I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
again to 3ABN Today.
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My name is Shelley Quinn.
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And we are so glad that
you have joined us today
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as you do so
many days of the week.
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And we want to take
this opportunity always.
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It's always in our hearts
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and sometimes we
forget to say it,
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but I just want to
thank you from the bottom
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of all of our hearts for
your prayers and your love
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and your
financial support for 3ABN.
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This is God's ministry.
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We're very privileged to have
the opportunity to work here.
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But we couldn't do
what we do without you,
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we're partners in
this, so thank you so much.
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We have some special
people with us today,
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and they're lovely people.
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They're not
strangers to our 3ABN audience,
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but we hope you will stay tuned
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if you're not
familiar with NAPS,
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we hope you'll stay tuned
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so that you can get to know them
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and see how God uses people
when your heart is submitted
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and committed to the Lord.
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God will use you in mighty ways.
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Before I introduce them,
let me read this text to you
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because it is applicable.
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This is kind of the
motto, I would say, of NAPS.
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And I'm going to
read from Isaiah 58,
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I'll begin with verse eight.
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It says, "Then your
light shall break forth
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like the morning,
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your healing shall
spring forth speedily,
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and your righteousness
shall go before you,
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the glory of the Lord
shall be your rear guard.
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Then you shall call
and the Lord will answer.
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You shall cry,
and He will answer,
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'Here I am.'
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If you take away the
yoke from your midst,
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the pointing of the
finger, and speaking wickedness,
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if you extend
your soul to the hungry
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and satisfy the afflicted soul,
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then your light
shall dawn in the darkness,
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and your darkness
shall be as the noonday.
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The Lord will
guide you continually
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and satisfy your soul in drought
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and strengthen your bones.
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You shall be
like a watered garden
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and like a spring of
water, whose waters do not fail.
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Those from among you
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shall build the
old waste places.
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You shall raise
up the foundations
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of many generations,
and you shall be called
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the repairer of the breach,
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the restorer of
streets to dwell in."
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Amen and amen.
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Let me now
introduce our special guests,
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and we'll begin with Dr. Paul.
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Dr. Paul, we're so glad
that, Anthony Paul, you are PhD.
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What is your PhD? In Biology.
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In Biology, that was my major.
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Isn't it amazing how
we think we have a plan,
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and God just keeps
taking us to elsewhere?
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So you are the
President and Founder of NAPS.
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What does NAPS stand for?
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NAPS, the acronym represents
the National Association
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for the
Prevention of Starvation.
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And we've been in
existence now for 39 years.
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Next year is going to
be our 40th anniversary.
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Praise the Lord. That's right.
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Hallelujah. Yes.
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Well, we're going to be excited
to hear what you're doing now.
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Then we have with
us, John Paul Carpenter,
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his wife Karley Carpenter,
and last but not least
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of the Carpenters is
John Michael Carpenter,
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and we're so
glad that you're here.
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John, what do you do with NAPS?
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Ma'am, we're working with the...
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I'm over Mississippi
right now in the new clinic
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and that's up right there.
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And we work at the clinic and...
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Are you a native
Mississippian? No, ma'am.
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I'm way from Jackson, Alabama.
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Alabama, you
and Mollie Sue ought
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to get together
with that accent.
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I'll be speaking just like that
before the end of the program.
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And, Karley, what do you do?
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I do the housekeeping
for the wellness center
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in Sayreville.
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And I help out in
the kitchen quite a bit
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and we do health in the home
where we go into Bible studies
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and help with lifestyle changes
for people that requests.
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Oh, wonderful.
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Yeah, it's
really been a blessing
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for me to help with that.
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Wonderful, wonderful.
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And, John Michael,
you are a student, where?
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In NALA. Where?
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In NALA. In NALA.
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I like the way you say that.
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So that is the
abundant life academy,
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is that with it?
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NAPS Abundant Life Academy.
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Okay, well, we're so
glad that you're with us.
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And then we have
behind us, Dr. Michael...
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Dr...
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Marlo. Marlo.
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I'll get there,
Marlo. It's okay.
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Help me, help me, help me.
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And, Dr. Marlo Paul,
what is the connection
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between you and
Dr. Anthony Paul?
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This is my husband. Okay.
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So you are a medical
doctor in that, right.
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What is your
specialty? Internal medicine.
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Internal medicine. Yes.
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Well, and what
do you do with NAPS?
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I'm the Medical
Director of NAPS.
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Wonderful.
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It is so good to have a husband
and wife, you know, that's...
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When husband and
wife team together
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to work for the Lord, it
is such a blessing, isn't it?
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I'm sure you all know.
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And that's something
that JD and I have done
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for many years
together, and love it.
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Now, Laura, I didn't ask you.
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How do you pronounce your name?
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Harkin or Jarkin?
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Jarquin. Jarquin.
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Jarquin, and you
do what with NAPS?
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Well, I'm one of the
nurses in the clinic.
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I'm right now
studying in Judson College.
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I'm still ending my
semester with nursing.
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So I was blessed by
going and joining the missions
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and as well as going to school.
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Wonderful.
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Well, let's come
back to Dr. Anthony Paul.
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Tell us how NAPS began
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and what is the mission of NAPS?
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It's a very good
question, Shelly.
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So NAPS began
when I was in school
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as a student back in 1977.
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And as I've mentioned,
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next year will be
our 40th anniversary.
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As a student, we used to
go around helping people,
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feeding the
homeless under the bridge,
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and then we expand it
to the community work.
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Then we went around out of
States and start doing work.
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And then in 1996,
we went international.
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And so what we do, we work
with kids in the community,
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teaching them
about the love of God,
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good moral
values, about education,
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good education, and
of course, the health.
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And also we work in
juvenile detention homes,
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in foreign land
which train young people
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to be disciples of God,
and so we have now about
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60 different
branches around the world.
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We are in 30
different countries.
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Praise God.
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And over the last, I'd say,
15, 20 years, we are able to...
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not NAPS itself but
the groups are being able
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to baptize over 25,000.
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Twenty five thousand.
Twenty five thousand, yes.
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And they have gone out to places
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that we could not have gone.
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Presently, what we're doing,
we're working in the south,
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Alabama and Mississippi
area trying to follow
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the guidelines of Ellen G. White
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about southern work.
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And we have established clinics
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and we're building
the new one right now.
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And a doctor, Dr. Marlo
would give us some information
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in what we encountered
as we started working
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Southern work which
started about five years ago.
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Okay. Yes.
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Well,
unfortunately, the medical care
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is not too well-established
in the Southern parts,
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most Southern parts of
Alabama and Mississippi.
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And it was
brought to our attention
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when we would go down south
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and do free
clinics and health fares.
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And we're realizing
that we were serving
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mostly poor people
who didn't have access
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to healthcare
or they didn't know
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how to get access to healthcare.
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So we encountered a lot of
situations where there was like
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a 30-year-old with
breast cancer who's dying
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or we have stories when we
do their family health history
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where their father died in H-40
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of a massive
heart attack or stroke,
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we're encountering
like 9, 10-year-olds
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with type-2
diabetes and hypertension,
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and so it was very tragic.
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And once we started
teaching, the community
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in having health
lectures, we realized,
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"Man, they want to
know how to live right."
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And so...
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But nobody is
really showing them how
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and so that was a
mandate that we felt convicted
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of that we need to go
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and not just
provide medical care
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but also education to be
able to help them to learn
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so that they can pass it on,
teach them how to cook healthy
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and the food can
still taste good.
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And so it's been a blessing
because God has used that
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in a mighty way
as an opening wedge
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to their hearts spiritually
which is the main reason,
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but, you know, you
can't go in and just say,
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"Let's have a Bible study."
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You have to meet the
needs like Jesus did.
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And so it's been
awesome being able to work
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for Him in that aspect.
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Amen and amen.
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And the situation is
very desperate in that area.
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They are so happy, excuse
me, to see people come there
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and minister to their needs,
especially in the medical area.
