, it's our job.
00:29:09.38\00:29:11.91
I mean, Marina and I, you know,
it's what we're supposed to do.
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.32
I mean...
00:29:14.35\00:29:15.68
It's a desire
of your heart. Yes.
00:29:15.72\00:29:17.99
That's what He
has given us to do.
00:29:18.02\00:29:19.35
But with Lwe,
what's amazing about him
00:29:19.39\00:29:22.59
the day he got
baptized, his brothers,
00:29:22.62\00:29:26.39
he has two younger brothers.
00:29:26.43\00:29:27.83
And they told me, "Miss
Kelli, we want to get baptized.
00:29:27.86\00:29:30.33
We want to want
to get baptized."
00:29:30.37\00:29:31.70
So, you know,
we're currently doing
00:29:31.73\00:29:33.60
Bible studies with them.
00:29:33.64\00:29:34.97
So some people just
see what we're doing
00:29:35.00\00:29:37.77
and they question,
"Why are you providing
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.41
private education
in a public school?"
00:29:40.44\00:29:42.98
But what people
don't understand is that
00:29:43.01\00:29:44.91
when you educate a mind,
you're educating the soul.
00:29:44.95\00:29:48.02
So you're not just providing,
you know, breaking the cycle
00:29:48.05\00:29:51.79
where they have a
chance at a future, you know,
00:29:51.82\00:29:53.96
financially and academically,
but you're also giving them,
00:29:53.99\00:29:58.93
I mean, honestly like
I'm sure God could open
00:29:58.96\00:30:01.76
other doors for Lwe later on,
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.77
but he probably
wouldn't even know
00:30:03.80\00:30:05.20
what the
Seventh-day Adventist was
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.64
if it wasn't for the education
that we were providing.
00:30:07.67\00:30:10.71
So that's seeing
the whole picture,
00:30:10.74\00:30:13.58
a lot of people, they
just see the immediate,
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.21
you know, what may come,
these kids get As and Bs,
00:30:15.24\00:30:19.61
but for me, that's
not the goal at all,
00:30:19.65\00:30:22.28
I mean, that's just a
piece of what we're offering.
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.72
Okay.
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.09
Well, now speaking of As,
00:30:26.12\00:30:27.66
Man Kim, your
sister has a 4.0 average
00:30:27.69\00:30:32.19
and is in dental school.
00:30:32.23\00:30:33.70
Are you smart like your sister?
00:30:33.73\00:30:35.96
Yes. Yeah.
00:30:36.00\00:30:38.50
That's wonderful.
00:30:38.53\00:30:39.87
Modest too, I can see.
00:30:39.90\00:30:41.64
So when your family first
came to the United States,
00:30:41.67\00:30:46.41
do you remember
that, what it was like?
00:30:46.44\00:30:49.38
It was hard
because none of my family
00:30:49.41\00:30:54.28
know how to speak English.
00:30:54.32\00:30:55.65
And we didn't have
much food, or clothing,
00:30:55.68\00:30:58.65
and like educating,
00:30:58.69\00:31:00.69
and when we heard of FREE,
00:31:00.72\00:31:05.33
they helped us
like, gave us education,
00:31:05.36\00:31:09.06
and food, and clothing,
00:31:09.10\00:31:12.47
and then they
also helped us like,
00:31:12.50\00:31:17.37
you know, how to speak English.
00:31:17.41\00:31:20.21
Praise God.
00:31:20.24\00:31:21.58
Now do you have
classes for the parents?
00:31:21.61\00:31:24.15
Learn how to
speak English as well?
00:31:24.18\00:31:25.65
We do. Yes.
00:31:25.68\00:31:27.12
Well, that's
wonderful. That's wonderful.
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.45
So when you have
this group of people
00:31:29.48\00:31:35.42
that you're
ministering to in this way,
00:31:35.46\00:31:38.13
what are the greatest
challenges of the ministry?
00:31:38.16\00:31:42.96
To me, personally,
the greatest challenge,
00:31:43.00\00:31:46.07
believe it or not, is
trying to educate Americans
00:31:46.10\00:31:50.21
who want to
come out and to help.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.07
And then they question
like, we make 50 lunches a day.
00:31:52.11\00:31:55.14
And, you know,
sometimes they question you,
00:31:55.18\00:31:57.55
"Are you empowering
or enabling these people
00:31:57.58\00:32:00.42
if you're making
the lunches every day?"
