I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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Thank you for taking the time
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to tune in to
3ABN's flagship program,
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and I'm so glad
that you've joined us
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for a very informative program.
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My name is John Lomacang,
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and I have with
me, my better half.
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Well, I say you
are my better half.
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Okay.
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And this is my wife Angela.
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Good to have you here, honey.
I'm excited about this program.
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Yes, and you'll
know in just a moment
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why she's excited
about the program.
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We're talking
about missions today.
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And so many of you
may think of missions
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as something
that can only be done
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on large
budgets and large scales
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and many personnel,
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but today, our guests
are going to let you know
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that missions is
something that can be done...
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You just need to have
the heart for missions.
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Amen. That's right.
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And there's a special
guest on the program today
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that in just a moment,
you're going to introduce.
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Okay? Yeah. Sure am.
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But before we do
our introductions,
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we want to thank
you for your prayers
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and financial
support of this network
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as we continue
going and growing,
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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Don't turn away
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because you're going to
be inspired, challenged,
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and then you also
going to find ways
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in which you can participate
in carrying the ministry
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that we're going to be
introducing to you today
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forward.
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But thank you for
all that you do for 3ABN.
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Honey, I'll let
you introduce to people
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that are with us today.
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Wow.
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First of all, we have Jessie...
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Oh, your last name.
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Guillaume. Guillaume?
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Yes.
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She's the
President and Founder of
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Hope Ministry
Project Incorporated.
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Welcome, Jessie. Thank you.
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Next, we have Courtney Rivas.
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She's a community liaison.
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Welcome. Thank you.
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And last,
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should I say the least, no,
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but not least, my brother,
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Clifford Maher
from Miramar, Florida.
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Thank you. Yes.
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It's so good to
have them here today.
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Yeah. We are excited.
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And he has been your
brother all your life.
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Yeah, and still is, right?
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That's an...
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You cannot cancel that moment.
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Cliff is a
wonderful brother-in-law.
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We practically grew up together.
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Actually, for
most of my adult life,
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I've known him
as my brother-in-law
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and kind of
like a brother to me.
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Like a brother.
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And we're glad to have him,
and also, Jesse and Courtney.
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But just briefly,
give us an overview.
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Tell us...
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Where you're, little
bit about your personal life
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outside of the ministry,
just a kind of brief interview?
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Oh, my name is Jessie
Guillaume as you said.
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And I am a teacher assistant.
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I work for the school
board, and I live in Florida,
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and I'm from Haiti.
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Okay. You're from Haiti?
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Yes. Do you have any children?
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Yes, I don't have any children,
I've been married for 35 years.
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My mother side is
Jean, Jean Guillaume, so.
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Okay. Well, good
to have you here.
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And Courtney Rivas
is a community liaison,
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but tell us what
you do outside of that?
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Yes, indeed.
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Thank you again for
having us here today.
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I work in sales for
an insurance company,
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and I live in Weston, Florida
and I have a daughter who's 12.
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I'm very proud of her.
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And Cliff, I know what you do,
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but the people
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that are watching and
listening to the program
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don't know what you do.
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So I'll give you a
chance to introduce yourself.
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And your
family. And your family.
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Okay. Okay.
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Of course, my
name is Cliff Marr,
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and I'm from Miramar, Florida
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and what I do for a
living is I'm a project manager
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for Miami-Dade
Aviation Department.
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And I am married
with a wonderful wife
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and a beautiful daughter.
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And your wife is from Trinidad.
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And my wife is from
Trinidad, yes, she is.
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And we're all here to,
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well, basically,
promote our Hope Ministries.
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Okay.
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So we wanted to
share with the 3ABN family.
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And so on that note,
we're going to dive right in
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because Hope
Ministry Project Incorporated
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is a ministry that
we're talking about today,
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and honey, we've talked off
the set about this ministry.
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Oh, what a ministry.
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And there are so
many, so many things
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that we're going to share today
in the time that we do have.
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But I want you to
pay particular attention
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because we also
gonna challenge you
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in ways that you can not
only pray for the ministry,
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but also financially support it,
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because ministry is just that.
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You may not be able to go
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to where this ministry is
going to be going and has gone,
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but you can make a
big major difference
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by your financial support.