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There's a clip we have of
an old lady lives in a place
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called Freedom
Village, Mississippi which is...
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you heard about the
40 acres and a mule,
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well, this is an authentic
era where the slaves had gotten
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their 40 acres and they
still live in that area.
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And we're able to go in there,
they hadn't seen the doctors
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in years and years,
and so there's video
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that's about to come up.
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We'll show you, I think,
Dr. Marlo was with that group,
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went in the inside ministry...
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They were just so surprised
that someone will take time
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off to come and
minister to them.
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And it's very
difficult working in this area
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where there's not
a lot of, we say...
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I don't want to say ignorance
but lack of information...
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Lack of knowledge.
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People don't
understand why they are ill...
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Part of it's probably
that good-old southern cooking,
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being a good-old
southern cook myself.
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Yeah, they don't blame the food.
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They'll blame everything else.
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And when you try
to diagnose them,
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the will say...
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Yes, the common response we
get is, "I don't claim that.
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I don't claim that."
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And so we give an
analogy and we say,
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"Well, when your
gas tank is on empty,
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do you say, 'I don't claim
it', and just keep driving?
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Or do you take it
to the gas station
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and get it, you know, get gas.
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And so the same
is with your health.
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You know, the way
you don't claim it is
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by asking God for
direction and living right
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so that it can be reversed."
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That's how we don't claim
it, but we don't ignore it
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and keep living the same way.
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Well, let's look
at that video now.
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Oh, you're the sweetheart?
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In Alabama.
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Oh, do you? Where in Alabama?
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Yeah, Birmingham. Birmingham.
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We had to drive
through Birmingham and get it.
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Okay. Okay.
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All right.
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That's so nice.
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You're so sweet.
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Ya'll are sweet too.
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I love ya'll.
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You know, some of these
people probably haven't had
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anyone show any real
interest in them in long time,
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particularly from
the medical community.
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So to go out and...
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that was a house call, right?
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Yes, it was.
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We still do house calls.
You still do house calls.
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Yeah, so you probably
want to talk about Dr. Marlo
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by the conditions that exist.
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Right, yes.
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The conditions that
exist here are worse
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than some of the
third world countries
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we've been to on missions.
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I work part-time at a
rural clinic and hospital.
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And sometimes, I have
to bring my own gloves.
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Sometimes, I had a
student work with me,
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and we had a call in the ER...
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I'm sorry.
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If I'm sitting here
with my mouth agape,
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that is just
amazing to think right here
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in United States, this is...
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Right, it is.
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And we got
called to the ER once,
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and a lady was having a
stroke, we had to transfer her
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obviously to a higher
level hospital facility.
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And the nurses put
tape around her wrist
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and wrote her
name and date of birth
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because they didn't
have the necessary equipment
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to put a regular hospital band.
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And sometimes, we
don't even have paper
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for the exam tables,
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so we have to
use different sheets,
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things of that sort.
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Our sharp container box,
we don't have those sometimes.
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We have to use
different containers
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and it's just amazing to see
that still exists in America.
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We don't have a
proper AED machine,
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it's very
antiquated, the old fashion...
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What is an AED machine?
Sorry, it's a defibrillator.
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If someone goes
into cardiac arrest,
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you use it to try
to help revive them.
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And so, yes, it's
the poorest of the poor,
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and that's where
God would have us
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to go to minister.
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And speaking of house
calls, if you don't mind,
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I would like to
transition into one house call
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that has been a
tremendous blessing
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for us as a group,
as an organization.
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Usually, on Sabbath,
NAPS, we go and we bring church
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to the communities.
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And myself, and
couple of other people,
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we would drive to a place
called Boaz every Sabbath,
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it was about hour and
half drive, would you say?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, every Sabbath,
and we would go minister
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to the poor community
there which were mostly Latinos.
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And we were able to
meet Laura and her family.
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At that time,
she was 10 years old.
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And at that time, her
mother was not feeling well
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which opened the door
for us to come into her home
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and minister her
mom back to health.
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And I would like Laura
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to share the story
of what happened there.
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Please do. Yes.
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Well, when they first
came, I remember they would come
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into place, you know,
they do plays about the Bible,
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you know, like
they would talk about,
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like, the love of God.
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And we were
like, "Oh, we hear it,"
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like we didn't know
anything about that.
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My mother was
raised in Catholic,
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so what I did when every
time I would go to school,
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I was trying to get
used to that, you know.
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I would go and
praise on the statue Mary,
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and I would try to
get that as a habit.
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But then, when NAPS came,
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they changed my life all around.
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They always kept
taking us to church, you know,
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they would talk about the Bible,
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they would come from
far just to come and see us.
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And I think that was
something that, you know,
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I thank God a lot
because I don't know
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where I would have
been right now, you know.
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Me going, me kissing
the statue and now knowing
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the Word of God,
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there's a lot
more people out there,
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you know that is just like me.
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Whenever I join
into the mission,
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it was really hard for me.
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When I transferred to Sayreville
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when we were in the
South, I graduated high school.
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I mean, my dream was to
go college and be a nurse
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'cause my mom suffered a
lot with medical conditions,
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my family did.
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So that's what
brought me into medical,
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I want to help people that
are just like me, you know.
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So what I did was, I went
to the counselor in my school,
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and I asked, "How
can I join into...
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How can I go to college?"
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Well, she asked me, me
and my friend, she said,
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"Does your mother
have Social Security?"
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My mom is a
single mom with four kids
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and does not have
a Social Security.
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So I told that,
no, my mom doesn't.
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And she's like,
00:17:34.38\00:17:35.72
"Well, you can't go to college."
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Well, you know, that
kind of brought me down,
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but I was like, "No, I
know there has to be something
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that I could do."
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So I called Marlo.
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Marlo, she has been
helping me with college
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and tutoring me
and all my grades
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that I have
now, it's all because
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she helped me understand.
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And that really
impacted my life.
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When I transferred to
Judson to be doing missions
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and college, a lot of
things came and attacked me.
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One condition was
probably in October.
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My mom had a car accident
when we were going to go
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to mission trip in
Meridian and I had to miss it.
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I had to go home.
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My brother and
sisters were okay.
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The car was destroyed.
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Then after that,
my mom lost her job.
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And being a
single mother, it's hard.
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Especially, with
four children. Yes.
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Well, I felt more responsible
'cause I'm the oldest.
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So afterwards,
my car was taken up.
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I had problems.
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And well, they took my car
and I was barely driving back
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home to go see my
family 'cause my mom is like...
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I'm a mommy's
girl, so she was like,
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"I want you to come home."
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And they took my car,
I was driving back home.
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So I was able to get
close home when that happened,
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and my uncle was
able to take me back home.
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And then I had
no way to come back.
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I'm like "How am
I going to study?
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How am I going to
keep on with college?"
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You know, that was one
thing that I love, you know,
00:19:09.58\00:19:12.85
going to college,
be able to help others
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the way they did to me.
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And well, what
happened was that NAPS
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came and rescued me.
00:19:24.76\00:19:26.96
Mrs. Karley and Mrs. Dougs,
they drove three hours away
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from where I live
to come and pick me up
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and go back to college.
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So I really thank God
that He has been opening doors
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for me to like
going to missions.
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I do not have any
problems with that college.
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College, you know, when
God wanted to go somewhere,
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He will open doors.
00:19:51.25\00:19:52.72
So for me to go into
missions, there was always,
00:19:52.75\00:19:55.82
you know, an open door,
he's like, "Don't worry.
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No problem.
00:19:57.83\00:19:59.16
You can do the
assignments later on."
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I mean, everything was working
towards God and His work.
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She is, yeah, she is
a wonderful young lady.
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I can tell that.
00:20:09.64\00:20:10.97
And you know
something, Laura, really,
00:20:11.01\00:20:13.07
when we make a
decision to work for God,
00:20:13.11\00:20:16.85
you will find that...
00:20:16.88\00:20:18.31
If you're going to be effective,
00:20:18.35\00:20:19.81
the devil always steps up
and tries to throw obstacles
00:20:19.85\00:20:25.85
in your path.