00:32:00.45\00:32:02.78
And so, to me, it's a challenge
to let people understand
00:32:02.82\00:32:07.62
that just because, you
know, you survived the war,
00:32:07.66\00:32:10.63
and the jungles, and everything
that you've gone through,
00:32:10.66\00:32:13.70
you know, you're in America.
00:32:13.73\00:32:15.06
Yes, they are in America now.
00:32:15.10\00:32:16.63
But the challenges are so real.
00:32:16.67\00:32:19.03
And you don't want the people
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.94
that have been
through all this stuff,
00:32:20.97\00:32:22.30
and they're
suppressed and everything
00:32:22.34\00:32:23.67
to go through depression,
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.04
and everything
they're going through.
00:32:25.07\00:32:26.41
And yeah, they might have
food with their food stamps
00:32:26.44\00:32:28.88
at the beginning of the month,
00:32:28.91\00:32:30.25
but at the end of the
month, their cabinets are empty.
00:32:30.28\00:32:32.35
Like when we first started
helping, we didn't do lunches.
00:32:32.38\00:32:35.65
And one of the
little girl got off the bus,
00:32:35.68\00:32:37.85
and she was crying.
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.22
And I said, you
know, "Why are you crying?"
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.76
And she said,
"Because my stomach hurts
00:32:41.79\00:32:43.43
'cause I didn't eat breakfast."
00:32:43.46\00:32:45.99
I'm a mom of
five biological kids.
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.13
And I was laughing,
then I said, "Get up earlier,
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.47
and make yourself breakfast."
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.57
And she said, "No, Miss Kelly,
00:32:52.60\00:32:53.94
we don't have
food in our house."
00:32:53.97\00:32:55.30
So to me, some of
the biggest challenges
00:32:55.34\00:32:58.67
would be letting
people really understand that,
00:32:58.71\00:33:02.68
yes, they're
working, they're paying taxes,
00:33:02.71\00:33:05.11
they're doing
everything that we're doing,
00:33:05.15\00:33:06.48
they're not living
off the government,
00:33:06.51\00:33:07.85
but they do need a hand up still
00:33:07.88\00:33:09.45
because the
income they're bring in
00:33:09.48\00:33:11.35
isn't enough to make it
to the end of the month.
00:33:11.39\00:33:13.99
So if I'm going to make,
you know, 50 lunches a day,
00:33:14.02\00:33:19.53
then, you know,
people need to understand
00:33:19.56\00:33:21.66
there's a reason
why we're doing that.
00:33:21.70\00:33:23.63
Amen. And most of them
have very large families.
00:33:23.67\00:33:26.77
Yes.
00:33:26.80\00:33:28.14
Padday, how many brothers
and sisters do you have?
00:33:28.17\00:33:30.54
I have two sisters. Two sisters.
00:33:30.57\00:33:33.17
How about you, Ngoga?
00:33:33.21\00:33:35.64
I have five brothers.
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.11
Five brothers.
00:33:37.15\00:33:38.48
And Man Kim? One
brother and one sister.
00:33:38.51\00:33:40.52
One brother and one sister.
You're the tiny family here.
00:33:40.55\00:33:43.69
Lwe?
00:33:43.72\00:33:45.05
Two brothers and three sisters.
00:33:45.09\00:33:47.16
Two brothers and three
sisters, so six children.
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.39
Da Nay?
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
Three brothers
and three sisters.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.13
Three brothers, seven babies.
00:33:52.16\00:33:53.96
So it is very
difficult for them to...
00:33:54.00\00:33:58.73
I mean, can you imagine
in your wildest imagination
00:33:58.77\00:34:03.30
what if somebody were to
pluck your family up right now
00:34:03.34\00:34:07.98
and take you to Myanmar
00:34:08.01\00:34:10.65
and just deposit
you there, and say,
00:34:10.68\00:34:12.71
"Here, we'll give you a roof
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.88
over your head for three months.
00:34:14.92\00:34:17.02
But after that,
you're on your own."
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.79
Can you imagine
what it would be like
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.69
if you couldn't
speak the language,
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.96
if you didn't
understand the culture?
00:34:22.99\00:34:26.26
And, you know, I
asked one of you,
00:34:26.29\00:34:28.86
I think it was Da Nay,
00:34:28.90\00:34:30.60
earlier, did you feel
like you were better off
00:34:30.63\00:34:35.00
when you came to
the United States?