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I'm going to begin with Jessie.
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Jessie, we smile
together, I think...
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Were we on a cruise
together with Jessie?
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Yeah, we were.
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We were on a cruise
together with Jessie.
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Jessie is a
wonderful lighthearted person.
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But you were...
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Were you born in
Haiti, am I correct?
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Yes, I was born in Haiti.
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And I came here,
I was 16 years old,
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but when you come down
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for the Hope
Ministry Project Inc.,
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we started in 2004
feeding the homeless
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on the streets of Miami,
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and now we find out that
there was need for a house
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to help people to
get back on their feet.
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That's when in 2005,
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we become a
not-for-profit organization.
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Okay.
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And now,
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the HOPE stands for Helping
Oppressed People Everywhere.
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Oh. Say that one more time.
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Helping...
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Helping Oppressed
People Everywhere.
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Okay.
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And so it's more of an acronym
rather than just the word.
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Yes. Okay.
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And so we've
been very successful
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in helping the
homeless in Miami.
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We have a triplex,
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and then, we have
people coming from,
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we have different
people from our organization
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from our church
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who are going through hard times
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to come and live
up to a year for free.
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Wow.
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So that's what we do
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for the Hope
Ministry Project Inc.
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And also, we go to Miami,
if we, Thanksgiving, Easter,
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we pick up the
homeless randomly,
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take them to the Hope house,
Miami and fellowship with them,
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and give them a hot
meal, a hot lunch meal.
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And then in Christmas day,
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we always go at the
Broward Outreach Center
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where we do the washing feet,
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and everybody receive
a pair of new sneakers
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and socks in every gift,
every gift to the residents.
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And also, we provide
meals for all do residents
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at the Broward Outreach Center.
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Not only that, but also we
have Bible study twice a week
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at the Broward Outreach Center.
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Saturday evening, 6 to 7,
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and Sunday, 9 to 10.
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So it's been a
very powerful ministry
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because we have
people who have been baptized
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from that ministry
from the shelter ministry,
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and we have all the
churches that are involved
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and also going
to get Bible study.
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So Hope Ministry is
more out showing to people
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the love of God by doing service
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and meet their needs.
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That's what we are. Okay.
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It's beautiful. Wow.
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It's wonderful.
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So the ministry
started in Florida?
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It started in Florida in 2005.
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And I think the first
time, we had food left over,
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and we went to feed
the people in Broward.
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In Broward?
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In Broward, and
that's when we found out
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there was a need for the people.
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Hope Ministry
feeds the forgotten,
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the worst one,
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those who cannot
go on the shelter,
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those who are on the street
that people look down on them
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like they were nobody,
and that's where our love,
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our compassion goes the
most, to love the unloved,
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to give to those
who cannot give us back,
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and to help those
who cannot help us back.
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Wow. So that's what it is.
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But this ministry also
extends to where you were born,
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and that's what we're
going to be highlighting today.
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Yes. The Haiti project.
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And tell us how that came about?
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You know, it's
always been in my heart.
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I get to give
back to my country.
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So I did, I
give back to America.
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I thank God for
being here in America,
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so that's why we have the
Hope Ministry Project Inc.
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House, Miami.
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But also, it was
always in my heart
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to do something for the
less, the orphans in Haiti.
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But it was not
visible until now.
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So we had a board member
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that was living
close to the orphanage
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and worship at the church,
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and he came to let us
know about the children
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that didn't have no food to eat,
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and in what's was happening.
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So that's how we came into.
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We moved into action,
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and I think that you
can step in if you want.
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So and in that dream,
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that passion was
somewhere in my heart hidden,
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but God knew exactly
when to bring it out.
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Yes.
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So it was like, we
jump into opportunity,
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you know, to do that.
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When we went to
Haiti, it was a life changing
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because those
children who never knew love,
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who never had
people to care for them,
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and they give us so much love.
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Wow. Amen.
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So it's just amazing.
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So we...
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Now, our team, we
put ourself on the line
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to help these children,
never to let them go anymore.
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Correct.
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Cliff wants to
say something. Cliff.
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I was just second what
Jessie is saying, and that is,
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when we went to Haiti,
this my first time going,
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it was such a
powerful mission trip.