00:20:25.89\00:20:27.22
But if you keep your
hand in the hand of the Lord,
00:20:27.26\00:20:31.36
those obstacles just
becomes stepping stones.
00:20:31.39\00:20:33.86
So I can tell God's going
to use you in a mighty way.
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John Paul, not John
Michael, but John Paul,
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how did you all
come to join NAPS?
00:20:42.24\00:20:46.31
We were drowning pretty much.
00:20:46.34\00:20:51.05
We were in the church, we came
00:20:51.08\00:20:54.12
into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:20:54.15\00:20:55.72
and coming out of a party
life, a drug life, you know,
00:20:55.75\00:21:00.96
I became part of
the Adventist church
00:21:00.99\00:21:03.56
at younger age, and I
fell out of the church.
00:21:03.59\00:21:09.50
But luck saved us
out, the devil had us,
00:21:09.53\00:21:12.83
in the ways of party life and...
00:21:12.87\00:21:15.60
He had his hook in your nose.
00:21:15.64\00:21:17.11
Running while,
yes, running while.
00:21:17.14\00:21:20.14
And me and my wife, we
got together and married
00:21:20.18\00:21:24.31
and divorced and
back together again.
00:21:24.35\00:21:30.02
And we realized that
something was saying, you know,
00:21:30.05\00:21:33.15
that we're missing the
Lord, and that we need the Lord
00:21:33.19\00:21:35.19
in our family,
and He was calling us.
00:21:35.22\00:21:38.36
But He doesn't have His
fangs in this, you know,
00:21:38.39\00:21:40.90
and it's hard to get away.
00:21:40.93\00:21:42.40
And we came back
to Jackson, Alabama,
00:21:42.43\00:21:47.47
was living down
in Foley, Alabama.
00:21:47.50\00:21:50.67
And realized it was too fast
00:21:50.71\00:21:53.31
and just He was calling us back,
00:21:53.34\00:21:55.44
getting us away
from these things
00:21:55.48\00:21:56.95
and we were
coming out like, say,
00:21:56.98\00:22:00.42
we were even selling drugs
00:22:00.45\00:22:03.15
and just
everything you think of,
00:22:03.18\00:22:05.09
you know, that's...
00:22:05.12\00:22:06.45
This is before John Michael?
00:22:06.49\00:22:07.82
Okay. Right.
00:22:07.86\00:22:09.39
And I see he was coming
along with when the Lord
00:22:09.42\00:22:12.49
is leading us
away from these things.
00:22:12.53\00:22:14.63
And we got away
from certain drugs,
00:22:14.66\00:22:20.20
we went to painkillers,
00:22:20.24\00:22:21.90
thinking that was the
better way out, our anti-drug.
00:22:21.94\00:22:25.07
And then it turned out
to be one of the worst ones
00:22:25.11\00:22:28.64
that we actually ran into.
00:22:28.68\00:22:30.91
Anyway, we just wanted to
getting into Bible studies
00:22:30.95\00:22:33.88
and backing through the
church and we wanted to just
00:22:33.92\00:22:37.99
with be better
witnesses for the Lord
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.89
who's convicting us.
00:22:39.92\00:22:41.26
And we were living a
double life, you know.
00:22:41.29\00:22:43.79
And we were pleading to the Lord
00:22:43.83\00:22:46.80
'cause we kept trying to do it.
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.16
I say, and we
can't fall in on our face
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.33
and we couldn't
get out, you know.
00:22:50.37\00:22:52.30
And we pray to the
Lord, we was pleading to him,
00:22:52.33\00:22:54.20
"Lord, please, you
know you're going to have
00:22:54.24\00:22:56.17
to help us out
'cause we can't get out."
00:22:56.20\00:22:59.04
Then here comes
Dr. Paul and Dr. Marlo,
00:22:59.07\00:23:02.41
NAPS to our church, you know.
00:23:02.44\00:23:05.48
And don't even see
how they would be there,
00:23:05.51\00:23:09.15
otherwise, you
know, with some...
00:23:09.18\00:23:10.92
Well, we can explain that.
00:23:10.95\00:23:13.29
So one morning, my
dear wife woke up and says,
00:23:13.32\00:23:16.39
"Do I know Gilbert Town?"
00:23:16.42\00:23:19.06
And I never heard
Gilbert Town before.
00:23:19.09\00:23:20.76
And so I say, "Go
back to sleep, baby.
00:23:20.80\00:23:22.13
You're dreaming."
00:23:22.16\00:23:23.87
So another night again,
she woke up again and said,
00:23:23.90\00:23:27.14
"Gilbert Town is in my mind."
00:23:27.17\00:23:29.10
So I took her down to
find that there was a place
00:23:29.14\00:23:32.81
called Gilbert Town.
00:23:32.84\00:23:34.31
And we went there, and
then they sent us Jackson
00:23:34.34\00:23:38.45
where these folks were...
00:23:38.48\00:23:39.81
We didn't meet
them at that time.
00:23:39.85\00:23:41.18
But we did a health fare
in Jackson following month.
00:23:41.22\00:23:45.29
And big health fare,
we have a big mobile unit.
00:23:45.32\00:23:47.29
We were on doing health fares.
00:23:47.32\00:23:49.22
We pulled out there.
00:23:49.26\00:23:50.76
And three persons
showed up with the health fare.
00:23:50.79\00:23:54.56
And was the
Carpenters, they were there.
00:23:54.60\00:23:56.40
Praise God.
00:23:56.43\00:23:57.77
And so we offered
invitation for them
00:23:57.80\00:24:00.50
to come to our Wellness Center,
00:24:00.54\00:24:03.57
and they can
explain what happened.
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.41
Yeah.
00:24:06.44\00:24:07.78
Whenever he
offered us the invitation,
00:24:07.81\00:24:10.25
I don't think they knew
it, but we had already been
00:24:10.28\00:24:11.88
looking at the brochure
for the wellness program
00:24:11.91\00:24:14.68
and the ten-day session.
00:24:14.72\00:24:17.02
And I was talking to my
husband, and I was like,
00:24:17.05\00:24:19.15
"Look, you know, maybe
this would be something
00:24:19.19\00:24:21.09
that could help us, you know."
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.79
And then literally, it
seemed like a few minutes later,
00:24:22.82\00:24:25.19
they were telling
us to come, you know,
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.10
and let us clean
you up a little bit.
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.66
And I'm like, "How
did they know, you know?"
00:24:28.70\00:24:33.13
And so anyway, we went.
00:24:33.17\00:24:35.64
And went for the weekend,
and then we were just...
00:24:35.67\00:24:39.57
it was such a
blessing, you know,
00:24:39.61\00:24:41.34
God literally sent a
whole health fare to Jackson
00:24:41.38\00:24:46.28
for me and my family, yes.
00:24:46.31\00:24:47.98
So it's very overwhelming
whenever you think about it.
00:24:48.02\00:24:51.62
And now here we are today.
00:24:51.65\00:24:54.42
And I would never think
but just over a year ago,
00:24:54.46\00:24:57.76
where we were then,
and where we are now,
00:24:57.79\00:25:00.66
and it shows me how much God
loves each individual person,
00:25:00.70\00:25:04.70
you know, and
what He does for us
00:25:04.73\00:25:07.54
because we had been
crying for help for years.
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.71
And basically had just thought,
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.41
"This is just how we have
to live our life, you know."
00:25:12.44\00:25:15.14
And the Lord heard our cry.
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.85
And He said, "No, you don't."
00:25:16.88\00:25:18.61
You know, so
now we're here today
00:25:18.65\00:25:22.02
and clean and sober.
00:25:22.05\00:25:23.65
And I'm so thankful. Praise God.
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.65
You know, I think what,
John Paul, what you said,
00:25:25.69\00:25:28.92
so many people
try to make a change.
00:25:28.96\00:25:31.86
And maybe
you're listening today,
00:25:31.89\00:25:33.50
and you're thinking,
00:25:33.53\00:25:34.86
"I know I need to
change my lifestyle.