00:34:35.04\00:34:36.60
Did you recognize this
was what we call a leg up
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.47
that you were going to
be the better position?
00:34:39.51\00:34:41.84
But they don't.
00:34:41.88\00:34:43.21
They're just as fearful
00:34:43.24\00:34:44.58
'cause it is totally
strange surroundings.
00:34:44.61\00:34:47.82
So I praise God that
He put it on your heart
00:34:47.85\00:34:51.42
to start this
ministry to help these people
00:34:51.45\00:34:56.02
because you
become their friends.
00:34:56.06\00:34:57.89
And I love the fact
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.79
that you're not
forcing anything on them.
00:34:59.83\00:35:04.37
You are doing what Jesus did.
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.20
He came and He said, He
came to show us the Father,
00:35:07.24\00:35:10.84
the love of the Father.
00:35:10.87\00:35:12.61
That's what you're doing
is showing the love of God.
00:35:12.64\00:35:15.94
And then people want
to know who this God is
00:35:15.98\00:35:20.42
that you serve
that is so loving.
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.42
Yeah. Exactly.
00:35:22.45\00:35:23.79
And I believe that if you impose
00:35:23.82\00:35:25.75
your beliefs on other people,
00:35:25.79\00:35:27.52
they might just do
it just to satisfy you.
00:35:27.56\00:35:29.72
And it's not
going to be everlasting.
00:35:29.76\00:35:31.19
That just might be
temporary, like a year or two,
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.43
and then they'll go back to,
00:35:33.46\00:35:34.80
you know, their old
ways or what they believe in,
00:35:34.83\00:35:37.30
or their old
addictions and stuff.
00:35:37.33\00:35:39.30
But if you allow God
to work on their soul
00:35:39.33\00:35:42.47
and, you know, and put
the burden on their heart,
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.61
and let them question
00:35:44.64\00:35:46.01
what it is Sabbath,
and the different things,
00:35:46.04\00:35:48.44
then, you know, it
will be their choice,
00:35:48.48\00:35:50.25
and they will believe in it,
00:35:50.28\00:35:51.61
and, you know, a
lot longer, yeah.
00:35:51.65\00:35:53.98
All right, so you were
a hand therapist before.
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.99
Yes.
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.35
And you're doing
this fulltime now.
00:35:58.39\00:35:59.99
Yes.
00:36:00.02\00:36:01.39
What have you gained
through this ministry?
00:36:01.42\00:36:03.83
I've gained so much.
00:36:03.86\00:36:06.93
It's amazing because,
you know, people think that,
00:36:06.96\00:36:10.10
I'm sure Marina
will agree with me,
00:36:10.13\00:36:11.73
that we're helping these people.
00:36:11.77\00:36:14.04
But what people don't realize
00:36:14.07\00:36:15.40
is that a lot of these
refugees were Christians,
00:36:15.44\00:36:18.41
and that's why
they were being executed
00:36:18.44\00:36:20.48
and forced out
of their own country
00:36:20.51\00:36:22.01
is because they believed in God.
00:36:22.04\00:36:24.38
So when they look at me,
00:36:24.41\00:36:26.15
and I know they've
witnessed so much stuff,
00:36:26.18\00:36:28.68
it's unbelievable,
00:36:28.72\00:36:31.09
the stories we hear
will give you nightmares.
00:36:31.12\00:36:33.19
I mean honestly,
00:36:33.22\00:36:34.56
the people that are
supposed to be protecting
00:36:34.59\00:36:35.92
you are the ones that
are causing injury to you.
00:36:35.96\00:36:38.83
I mean, they would
hold our pastor from Burma.
00:36:38.86\00:36:42.93
He's from the Korean group.
00:36:42.96\00:36:44.30
He would have to
hold his grandbaby's mouth
00:36:44.33\00:36:46.53
underneath the bridge so the,
00:36:46.57\00:36:48.10
you know, the Burmese soldiers
wouldn't hear the baby's cry
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.21
or, you know, they were forced
to execute all the Christians.
00:36:50.24\00:36:53.78
So what I've gained from
this is looking at these people
00:36:53.81\00:36:57.38
and seeing their
smiles and their faith
00:36:57.41\00:36:59.88
that they've had to
bring them to America,
00:36:59.91\00:37:03.59
it just motivates me
and makes me see that,
00:37:03.62\00:37:07.82
you know, the struggles I have,
00:37:07.86\00:37:09.52
yeah, we all have struggles,
you know, we're humans,
00:37:09.56\00:37:12.06
everyone has
something to deal with.