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And to be honest with
you, how I got into this
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because Jessie came to me
and asked me for assistance,
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asked me for help,
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and from time to time,
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we've gone down to
feed the homeless in Miami.
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But this mission
or this trip was,
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it was life changing.
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And to be honest with you,
when I talked to Angie about...
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When you and Angie went to India
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as far as your mission trip,
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she also told me,
she told me beforehand
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how life changing a
mission trip can be,
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and this.
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And she was absolutely right.
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This was a life changing
trip if I ever seen one.
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As we go on, we
will begin to unfold
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some of the activities
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or some of the changes
that has been taking place.
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Glory to God for that.
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Amen.
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Before we go to the first video
that introduces the ministry,
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I want to give
Courtney an opportunity
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because you're
community liaison.
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Explain to us what that is?
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I work with different
members of the community
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try and bring
in additional folks
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to give them
opportunities to volunteer.
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Obviously, it's an honor
to be able to do God's work.
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And so part of the
benefit of Hope Ministry
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besides that we feel that
we're helping folks in need
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as Jesse
eloquently shared with us,
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but we also give
volunteer opportunities
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to other folks as well
to share those blessings.
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And so part of my
work as community liaison
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is to bring in different
folks, many of them Adventists,
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many Christians,
some non-Adventist as well
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because the work
that needs to be done
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requires many of us,
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and so we're
looking to expand our reach
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beyond the
wonderful support that we have
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from the Plantation
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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But again, much work to be done
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and we want to expand the folks
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that are
available to help with that.
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That's wonderful.
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What I'd like to do, honey, is
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there's a video
roll that we showed,
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a kind of an
introduction video role
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to this particular trip
that was taken in Haiti.
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We're going to go
to that right now,
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and then we're
going to come back,
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and talk about what we've seen,
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and then
continue to build on that.
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It's a beautiful
country, beautiful people.
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It's a natural beautiful place.
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We're in the Caribbean,
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we have crystal
clear blue waters,
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the wonderful
beautiful mountains.
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The beauty that is unparalleled.
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The mountains, the ocean.
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Going over Haiti and
looking at the mountains
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and then seeing what looked like
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a bunch of trees
have fallen over,
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but then as we
got closer and closer,
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we realized that
these were built homes,
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and these were
people that were living
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in what looked like
just torn down force
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and my heart began to
break even before I landed.
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I've seen poor people.
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I've seen, you know,
I've been to Jamaica,
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sand I've seen, you
know, little places that,
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you know, section that's poor,
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and you know these
people don't have anything.
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But at the magnitude of
this, I couldn't put a finger,
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I really couldn't.
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You couldn't sum it up in words.
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It's just heartbreaking.
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Lot of poverty, lot of
crime, lot of hardship here.
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The orphanage
here was constructed
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about 18 years ago.
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It's the
Seventh-day Adventist group,
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and there's a church
here on property as well
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along with the orphanage
with about 22 children.
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The folks, the church
that's helped to build it
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were not able to
continue to support it.
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And so when we
became aware of it,
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they were really
in a place of need,
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just barely getting by.
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Little things that we have.
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Our kids really take so
many things for granted.
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The love that they gave us,
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you know, just
first meeting was,
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it makes your eyes wet.
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Young man, Henderson,
has got to be 12 years old,
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and immediately,
first time out of the van,
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he made a bee line right for me.
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And he said in his best English,
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"What's your name?"
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And I said, "Ahkeem."
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He said, "I am Henderson."
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I said, "Hey, Henderson."
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And so over the couple of days,
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we, you know, just kind
of talked to one another
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as best we could,
played basketball with him.
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So yesterday, we
walk up, and he's like,
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"Hey, are you
going to be my dad?"
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So when I toured
here on the first day,
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and then I went back to
my hotel, I just slumbered.
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It's so hard to
sleep on a comfy bed
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when these children
are sleeping on cots,
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and they shower with a
hose, and it's just very hard.
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If anyone would have the
opportunity to come here,
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we would love them
to join us some time,
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but they will be
appalled by the need.
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We knew it was
going to be difficult.
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We knew that the
orphanage had been run down.
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We did not really understand
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the way that physical
facility has deteriorated.