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.83
I need to change what I'm doing.
00:25:36.87\00:25:38.87
I need to drop this
habit or this addiction."
00:25:38.90\00:25:41.87
You can never do it by yourself.
00:25:41.90\00:25:44.24
It's just a matter of
you've got to get to that point
00:25:44.27\00:25:48.04
where yield control to
God, we call it surrendering.
00:25:48.08\00:25:51.95
But it simply means
that you're yielding control
00:25:51.98\00:25:55.62
to God and ask to be
filled with His Holy Spirit,
00:25:55.65\00:25:59.79
and that's when the
power comes, isn't it?
00:25:59.82\00:26:02.39
But how wonderful God
was to send someone to you
00:26:02.42\00:26:06.93
to help show you the
way because we are...
00:26:06.96\00:26:11.53
I'll put it this way.
00:26:11.57\00:26:12.90
I was totally
ignorant of the health message
00:26:12.93\00:26:15.90
until I came into
00:26:15.94\00:26:17.27
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:26:17.31\00:26:19.47
I was a good-old Southern cook
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.58
and never had
any problems with it.
00:26:21.61\00:26:24.81
So I didn't realize
what I was doing to myself.
00:26:24.85\00:26:27.68
But if you are in
an addictive lifestyle,
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.89
you have no idea
how important now,
00:26:31.92\00:26:34.42
John Paul and Karley,
you can testify to this
00:26:34.46\00:26:38.29
how important lifestyle,
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.06
eating right,
getting the sunshine,
00:26:40.10\00:26:41.83
getting plenty of water,
and getting good nutrients,
00:26:41.86\00:26:46.27
good dense nutrients,
00:26:46.30\00:26:48.20
it makes complete difference
00:26:48.24\00:26:50.07
because as your
body begins to...
00:26:50.11\00:26:53.58
God created our
bodies to heal themselves.
00:26:53.61\00:26:56.34
It's so amazing.
00:26:56.38\00:26:57.71
And eating right
is the number one way
00:26:57.75\00:27:00.05
and getting plenty of
water is the number one way
00:27:00.08\00:27:02.62
that you start getting healthy
00:27:02.65\00:27:04.65
and then you can start
making some of those changes
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.99
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:07.02\00:27:08.96
Yeah.
00:27:08.99\00:27:10.33
So you had another...
00:27:10.36\00:27:12.39
I think you said
you had another video
00:27:12.43\00:27:13.90
that you want to show us.
00:27:13.93\00:27:15.36
This video is transition
to talking about healing
00:27:15.40\00:27:19.17
and simple properties
that God used for healing.
00:27:19.20\00:27:22.24
And so we were in
Madagascar not too long ago
00:27:22.27\00:27:24.74
when the doctor was with us.
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.11
I wish you could
introduce this video.
00:27:26.14\00:27:27.48
Okay, yes.
00:27:27.51\00:27:28.84
This video is...
00:27:28.88\00:27:30.75
Now where is Madagascar
for those who don't know?
00:27:30.78\00:27:33.85
Okay. It's a small island to...
00:27:33.88\00:27:36.89
Big island. Okay, I'm sorry.
00:27:36.92\00:27:40.52
It's a big island
to the east of Africa,
00:27:40.56\00:27:43.02
the continent Africa.
00:27:43.06\00:27:44.46
And when we go on mission,
00:27:44.49\00:27:47.16
NAPS goes to places
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.53
where usually
nobody else likes to go,
00:27:48.56\00:27:51.87
uncharted territory.
00:27:51.90\00:27:53.64
So we like to figure out
where there is no church,
00:27:53.67\00:27:56.94
and that's where we like to go.
00:27:56.97\00:27:58.71
And so God sent us there.
00:27:58.74\00:28:00.58
And not only was
there not a church
00:28:00.61\00:28:03.14
where we went in Madagascar,
a village called Fotadrevo.
00:28:03.18\00:28:06.75
But the enemy was very
prevalent in that village,
00:28:06.78\00:28:11.75
a lot of witch doctors, voodoo.
00:28:11.79\00:28:14.86
And it was a blessing to me
00:28:14.89\00:28:17.13
because that
was my first mission
00:28:17.16\00:28:18.96
as a medical doctor overseas.
00:28:18.99\00:28:21.66
And as we are able to
help people to feel better,
00:28:21.70\00:28:26.30
we say, "Well, we need
to praise and thank God
00:28:26.33\00:28:29.14
who is the great physician
who made you feel better."
00:28:29.17\00:28:32.17
And they looked at us,
and said, "God? Who is God?"
00:28:32.21\00:28:37.08
So for the first
time, I'm just dumbfounded
00:28:37.11\00:28:39.55
because I'm thinking
everybody knows who God is.
00:28:39.58\00:28:43.25
And then I
said, "Well, you know,
00:28:43.28\00:28:45.12
who made the sun and
the sky and the trees?"
00:28:45.15\00:28:48.46
And they said, "I don't know."
00:28:48.49\00:28:50.89
So I'm like,
00:28:50.93\00:28:52.26
"Man, this is really
starting from scratch."
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.66
And so we tried
to explain to them
00:28:54.70\00:28:56.40
about this
great God, the Creator
00:28:56.43\00:28:58.60
who created the
heavens and the earth for us,
00:28:58.63\00:29:00.64
and created them,
and loves them so much
00:29:00.67\00:29:03.24
that He would
allow them to be healed.
00:29:03.27\00:29:06.37
They loved it.
00:29:06.41\00:29:07.74
And they were
hungering and thirsting for it,
00:29:07.78\00:29:09.34
they wanted to know more.
00:29:09.38\00:29:10.71
So we would get up
early in the mornings
00:29:10.75\00:29:12.48
and do Bible studies.
00:29:12.51\00:29:13.85
And in some of these homes,
00:29:13.88\00:29:15.22
there would be 25 people
in there, in the Bible study.
00:29:15.25\00:29:19.75
And so God performed
miracles in the healing process
00:29:19.79\00:29:23.12
and you'll see
them here in the video.
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.79
Before we roll this
video, I just wanted to say
00:29:25.83\00:29:28.66
'cause I know we're going
to swap out some guests here,
00:29:28.70\00:29:31.60
just wanted to thank you,
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.13
John Paul and
Karley and John Michael,
00:29:33.17\00:29:36.14
for being with us today
00:29:36.17\00:29:37.51
because your
testimony is powerful
00:29:37.54\00:29:40.58
and by sharing your testimony,
00:29:40.61\00:29:42.24
having the courage
to standup and say,
00:29:42.28\00:29:45.61
"Look what God did for me,"
00:29:45.65\00:29:47.32
you will give
hope to many people.
00:29:47.35\00:29:48.98
So we want to
thank you for being here.
00:29:49.02\00:29:52.02
And the other
thing I wanted to say is
00:29:52.05\00:29:54.29
when you're talking about
00:29:54.32\00:29:55.86
witch doctors,
witchcraft and voodoo,
00:29:55.89\00:29:59.89
let me tell you something,
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.93
we live in a developed country
00:30:01.96\00:30:06.57
where we kind of poopoo
the idea of demonic activity.
00:30:06.60\00:30:13.04
We don't see it
practiced here a lot,
00:30:13.07\00:30:15.54
it is practiced in the
areas of United States.
00:30:15.58\00:30:18.51
But it's
happening more and more,
00:30:18.55\00:30:22.22
you're beginning to see
more and more spiritualism
00:30:22.25\00:30:25.95
creeping in here
to the United States.
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.92
But I remember
when I was speaking at
00:30:27.96\00:30:30.69
the Sedaven camp
meeting in South Africa,
00:30:30.73\00:30:36.23
I asked the
conference president,
00:30:36.26\00:30:39.50
the people there.
00:30:39.53\00:30:40.87
I said, "How do
you all think about...
00:30:40.90\00:30:45.34
How seriously do you
take demonic possession?"