00:37:12.09\00:37:13.90
But if we just
believe and keep our faith,
00:37:13.93\00:37:16.80
and it's just amazing,
00:37:16.83\00:37:19.20
you know, the
faith that they have,
00:37:19.23\00:37:20.74
it's instilled in me
00:37:20.77\00:37:22.10
so much more believe
and determination to,
00:37:22.14\00:37:25.81
you know, show the love of God
00:37:25.84\00:37:27.74
because He's brought
them here for a reason.
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.68
Yeah, I'm just a
part of the plan.
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.28
You know, there's
a reason that He has.
00:37:32.31\00:37:33.95
He is using you as
His hands and His feet.
00:37:33.98\00:37:36.75
So, Marina, where did
you come from originally?
00:37:36.79\00:37:38.75
I'm originally from Kenya.
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.19
From Kenya. Yes.
00:37:40.22\00:37:41.56
Now what have you gained
00:37:41.59\00:37:44.53
from being
involved in this ministry?
00:37:44.56\00:37:48.30
For me, it's a soul satisfaction
00:37:48.33\00:37:52.83
in helping my
brother and sister.
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.34
It's something that,
you know, I think God places
00:37:55.37\00:37:58.07
in each and every one of
us love for our fellow men.
00:37:58.11\00:38:01.48
And so it's just taking
it a step further to see
00:38:01.51\00:38:04.28
how you can help
your brother and sister
00:38:04.31\00:38:07.48
who are struggling,
00:38:07.52\00:38:08.85
you know, who don't
understand, who need help.
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.69
So for me, it's
satisfying that need
00:38:10.72\00:38:14.29
that I have within my soul
00:38:14.32\00:38:16.22
to connect with
my brother and sister
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.99
to help them to
get to the next level
00:38:19.03\00:38:23.00
so that they can help their
family and future generations.
00:38:23.03\00:38:28.14
Because when we help a child,
we're not just helping a child,
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.74
we're helping the generation
that's coming from that child.
00:38:30.77\00:38:34.24
So that's one of the core
things that keeps me going,
00:38:34.28\00:38:39.31
you know, and keeps me motivated
00:38:39.35\00:38:43.25
to keep doing this work.
00:38:43.28\00:38:44.79
Amen. Amen. Well,
we see that with...
00:38:44.82\00:38:47.52
Man Kim, what is
your sister's name
00:38:47.56\00:38:49.76
that's in the college?
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.13
Nean.
00:38:51.16\00:38:52.63
I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
00:38:52.66\00:38:54.00
Nean. Nean.
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.36
And we see that she's going
to get her degree in dentistry.
00:38:55.40\00:39:00.27
And her mission is to
be a missionary dentist
00:39:00.30\00:39:04.11
going back to her home country.
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.71
So we see how this is passed on.
00:39:05.74\00:39:09.21
Da Nay, have you thought
about what you'd like to do
00:39:09.24\00:39:13.25
when you grow up?
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.62
I would like to be an engineer.
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.22
An engineer? Yeah.
00:39:17.25\00:39:18.75
All right, so there's my
science and math major too.
00:39:18.79\00:39:22.46
How about you, Lwe?
00:39:22.49\00:39:25.69
I don't know, like
I'm still thinking.
00:39:25.73\00:39:29.23
Well, you're 13 years old,
00:39:29.26\00:39:30.77
you get to think
for some time now.
00:39:30.80\00:39:33.84
And, Man Kim, have you thought
about what you'd like to do?
00:39:33.87\00:39:37.27
I would like to
be a pediatrician.
00:39:37.31\00:39:41.01
Wonderful. Wonderful.
00:39:41.04\00:39:43.75
And how about you, Ngoga?
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.18
Have you given it any thought?
00:39:50.39\00:39:52.85
No.
00:39:52.89\00:39:54.22
And you're how
old? Eight years old?
00:39:54.26\00:39:55.82
No, 10. Ten years old.
00:39:55.86\00:39:57.69
You got to start
thinking about...
00:39:57.73\00:39:59.26
No, you got lots of
time to think about.
00:39:59.29\00:40:01.13
Tell us tomorrow
what you want to be, okay?
00:40:01.16\00:40:03.03
Okay.