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The kids have been
very well cared for.
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Praise God.
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Again, the team
that's been doing that are,
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they're saints.
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The kids are clean.
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They are fed as
well as they can,
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given the food that
is available to them.
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They are happy.
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They do not have
food insecurity issues.
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When we share food,
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the older kids give it to
all the younger kids first
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which is wonderful.
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It says to us that
people here really love them
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and really cared for them.
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And so we're
thankful for those people.
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But we
definitely could use help.
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Again, of any type,
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but I would encourage
folks to pray about it,
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to look into their hearts,
and to count their blessings
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because the way people
are living here, again,
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we would find
completely unacceptable at home.
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Wow.
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If that hasn't
impacted you as it has us,
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then you probably didn't see it.
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It's amazing.
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But what an amazing...
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You know, as we've
traveled around, honey,
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you know, when you
go to places like India,
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and parts of South America,
different parts of the world,
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you begin to think,
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"Well, it can't be
that bad other places."
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But then you look at
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video and pictures
like this and realize.
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Yeah, it's sad.
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And Haiti had an earthquake.
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Oh, I forgot what year,
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it was on my
birthday, January 12th...
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2010. In 2010.
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And what devastation.
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And, Courtney,
you have a daughter
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and your daughter celebrated
her birthday in Haiti.
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She did.
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It was her birthday
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when we were there for our trip,
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and that was her in the video,
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and she wanted very much
to celebrate her birthday
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with the orphans.
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She wanted to bring cake in,
00:17:52.17\00:17:53.54
and share that
celebration with her.
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So her party was not thrown here
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in the States in Miami.
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It was thrown in Haiti, and yes,
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it was a really fun
thing to get to do there.
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Very selfless.
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Yes. And how old is she?
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She is 12. Wow.
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You know what's nice about
allowing children at that age
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to get involved in missions
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is that when
they come back home,
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they have a whole lot
less to complain about.
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Yes.
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And we've had
that as experience.
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When we were in
Africa, you know,
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a teenager had gone to
mission trips every year,
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and one year,
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the family took
her to Disney World,
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and she said,
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"The summer I hated the most
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was when I was at Disney world."
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She said, "Why?"
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She said, "I
need to be in Africa
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doing something for people."
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And that's what Hope is doing.
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Give me the acronym again,
Helping Oppressed People...
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Everywhere. Everywhere.
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Everywhere.
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That is, so it's not just,
if the Lord opens doors for you
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to go other
places, you go there too,
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but Haiti has a
special place in your heart.
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How did you get
that home in Haiti?
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Like she said, Courtney
said, it was built in 2000,
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and about 7 years
ago, there ran out of food.
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This place cost us about
00:18:57.63\00:18:58.97
half a million dollars to build.
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That's why I told you earlier,
it would be impossible for me
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to have an orphanage in Haiti
00:19:02.87\00:19:04.51
because with that
kind of money, the land,
00:19:04.54\00:19:06.71
but God made it possible.
00:19:06.78\00:19:08.11
So money that was coming
to that orphanage stopped,
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didn't have any more help.
00:19:10.85\00:19:12.35
So now this is all we
came about to know about it,
00:19:12.38\00:19:15.92
and then we step in by faith.
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Wow. By faith, we step in.
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And so it's a big
place, it's really big,
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and so there was no
way if it was not God
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to be able to
have this property.
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This is why there you can see
the footstep of God in the end,
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you know?
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And so because
money stopped coming,
00:19:39.77\00:19:42.28
that's why we
were able to take over,
00:19:42.31\00:19:44.38
and to take care
of the management
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for the children.
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How many children?
00:19:47.98\00:19:49.32
We have 23
children, and five staff.
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Five staff.
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Yeah, people working. Yes.
00:19:52.72\00:19:54.16
As Jessie said, it was
really a wonderful project
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when it was built.
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Over half a
million dollars to build.
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They had everything they needed,
00:19:59.39\00:20:00.73
they had a commercial
bakery to raise funds,
00:20:00.80\00:20:03.30
to be self-supporting.
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It was very, very well done.
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The problem was over time,
as they lost their funding,
00:20:06.77\00:20:10.21
they had to begin
to sell off equipment.