00:30:45.37\00:30:50.91
They looked
around at each other,
00:30:50.95\00:30:53.35
then they looked
at me, and they said,
00:30:53.38\00:30:55.75
"We'll tell you how
seriously we take it.
00:30:55.78\00:30:57.95
If we get a call, we
fast and pray for three days
00:30:57.99\00:31:01.42
before we go out
to answer that call."
00:31:01.46\00:31:04.06
So it is not only a
lack of knowledge of God
00:31:04.09\00:31:09.33
that you're
talking about in Madagascar
00:31:09.36\00:31:11.73
but what you're talking about
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.67
is true satanic activity
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.14
and influence
through these various other
00:31:17.17\00:31:21.81
animistic type religions.
00:31:21.84\00:31:25.35
So let's roll that now.
00:31:25.38\00:31:29.28
Last week, and
she was complaining
00:31:29.32\00:31:30.79
about her leg constantly
itching for four years,
00:31:30.82\00:31:33.72
and she was
itching and itching it,
00:31:33.76\00:31:35.09
and when she came,
it was raw, it was open,
00:31:35.12\00:31:37.13
there was all kind
of mucus and bacteria.
00:31:37.16\00:31:39.43
So we did
hydrotherapy treatments
00:31:39.46\00:31:41.16
with the contrast back,
00:31:41.20\00:31:42.53
and then we wrapped
in a charcoal poultice,
00:31:42.56\00:31:44.43
and we did two
or three treatments,
00:31:44.47\00:31:46.07
and after that we
prayed and her leg is healed.
00:31:46.10\00:31:49.14
And she said that
it no longer itches.
00:31:49.17\00:31:50.74
And so we've been
giving all the honor
00:31:50.77\00:31:52.61
and praise and glory to God.
00:31:52.64\00:31:53.98
And she praises the Lord
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.34
because she knows that
God has healed her leg.
00:31:55.38\00:31:56.88
And she said she
loves Him very much,
00:31:56.91\00:31:59.05
and she's my friend.
00:31:59.08\00:32:03.79
And I love her.
00:32:03.82\00:32:05.15
So we pray for her
soul to being healthy.
00:32:09.59\00:32:13.93
Testimony was a little...
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.00
that long
distance two-day travel
00:32:16.03\00:32:17.90
to try to seek
medical attention here.
00:32:17.93\00:32:20.97
What's going to happen?
Where are you going to be?
00:32:21.00\00:32:22.74
Well, tomorrow,
I already promised
00:32:22.77\00:32:25.34
that I would go across
the river to the village
00:32:25.37\00:32:27.88
that's over on the hills
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.24
'cause they are
wanting medical care too.
00:32:29.28\00:32:32.18
So we were
going to travel there.
00:32:32.21\00:32:34.52
One mother, we saw
by her child to see me,
00:32:34.55\00:32:37.35
and the witch doctor
had placed all these charms
00:32:37.39\00:32:39.92
and stuff on the child.
00:32:39.95\00:32:41.29
And we asked her
why, and she said,
00:32:41.32\00:32:42.96
"I was desperate,
my child was sick,
00:32:42.99\00:32:45.13
I have nowhere else to go."
00:32:45.16\00:32:46.80
So they go to the witch doctor.
00:32:46.83\00:32:48.83
And then there
you have their souls
00:32:48.86\00:32:50.47
being sold out to the devil.
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.20
It's very hard
because I'm the only physician
00:32:52.23\00:32:55.10
and lot of these
people need help.
00:32:55.14\00:32:57.24
And they travel
days to get here.
00:32:57.27\00:33:01.38
I can't see them all by myself.
00:33:14.72\00:33:19.76
So we need more physicians
to come out here to help
00:33:19.79\00:33:23.90
so that I don't have to
keep turning people away.
00:33:23.93\00:33:26.57
God helped these people
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.76
and they traveled
two days to get here.
00:33:51.79\00:33:54.40
I can't be everywhere once
'cause I'm only once person.
00:33:54.43\00:33:59.13
So we need more
physicians to come,
00:33:59.17\00:34:01.17
it's not just to heal the
physical but the spiritual.
00:34:01.20\00:34:04.41
Can you hear the
voice of the children
00:34:04.44\00:34:09.01
Softly pleading
00:34:09.04\00:34:12.65
For silence in
a shattered world?
00:34:12.68\00:34:17.39
Angry guns preach
a gospel full of hate
00:34:17.42\00:34:25.29
Blood of the
innocent on their hands
00:34:25.33\00:34:32.80
Crying, Jesus, help me
00:34:32.83\00:34:37.27
To feel the sun
again upon my face
00:34:37.31\00:34:43.78
So you can see how important
the medical missionary work is,
00:34:43.81\00:34:47.42
and it's amazing to think
00:34:47.45\00:34:50.02
that people live
in those conditions.
00:34:50.05\00:34:51.82
But as they said,
that was in Madagascar
00:34:51.85\00:34:54.82
but the
conditions can be even worse
00:34:54.86\00:34:56.99
in the Southern area
of the United States.
00:34:57.03\00:34:59.49
Well, we have done a
total swap of guests.
00:34:59.53\00:35:03.77
Now I'm just the host,
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.13
so no one told me
we were doing this.
00:35:05.17\00:35:08.10
But let me introduce to
you again some familiar faces.
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.91
I am sure we have
Darla, and Torrey Price.
00:35:11.94\00:35:15.68
Torrey, have been
married, how long?
00:35:15.71\00:35:17.85
Eleven years,
wonderful years. Eleven years.
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.72
Praise God.
00:35:20.75\00:35:22.18
Darla, we are so used to you,
00:35:22.22\00:35:24.39
you've been
with NAPS since 2000,
00:35:24.42\00:35:26.52
and you're usually the one,
00:35:26.55\00:35:27.89
the cheerleader that is leading
00:35:27.92\00:35:29.86
all these wonderful testimonies
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.66
that you share
reports at camp meeting.
00:35:31.69\00:35:33.80
Yes. I am so...
00:35:33.83\00:35:36.70
I remember I was just talking
to you about how I joined NAPS.
00:35:36.73\00:35:41.27
And for me, I was
looking for purpose,
00:35:41.30\00:35:43.84
I remember I've been Adventist
00:35:43.87\00:35:45.51
since I was a young child
00:35:45.54\00:35:46.98
and reading the Bible and
wondering, "Is this real?"
00:35:47.01\00:35:51.15
When I joined NAPS,
00:35:51.18\00:35:52.51
I realized that this
was just a shortened version
00:35:52.55\00:35:56.22
of all that God wants to do,
00:35:56.25\00:35:58.02
the miracles come to
life, the Bible is real.
00:35:58.05\00:36:01.22
And so we'll be
sharing testimonies.
00:36:01.26\00:36:02.86
Oh, praise God.
00:36:02.89\00:36:04.23
I wish we had time to
share everybody's testimony
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.09
'cause they've
got some great ones.
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.03
And then we have Kristy Nedd.
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.86
Kristen, it's
Kristen, excuse me.
00:36:09.90\00:36:11.53
What do you do?
00:36:11.57\00:36:13.54
How are you
associated with NAPS?
00:36:13.57\00:36:15.34
Well, I'm associated with NAPS.
00:36:15.37\00:36:16.94
I'm actually the
principal at the school,
00:36:16.97\00:36:19.54
NAPS Abundant Life Academy
00:36:19.57\00:36:20.91
where we call it NALA for short.
00:36:20.94\00:36:22.94
Yes, and I mean,
00:36:22.98\00:36:24.85
it's such a
blessing being able to work
00:36:24.88\00:36:26.82
with these
children and do education
00:36:26.85\00:36:30.09
the way that God
has commissioned to us
00:36:30.12\00:36:32.92
through His prophet Ellen White.
00:36:32.95\00:36:35.02
So God is truly blessing
and I can't wait to share
00:36:35.06\00:36:38.76
even more
testimonies about it as well.