00:40:03.06\00:40:04.40
But you know
what's going to happen.
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.13
You decide one day
you want to do something
00:40:06.17\00:40:08.47
and then the next
day you're thinking,
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.47
"Well, maybe I'd
like to do this."
00:40:10.51\00:40:12.71
But some people do
know very, very early.
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.21
Yeah, that's good.
00:40:15.24\00:40:16.75
So how many
people work with you?
00:40:16.78\00:40:22.15
How many volunteers do you have?
00:40:22.18\00:40:24.69
So we have a board of five.
00:40:24.72\00:40:27.46
But we get random volunteers,
00:40:27.49\00:40:30.03
they'll call and they'll
need like hours for school,
00:40:30.06\00:40:32.39
or we'll have someone
that found us on the Internet,
00:40:32.43\00:40:36.46
you know, on our web
page, and they'll call,
00:40:36.50\00:40:38.63
and they want to
offer services like,
00:40:38.67\00:40:41.20
that's how our
computer class is,
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.84
you know, about to get started.
00:40:42.87\00:40:44.27
A gentleman, he does that,
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.67
and he wants to
help some people learn
00:40:45.71\00:40:47.11
like how to do computer classes,
00:40:47.14\00:40:48.81
so they can do applications
and do their own online stuff.
00:40:48.84\00:40:52.51
So probably we have
five main volunteers.
00:40:52.55\00:40:57.89
And then we might
get between 15 and 20
00:40:57.92\00:41:01.76
throughout the month,
00:41:01.79\00:41:03.16
yeah.
00:41:03.19\00:41:04.66
And what are your
plans for the future?
00:41:04.69\00:41:07.30
My plans are my
vision, my desires, my dream.
00:41:07.33\00:41:11.73
I have a vision of
having just a huge building
00:41:11.77\00:41:15.54
in Clarkston, right
now, we're in a three,
00:41:15.57\00:41:17.57
you know, bedroom apartment,
00:41:17.61\00:41:19.67
where we can offer
a lot more services.
00:41:19.71\00:41:22.04
And that way,
we don't have to...
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.41
right now, we have
to roll all the clothes
00:41:23.45\00:41:25.35
because we give about
clothes every single day.
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.25
So we have to roll
them all in the back
00:41:27.28\00:41:28.62
when we do tutoring
and we do ESL classes.
00:41:28.65\00:41:31.05
So one day, I was
like... What is ESL?
00:41:31.09\00:41:33.19
English, you know,
speakers of other languages.
00:41:33.22\00:41:35.89
Yeah, the second language.
00:41:35.92\00:41:38.29
So offering them
classes to learn English
00:41:38.33\00:41:41.26
because it's
really hard as a parent
00:41:41.30\00:41:42.93
not to be able to communicate
with your child's teacher
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.63
or to even make a
doctor's appointment.
00:41:45.67\00:41:47.84
And that's where
the empowerment comes in
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.97
because when you
have to call someone,
00:41:50.01\00:41:51.87
let's say your son's sick
00:41:51.91\00:41:53.64
and you can't even
call to make an appointment,
00:41:53.68\00:41:55.51
they call us.
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.05
And we're trying to
empower the parents,
00:41:57.08\00:42:00.02
you know, we do the ESL classes.
00:42:00.05\00:42:02.25
Also, we would like
to have like a box truck.
00:42:02.28\00:42:05.69
So right now, these
are my goals of the future.
00:42:05.72\00:42:08.72
Right now, every
time we go pick up,
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.49
we run a U-Haul, and it's crazy.
00:42:10.53\00:42:13.03
And, you know, just things
like that that would allow us
00:42:13.06\00:42:17.73
to service more people
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.93
because the needs are there,
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.64
and our hearts are there,
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.00
it's just, you know,
with the resources and stuff,
00:42:23.04\00:42:25.41
you just can't
continue to do everything with,
00:42:25.44\00:42:29.11
tuition being
our greatest thing.
00:42:29.14\00:42:32.55
Okay, so you are a 501(c)(3).
00:42:32.58\00:42:35.85
And which means
00:42:35.88\00:42:39.39
they are a
non-profit organization.
00:42:39.42\00:42:43.43
I mean, what
are you looking for?
00:42:43.46\00:42:45.73
Are you looking for volunteers?
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.56
What kind of things
are you looking for?
00:42:47.60\00:42:49.40
Okay, sure.