00:36:38.79\00:36:41.03
And then we have absolutely
the star of the show today
00:36:41.06\00:36:44.53
is Jade Burell,
she's eight years old.
00:36:44.57\00:36:48.10
And, Jade, you
are a student at NALA.
00:36:48.14\00:36:51.37
What grade are you in? Third.
00:36:51.41\00:36:53.14
In the third grade.
00:36:53.17\00:36:55.18
And I understand
00:36:55.21\00:36:56.68
that God's got
His hand on your life
00:36:56.71\00:36:59.41
to do wonderful things.
00:36:59.45\00:37:02.25
Yes, ma'am. Yes,
well, you are precious.
00:37:02.28\00:37:05.29
And then finally, we
have Madelene Gustave.
00:37:05.32\00:37:08.62
Madelene, what
do you do with NAPS?
00:37:08.66\00:37:10.39
I am part of a team called YOD
00:37:10.43\00:37:12.96
which stands for
the Year Of Dedication.
00:37:12.99\00:37:15.73
This is the 14th one,
so it's called the YOD-14.
00:37:15.76\00:37:19.93
So Year Of
Dedication, explain that.
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.54
So basically it's comprised
of a group of college students,
00:37:22.57\00:37:27.28
graduates, really anyone
00:37:27.31\00:37:28.78
who's willing to dedicate
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.15
a year of their life to service.
00:37:30.18\00:37:32.08
So those like you, Madelene,
00:37:32.11\00:37:35.08
that are in the Year
Of Dedication program,
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.72
they might be in the
middle of their studies
00:37:37.75\00:37:40.79
and just decide, "I'm
going to take a year off
00:37:40.82\00:37:43.09
and dedicate it God or
they may have graduated."
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.99
So I just always love
to hear those stories.
00:37:46.03\00:37:49.50
But let's get back to you.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.20
Tell us about
your Impact Missions.
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.64
Okay, this is an
important topic for me
00:37:53.67\00:37:56.37
because our City
Impact Missions do just that.
00:37:56.40\00:37:59.87
They make an amazing impact.
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.24
Every single time,
we can travel, we do.
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.45
So a lot of our
volunteers are students
00:38:05.48\00:38:09.12
and so whenever
they have a break,
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.09
thanksgiving
break, spring break,
00:38:11.12\00:38:13.52
even Christmas, and new years,
00:38:13.56\00:38:15.49
they'll sacrifice
the entire holiday.
00:38:15.52\00:38:18.03
But it's really no sacrifice
00:38:18.06\00:38:19.66
because when we get on
these to different cities
00:38:19.69\00:38:22.86
and maybe
Dallas or Nashville or,
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.97
you know, all over Los Angeles,
when we get to these cities,
00:38:26.00\00:38:30.21
it's non-stop going
00:38:30.24\00:38:32.21
and just taking really like
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.91
walking the steps of Christ.
00:38:34.94\00:38:38.11
So we'll do
church presentations,
00:38:38.15\00:38:40.42
encouraging the young
people, literature evangelism.
00:38:40.45\00:38:44.09
We're passing out
Great Controversies,
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.25
Steps to Christ.
00:38:46.29\00:38:47.62
It's a life changer.
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.72
And there's actually been times
00:38:49.76\00:38:51.39
where there was this one
lady, and she was about to...
00:38:51.43\00:38:55.10
she told us she
was about to take
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.53
the life of her own
life and her child's life
00:38:56.56\00:38:59.70
because she was discouraged,
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.30
she had found out
that child had lupus,
00:39:01.34\00:39:03.71
she had just lost her job.
00:39:03.74\00:39:05.31
And she said, "Lord, if
you do not give me a sign
00:39:05.34\00:39:10.05
or some form of peace,
00:39:10.08\00:39:12.01
then I am going to give
up and I'm going to, tonight,
00:39:12.05\00:39:15.28
I will take my
life and child's."
00:39:15.32\00:39:18.12
And then here we come
with our marching band
00:39:18.15\00:39:22.19
'cause we do literature
evangelism a little different,
00:39:22.22\00:39:24.56
with a marching band.
00:39:24.59\00:39:25.93
And we gave her the
book, Peace Above the Storm.
00:39:25.96\00:39:29.06
And when she saw that book,
she said, "You are the sign.
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.90
You are the sign."
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.64
And then she told us the story.
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.14
You just never know really
how many lives you're saving.
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.71
Amen and amen.
00:39:39.74\00:39:41.78
So have any of you been
have on the Impact Missions?
00:39:41.81\00:39:45.21
I know you have, Torrey.
00:39:45.25\00:39:46.85
Definitely, yeah.
00:39:46.88\00:39:49.78
How did it impact you?
00:39:49.82\00:39:51.29
Well, you know, one
thing I've grown to realize,
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.86
right now,
there's a huge epidemic
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.99
in our Adventist church
of young people leaving.
00:39:57.03\00:39:59.76
And just as Darla said,
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.13
I have a similar experience
00:40:01.16\00:40:02.50
where this ministry has
truly shown me my purpose.
00:40:02.53\00:40:06.47
It adds a whole new element
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.30
to what your
relationship with God is.
00:40:08.34\00:40:10.11
You actually see him
active in the mission field.
00:40:10.14\00:40:13.21
And there was one time
00:40:13.24\00:40:15.24
I went out during
literature evangelism.
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.88
And we were in Downtown.
00:40:17.91\00:40:19.51
And I remember at that moment,
00:40:19.55\00:40:20.95
I did not feel like it
00:40:20.98\00:40:22.38
which sometimes it happens
even in our walk with God.
00:40:22.42\00:40:24.65
Sometimes you're not
going to feel like it.
00:40:24.69\00:40:26.02
Absolutely.
00:40:26.05\00:40:27.39
But it teaches you endurance,
00:40:27.42\00:40:28.76
perseverance
how to push through.
00:40:28.79\00:40:30.79
And I got down to
the very last person
00:40:30.83\00:40:33.53
I was about to canvass.
00:40:33.56\00:40:35.23
And I approached her, I said,
00:40:35.26\00:40:36.70
"Ma'am, I have to go
00:40:36.73\00:40:38.07
because everybody was
loading in to the van."
00:40:38.10\00:40:40.14
I said, "I have to go but God
told me to give you this book."
00:40:40.17\00:40:44.11
And she took it, she
said, "Wait, who are you?"
00:40:44.14\00:40:46.84
She's crying at this point.
I said, "Let me pray with you."
00:40:46.88\00:40:50.31
And as I being to pray with her,
00:40:50.35\00:40:52.48
you know, I'm just
praying and then I run, leave,
00:40:52.51\00:40:55.12
forget about the whole moment.
00:40:55.15\00:40:56.92
Until later on, that week,
00:40:56.95\00:40:59.35
you know, Darla
actually answered
00:40:59.39\00:41:00.76
the phone at the NAPS office.
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.36
And the woman left a voicemail,
"I need to find this girl.
00:41:02.39\00:41:06.06
She gave me this book.
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.43
She doesn't know
what I was going through.
00:41:07.46\00:41:09.16
I need to find this girl."
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.07
And I remember, somehow,
00:41:11.10\00:41:13.20
we ended up
getting connected again.
00:41:13.23\00:41:15.34
And when she contacted me,
00:41:15.37\00:41:17.64
she told me the whole
story behind that one encounter.
00:41:17.67\00:41:21.81
She said, that same day,
00:41:21.84\00:41:24.15
her brother fell from a
45-foot-storey building.
00:41:24.18\00:41:27.68
He was a construction worker.
00:41:27.72\00:41:29.65
And she just lost her job,
00:41:29.68\00:41:31.35
the moment she
was walking Downtown.
00:41:31.39\00:41:33.42
And for God to
send a young person
00:41:33.46\00:41:36.02
with a band Downtown
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.59
and gave her this
hope, this encouragement.
00:41:38.63\00:41:41.53
She said, "It had to be God."
00:41:41.56\00:41:43.37
And even a couple
years later, two years later,
00:41:43.40\00:41:45.57
for some reason,
she popped in my mind.