00:42:49.43\00:42:50.77
Yes, so
volunteers are always great
00:42:50.80\00:42:52.13
because the kids,
00:42:52.17\00:42:53.97
they don't get a
lot of attention,
00:42:54.00\00:42:55.87
there's hundreds of kids,
00:42:55.90\00:42:57.41
and they, you know, just
walk around a lot on their own.
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.51
So, you know,
mentors for the kids,
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.78
is great to help with homework.
00:43:03.81\00:43:05.31
We have hours that you
can come to our office.
00:43:05.35\00:43:08.15
And we'll have
15 to 20 to 30 kids
00:43:08.18\00:43:10.89
that need help
with their homework
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.35
in the afternoons.
00:43:12.39\00:43:14.69
If someone knew of
like a box truck that,
00:43:14.72\00:43:17.39
you know, they could
give us, that would be great,
00:43:17.43\00:43:21.10
that we could pick up
'cause we go to the food bank,
00:43:21.13\00:43:23.23
maybe pick up food,
00:43:23.26\00:43:24.60
and then bring it
out, we distribute it.
00:43:24.63\00:43:25.97
We pick up furniture,
like let's say you're moving,
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.40
and you're going
to get new furniture,
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.07
we have people
sleep on the floor
00:43:30.11\00:43:31.61
even like, last night
people slept on the floor,
00:43:31.64\00:43:33.71
they don't have
furniture 'cause when you come
00:43:33.74\00:43:35.94
and you get some help,
but you don't get furniture,
00:43:35.98\00:43:39.01
and stuff like
that, or mattresses.
00:43:39.05\00:43:40.38
So we'll go and we'll pick up
used mattresses and furniture.
00:43:40.42\00:43:43.42
And we bring
them for the families,
00:43:43.45\00:43:45.15
probably 700 homes or apartments
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.79
are furnished from us
00:43:47.82\00:43:49.16
from, you know, the
furniture that we pick up.
00:43:49.19\00:43:53.06
And, you know, also
like a van, we have get
00:43:53.09\00:43:56.50
because we have the bus,
00:43:56.53\00:43:58.50
but obviously, you
got to have a CDL license,
00:43:58.53\00:44:01.20
and so it's really hard,
00:44:01.24\00:44:02.80
our bus driver,
actually, he's sick right now.
00:44:02.84\00:44:05.87
So it's really hard on
us right now without him.
00:44:05.91\00:44:09.38
He's one of our
main guys, you know.
00:44:09.41\00:44:11.48
So that's been
really challenging for us.
00:44:11.51\00:44:13.62
And his sickness will be,
00:44:13.65\00:44:17.39
I mean, the
prognosis is not good
00:44:17.42\00:44:20.56
for this H-4 situation.
00:44:20.59\00:44:22.36
So that's... So yeah.
00:44:22.39\00:44:26.13
And what else? Prayers for him.
00:44:26.16\00:44:28.13
Yeah, we have to pray for him.
00:44:28.16\00:44:29.76
So without him, it's
really hard to pick up stuff
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.93
because what he would do
is he would take the bus.
00:44:31.97\00:44:35.87
What else do we need for needs?
00:44:35.90\00:44:37.97
Yeah, we really love
him, he's is the good guy.
00:44:38.01\00:44:39.71
I can tell. I can tell.
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.28
And it's hard when
somebody is likeminded
00:44:41.31\00:44:44.61
and exhibits the same love.
00:44:44.65\00:44:49.42
You know, my thought is
that as you're watching this...
00:44:49.45\00:44:53.92
One question first, is
there still an influx of...
00:44:53.96\00:44:58.16
Are the refugees
still coming? Yes.
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.40
Well, it's slowed
down, but we still get...
00:45:00.43\00:45:01.86
It's slowed down because of
the new administration rules
00:45:01.90\00:45:05.10
they had to shut
it down completely.
00:45:05.13\00:45:07.20
But I think they're
opening it up to half the number
00:45:07.24\00:45:11.27
that they used to, that
used to come in every year.
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.41
So it's trickling in.
00:45:14.44\00:45:15.78
But yeah,
they're still coming in.
00:45:15.81\00:45:17.31
You have any idea how
many refugees are in that area?
00:45:17.35\00:45:20.18
There's thousands...
00:45:20.22\00:45:21.55
I know they get 2,000
every year in Clarkston,
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.69
new refugees.
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.05
That's amazing. Yeah.
00:45:25.09\00:45:26.42
And the mayor is really on board
00:45:26.45\00:45:29.39
with his subbed-in refugees,
the mayor of Clarkston.
00:45:29.42\00:45:32.23
Amen. Amen.
00:45:32.26\00:45:33.80
Well, some of you who
are watching my thought
00:45:33.83\00:45:36.56
is that particularly if
you're in the Clarkston area
00:45:36.60\00:45:40.57
that you're thinking,
00:45:40.60\00:45:41.94
"Lord, there's
something that I could do
00:45:41.97\00:45:44.87
just as the one who is
coming in to give lessons
00:45:44.91\00:45:49.14
for the computer lessons."
00:45:49.18\00:45:51.28
Maybe you're thinking, "Hey,
I could be an English tutor
00:45:51.31\00:45:54.48
for some of the parents
00:45:54.52\00:45:55.85
or I could be a mentor
for some of the children,
00:45:55.88\00:45:58.52
help them with their homework."
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.19
Or maybe you've
got a CDL license
00:46:00.22\00:46:03.49
and you could drive the bus.
00:46:03.53\00:46:06.36
We want to give
you the opportunity
00:46:06.39\00:46:08.73
to get in touch
with Marina and Kelli.
00:46:08.76\00:46:13.44
And this is FREE,
00:46:13.47\00:46:15.37
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00:46:15.40\00:46:19.34
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00:46:19.37\00:46:21.51
Here's how you can
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00:46:21.54\00:46:24.81
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00:46:24.85\00:46:28.95
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00:46:28.98\00:46:30.95
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00:46:30.99\00:46:34.09
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00:46:34.12\00:46:38.19
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00:46:38.23\00:46:40.33
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00:46:43.73\00:46:46.53
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00:46:46.57\00:46:52.07
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00:46:52.11\00:46:54.04
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00:46:57.31\00:47:00.75
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00:47:00.78\00:47:04.42
So I'm sure that they
would love to hear from you
00:47:11.16\00:47:12.93
if you would like to volunteer,
00:47:12.96\00:47:14.53
or perhaps, you
know of a box van
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.50
or maybe the Holy
Spirit is just impressing you
00:47:18.53\00:47:21.10
to help fund this ministry.
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.47
Be sure to get
in touch with them.
00:47:23.51\00:47:25.21
Well, right now we're
going to have a second song
00:47:25.24\00:47:28.14
from Tammy Chance.
00:47:28.18\00:47:29.51
And to know
Tammy is to love her.
00:47:29.54\00:47:33.18
And she's got a
very special voice.
00:47:33.21\00:47:35.35
She's going to sing for
us a kind of peppy tune,
00:47:35.38\00:47:38.75
"I've Never Loved Him Better."
00:47:38.79\00:47:40.46
Since Jesus came and found me
00:47:53.17\00:47:56.17
And He put His arms around me
00:47:56.20\00:47:59.17
And all my
binding fetters took away
00:47:59.21\00:48:05.21
Although I've loved Him dearly
00:48:05.25\00:48:08.22
And trusted Him sincerely
00:48:08.25\00:48:11.25
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:48:11.29\00:48:17.29
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:48:17.33\00:48:23.20
I've never felt Him
closer along the way
00:48:23.23\00:48:29.20
And O how sweet the feeling
00:48:29.24\00:48:32.11
When in His presence kneeling
00:48:32.14\00:48:35.18
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:48:35.21\00:48:40.02
O blessed friend supernal
00:48:44.25\00:48:47.06
My hope and joy eternal
00:48:47.09\00:48:50.29
Keep now my soul
'til shadows flee away
00:48:50.33\00:48:56.13
Anoint me I would pray, Lord
00:48:56.16\00:48:59.20
Till end this
pilgrim's way, Lord
00:48:59.23\00:49:02.24
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:49:02.27\00:49:08.18
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:49:08.21\00:49:14.18
I've never felt
Him closer along a way
00:49:14.22\00:49:20.19
And O how sweet the feeling
00:49:20.22\00:49:23.16
When in His presence kneeling
00:49:23.19\00:49:26.19
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:49:26.23\00:49:32.23
I've never loved Him better
00:49:32.27\00:49:35.04
No, I've never loved Him better
00:49:35.07\00:49:38.07
No, I've never loved
Him better than today
00:49:38.11\00:49:43.24