00:41:45.60\00:41:47.34
Go to my cell
phone, I called her.
00:41:47.37\00:41:50.01
And at that
moment, I called her.
00:41:50.04\00:41:51.37
She said, "You don't know,
00:41:51.41\00:41:52.74
why does God keep
bringing you in my life
00:41:52.77\00:41:55.78
at the time I need it."
00:41:55.81\00:41:57.48
And it's almost
like a wakeup call
00:41:57.51\00:41:58.91
that God was giving
her every single time.
00:41:58.95\00:42:01.68
We contacted her.
00:42:01.72\00:42:03.05
I mean, what a blessing
00:42:03.08\00:42:04.42
because truly as a young person,
00:42:04.45\00:42:07.56
when you're in the
church and you're sitting there,
00:42:07.59\00:42:09.19
you're listening to the service
00:42:09.22\00:42:10.63
but you're not
applying what you're learning,
00:42:10.66\00:42:13.46
it's almost like
you lose the essence of,
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.26
"What is the purpose
of me really being here?
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.67
Why am I listening to this?
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.03
Why am I reading the same book?"
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.64
But when you get to
apply and see the impact
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.84
and the change that it
makes in people's lives,
00:42:23.87\00:42:25.71
I mean, it will transform you
and others around you as well.
00:42:25.74\00:42:28.48
You know, Kristen,
two things you said.
00:42:28.51\00:42:30.08
Number one is that you said
00:42:30.11\00:42:32.05
she came to your
mind and you acted on it.
00:42:32.08\00:42:34.98
I believe that we all
need to be much more sensitive,
00:42:35.02\00:42:39.95
that was the Holy
Spirit leading you.
00:42:39.99\00:42:42.52
And it was a divine appointment,
00:42:42.56\00:42:44.23
she needed to hear
from you right then,
00:42:44.26\00:42:46.43
but you acted on it
rather than waiting.
00:42:46.46\00:42:48.36
And you might have
missed a great opportunity
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.90
had you waited.
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.27
But the other thing
you said was purpose.
00:42:52.30\00:42:54.77
And I know that, for myself,
00:42:54.80\00:42:56.84
I thank God every day
00:42:56.87\00:42:58.47
that I get to get up
and live a life of purpose.
00:42:58.51\00:43:01.91
And when our young
people are leaving, in part,
00:43:01.94\00:43:05.88
I remember asking
a young person once,
00:43:05.91\00:43:08.25
"How can we keep the
young people in the church?"
00:43:08.28\00:43:11.12
And you know what she
said without blinking,
00:43:11.15\00:43:14.26
"Get them involved."
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.66
And there is nothing greater
00:43:16.69\00:43:20.26
than getting involved in...
00:43:20.30\00:43:21.66
If you've got a child
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.23
who is going a
little off the track,
00:43:23.26\00:43:25.40
get them involved
in a missionary work.
00:43:25.43\00:43:27.44
If they go on a mission trip,
00:43:27.47\00:43:29.04
I guarantee you,
that's life-changing.
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.14
And it was actually
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.18
because our impact
missions are preparation.
00:43:34.21\00:43:36.88
When we go on impact missions,
we don't stay in hotels,
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.71
we're not in these nice
places, but it's preparations.
00:43:39.75\00:43:43.49
So when it's time for
the international missions,
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.49
we're ready.
00:43:46.52\00:43:47.86
And, Torrey, I was wondering
00:43:47.89\00:43:49.22
if you could share
just a little about
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.19
how we choose our
location and how we get there.
00:43:51.23\00:43:53.63
Okay.
00:43:53.66\00:43:55.00
Well, our international
missions are so powerful
00:43:55.03\00:43:58.57
just because it gives
you a greater understanding
00:43:58.60\00:44:01.80
of how God loves to work.
00:44:01.84\00:44:03.84
When we go on these trips,
00:44:03.87\00:44:05.21
it's not where we're
taking the nice fancy coach bus,
00:44:05.24\00:44:07.71
but you'll see us as we
going down rivers and canoes
00:44:07.74\00:44:10.95
going to reach
people with the gospel.
00:44:10.98\00:44:13.18
And that's what I love most is
00:44:13.21\00:44:15.15
when people make that
Macedonian call, when they say,
00:44:15.18\00:44:17.42
"You know, we need
to hear the gospel here.
00:44:17.45\00:44:19.25
Come bring the gospel."
00:44:19.29\00:44:20.72
And then they see an
army of youth coming in,
00:44:20.76\00:44:23.06
it's just so powerful.
00:44:23.09\00:44:24.96
For example, in Guyana,
00:44:24.99\00:44:26.63
when we were there, as
we go on these missions,
00:44:26.66\00:44:29.43
we're going
working with the people,
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.43
we don't just go to do
the work and then leave.
00:44:31.47\00:44:34.50
What we love to do is,
we'll go to the main city,
00:44:34.54\00:44:37.51
gather a group of
young people and say,
00:44:37.54\00:44:39.21
"Hey, we're going
out, come with us."
00:44:39.24\00:44:41.94
And so they'll join up
with us on these mission trips.
00:44:41.98\00:44:44.61
So that way, when we come back,
00:44:44.65\00:44:46.58
they're able to
continue the work.
00:44:46.61\00:44:48.15
And this is not
in nice city areas.
00:44:48.18\00:44:51.02
As you can see, we've gone out
00:44:51.05\00:44:52.65
to rural islands
and other locations
00:44:52.69\00:44:55.36
where people are not
easily receiving the gospel.
00:44:55.39\00:44:58.59
They may not have
contact with many people,
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.86
and so that's why we
love going on these missions.
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.03
Amen. I have one quick question.
00:45:03.06\00:45:06.63
Torrey, did you join NAPS
00:45:06.67\00:45:10.54
before you married Darla?
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.91
And is that how y'all met?
00:45:13.94\00:45:15.28
Or did you join NAPS
because you met Darla?
00:45:15.31\00:45:19.38
Or your own
passion brought you in?
00:45:19.41\00:45:21.28
Well, there's a song that says,
It Pays to Serve Jesus, amen.
00:45:21.32\00:45:24.25
And so we both were
already in the ministry
00:45:24.29\00:45:27.02
and then that's where we met.
00:45:27.06\00:45:28.59
Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
00:45:28.62\00:45:30.99
Well, Madelene, we
want to here from you.
00:45:31.03\00:45:33.16
You, as a Year Of
Dedication student,
00:45:33.19\00:45:37.40
tell us about some
of the mission trips
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.37
or what's really
you want to share today.
00:45:39.40\00:45:42.14
Well, I must say I
really enjoy this YOD so far.
00:45:42.17\00:45:47.48
It wasn't easy to...
00:45:47.51\00:45:48.84
What made you decide to do that?
00:45:48.88\00:45:50.65
What is your studies
00:45:50.68\00:45:52.01
and what made you decide
to do a Year Of Dedication?
00:45:52.05\00:45:54.12
Yes, so I am pre
physiotherapy major.
00:45:54.15\00:45:57.49
I just completed my
sophomore year of college.
00:45:57.52\00:46:01.02
And during that
year, I guess I could say
00:46:01.06\00:46:05.03
I was going
through a very trying time.
00:46:05.06\00:46:07.36
And I just remember
like really pleading with God
00:46:07.40\00:46:10.70
asking Him to
just show Himself to me
00:46:10.73\00:46:12.80
and to help me to
get to know Him more.
00:46:12.83\00:46:15.40
And of course, I was able to
draw closer to Him as a result.
00:46:15.44\00:46:19.97
And I just remember
towards the end of the year
00:46:20.01\00:46:23.41
knowing that He
was calling me to YOD.
00:46:23.45\00:46:26.41
And it was scary
00:46:26.45\00:46:28.18
because I have to tell my
parents that, it's not easy.
00:46:28.22\00:46:32.22
You know, my
parents sent me to college
00:46:32.25\00:46:33.79
to get an education especially
00:46:33.82\00:46:35.52
because I was
very far from home,
00:46:35.56\00:46:38.03
I'm actually from Florida,
00:46:38.06\00:46:39.39
and so I go to
school in Alabama.
00:46:39.43\00:46:41.76
And I just
remember during the summer,
00:46:41.80\00:46:46.67
I actually was
preparing to go to Ethiopia
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.74
but prior to that, I went home.
00:46:48.77\00:46:51.27
And I remember the entire time
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.27
I was there like
really praying, like,
00:46:53.31\00:46:54.84
"God, give me the
words to say to my parents
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.18
because it's pretty
difficult to explain."
00:46:57.21\00:47:00.82
And I remember I
spoke to my parents
00:47:00.85\00:47:03.35
and my dad was not having it,
00:47:03.39\00:47:06.22
he was just completely done.
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.56
And I remember afterwards
he's stormed off, and my mom,
00:47:08.59\00:47:12.66
she was just
sitting on the couch,
00:47:12.69\00:47:14.03
and she was like,
00:47:14.06\00:47:15.40
"You know, it's
crazy that you mentioned
00:47:15.43\00:47:17.60
taking a year off to
school to do mission work,"
00:47:17.63\00:47:19.47
because she had
just conversation
00:47:19.50\00:47:21.84
with someone else that day.
00:47:21.87\00:47:23.34
And I was with
her during the day,
00:47:23.37\00:47:24.71
I didn't realize that she
was speaking to that woman,
00:47:24.74\00:47:26.98
but the woman told
her about her grandson
00:47:27.01\00:47:29.48
who was doing a similar thing
00:47:29.51\00:47:31.81
where he took a year
off to do mission work.
00:47:31.85\00:47:33.82
And she told me, you know,
"God is calling you to this.
00:47:33.85\00:47:37.19
You need to go."
00:47:37.22\00:47:38.55
And so that was confirmation
for me like helping me
00:47:38.59\00:47:41.36
to move forward knowing
00:47:41.39\00:47:42.72
that God was really
bringing me to this work.
00:47:42.76\00:47:46.70
And as a result, I've
been able to not only travel
00:47:46.73\00:47:49.30
and do different Impact Missions
00:47:49.33\00:47:50.67
like we usually do,
00:47:50.70\00:47:52.03
but also to help
out the wellness center,
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.17
be able to help out with
sessions, health sessions
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.41
that we have or I
guess that are able to come
00:47:57.44\00:47:59.57
and receive, you
know, holistic treatment
00:47:59.61\00:48:02.11
and be able to just not only
receive that physical healing
00:48:02.14\00:48:05.88
but the spiritual
healing that comes with that.
00:48:05.91\00:48:08.68
Amen. Have you been on an
international mission yet?
00:48:08.72\00:48:11.45
I have, I just went on my first
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.59
international
mission to Ethiopia,
00:48:13.62\00:48:15.99
and that was a
blessing in itself
00:48:16.02\00:48:17.66
because as you know,
00:48:17.69\00:48:19.03
when you're
going to do God's work,
00:48:19.06\00:48:20.40
you know, the devil tries
00:48:20.43\00:48:21.76
to discourage
you in so many ways.
00:48:21.80\00:48:23.40
But one thing I
really appreciated about
00:48:23.43\00:48:25.23
being able to go to Ethiopia
was that as Torrey mentioned,
00:48:25.27\00:48:29.74
one of the things that NAPS does
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.11
when we go to different
countries is not just to,
00:48:31.14\00:48:33.51
you know, teach people about
00:48:33.54\00:48:36.51
Christ and health and all that
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.21
but also make disciples.
00:48:39.25\00:48:41.05
So we go and we
train youth there to do
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.89
what we've been doing
and to continue the work
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.19
that country once we leave.
00:48:46.22\00:48:47.72
And so I remember meeting
all the different trainees
00:48:47.76\00:48:50.29
that we had there,
00:48:50.33\00:48:51.66
it was so excited to be
able to work for the Lord.
00:48:51.69\00:48:54.46
And a lot of them grew
up in the church as well
00:48:54.50\00:48:57.43
and weren't really
kind of following God.
00:48:57.47\00:49:01.44
And so after they
were able to work with us,
00:49:01.47\00:49:05.01
they have that fire,
that fire that we all had
00:49:05.04\00:49:08.04
when we joined NAPS.
00:49:08.08\00:49:09.41
And as a result,
now they're doing
00:49:09.44\00:49:11.55
so many different
missions in Ethiopia,
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.15
and now they were
raising funds themselves
00:49:14.18\00:49:16.85
to be able to just go
and do missions in Ethiopia
00:49:16.89\00:49:19.15
and so it's been
such a huge blessing,
00:49:19.19\00:49:21.39
that mission was great.
00:49:21.42\00:49:23.63
You know, I actually heard you,
00:49:23.66\00:49:26.13
Darla, I believe it,
was at an ASI before...
00:49:26.16\00:49:29.06
I just joined the church,
I wasn't working at 3ABN yet.
00:49:29.10\00:49:33.07
And I had only
been in the church
00:49:33.10\00:49:36.10
I think a month
when I heard you.
00:49:36.14\00:49:38.27
And that's one
thing any time you hear
00:49:38.31\00:49:42.04
any of the NAPS students,
00:49:42.08\00:49:44.35
any of your members
when you're talking,
00:49:44.38\00:49:47.08
the passion, the enthusiasm,
00:49:47.12\00:49:53.02
it just emanates from them,
00:49:53.05\00:49:55.16
and it's because when
you're in this type of work,
00:49:55.19\00:49:59.19
no matter what
level you came in,
00:49:59.23\00:50:01.66
no matter what your
spiritual condition,
00:50:01.70\00:50:03.87
whatever you thought it was,
00:50:03.90\00:50:06.23
you are learning to rely on God,
00:50:06.27\00:50:09.24
you're learning
to be led by God,
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.54
you're learning to be like Jesus
00:50:11.57\00:50:15.24
which is to do,
you know, He said,
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"I only say what the
Father tells me to say,
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and I only do what the
Father tells me to do."
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How many
international mission trips
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could you even
begin to count them?
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Wow, I know NAPS
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as a whole has
been to 13 countries,
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we've been to 13 countries.
00:50:34.30\00:50:36.03
But the crazy
things is wherever we go,
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they start up their own...
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we started branches,
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we work with them
the first three weeks,
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we're training
them everything we do,
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they're getting it.
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And in the last
three weeks, they lead.
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So that when we
leave, they can continue.
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The Bible says,
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"Go, ye therefore
and teach all nations
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and the Son and the Holy Ghost,"
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teaching them to
observe all things.
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So it's so important
that they become disciples too
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'cause we won't
always be able to go.
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But God is calling
us as labors to arise,
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go, make a difference.
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You never know the
lives you could save.
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Amen.
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And the law of life
demands reproduction
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even in the spiritual realm.
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That's why it is so important
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that we fulfill the
great gospel commission.
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I know that some of you at home
may be watching and thinking,
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"This is really exciting.
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I'd like to be a part of it
or maybe you'd like to contact
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NAPS about doing
something with them
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or having them come and
do something in your area."
00:51:37.23\00:51:39.73
We want to put up their
address and contact information.
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This is how you
may get in touch.
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.70
And you may be
impressed by the Holy Spirit
00:51:44.73\00:51:47.64
that you want to
support this organization,
00:51:47.67\00:51:50.94
here's how you can do that.
00:51:50.97\00:51:54.91
To find out more
about NAPS missions,
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the NAPS Abundant Life Academy
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or their Abundant
Life Wellness Institute,
00:51:59.45\00:52:02.28
be sure to visit
their website NAPSOC.org.
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There you will find
a wealth of information
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including how you
can support their efforts
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in disaster relief, city impact,
00:52:11.03\00:52:13.63
and international missions.
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That website again
is N-A-P-S-O-C.org.
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You may also call
them at (256) 262-7712,
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or write to
NAPS, P.O. Box 11970,
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Huntsville, Alabama, 35814.
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