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So they had solar panels,
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they had to sell those for food,
00:20:13.71\00:20:15.21
the bakery items.
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When we became involved,
00:20:17.08\00:20:18.68
they didn't have
utensils or plates.
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Last year, we had
to send down plates.
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So they went from being
well-staffed, well-funded
00:20:22.45\00:20:25.72
to truly barely subsisting
when we became involved.
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So it was wonderfully done,
but a shame that the support,
00:20:29.49\00:20:34.60
the church supporting
that was not able to continue.
00:20:34.63\00:20:37.27
And so when we came in,
00:20:37.30\00:20:38.63
we did not
actually have the funds
00:20:38.67\00:20:40.44
prepared to be able to
help, but as Jessie said,
00:20:40.47\00:20:42.60
we had to step out in faith
00:20:42.64\00:20:44.21
because the need was so
great, you could not turn away.
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Wow.
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It was amazing. Cliff?
00:20:48.68\00:20:50.01
But also we have
to keep in mind that
00:20:50.05\00:20:51.51
this orphanage is
located on Adventist property.
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There's an Adventist
Church on that property.
00:20:55.58\00:20:58.99
But there was another
church running the orphanage,
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and unfortunately,
00:21:02.62\00:21:03.96
things didn't work
out there too well.
00:21:04.03\00:21:05.46
So they end up,
00:21:05.49\00:21:09.33
one thing led to
another, and they end up,
00:21:09.36\00:21:12.93
I believe, selling the batteries
00:21:12.97\00:21:14.37
to get to buy food.
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The batteries
for the electricity
00:21:16.94\00:21:18.47
which of course
is the solar panels.
00:21:18.51\00:21:21.54
And so they end up
selling those to buy food
00:21:21.58\00:21:25.28
which means they
had no electricity.
00:21:25.31\00:21:27.35
So we...
00:21:27.42\00:21:28.75
Well, Jessie bought it to
all of our attention and we,
00:21:28.78\00:21:32.82
through God's help, stepped in,
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.39
and tried to help
in any way we can.
00:21:34.42\00:21:38.59
You know, the
amazing thing about it is
00:21:38.63\00:21:40.63
the building was there.
00:21:40.70\00:21:42.40
Yeah.
00:21:42.43\00:21:43.77
And if you had to say,
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.13
"Well, let's build
a building in Haiti."
00:21:45.17\00:21:46.63
"How much?" "Half
a million dollars."
00:21:46.67\00:21:49.00
You would say,
00:21:49.04\00:21:50.41
"Hey, we just are
basic people here.
00:21:50.44\00:21:52.17
We're not doing that."
00:21:52.21\00:21:53.58
But that shows you
how the Lord provides.
00:21:53.61\00:21:54.94
Yeah.
00:21:54.98\00:21:56.31
And so now, right, the
church is not far away,
00:21:56.34\00:21:58.38
now you have this building.
00:21:58.41\00:21:59.75
So as you pointed out, Courtney,
00:21:59.78\00:22:02.38
the building is still
there, the framework is good,
00:22:02.42\00:22:05.45
it's a good structure.
00:22:05.49\00:22:06.86
Now it has to be refurbished,
brought back up to standards.
00:22:06.89\00:22:11.06
Talk about some
of the conditions
00:22:11.09\00:22:12.43
because you mentioned
they had to sell the panels,
00:22:12.46\00:22:15.33
then they sold the batteries,
00:22:15.36\00:22:17.47
then they had to sell
some of the appliances,
00:22:17.50\00:22:20.04
and all this was just to eat.
00:22:20.07\00:22:22.30
And that shouldn't be the thing,
00:22:22.34\00:22:23.71
and we're going to
talk about in a moment
00:22:23.74\00:22:25.07
how to bring that back up
00:22:25.11\00:22:26.44
because we talk
about the amount of meals
00:22:26.47\00:22:27.81
they used to
have compared to now.
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.41
But let's talk about
some of those things,
00:22:29.44\00:22:30.95
those needs that are there.
00:22:30.98\00:22:32.31
And what are some of
the things you see there
00:22:32.35\00:22:33.72
are in need in that building?
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.28
Absolutely, John.
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.69
As we shared in the
video, when we arrived,
00:22:36.72\00:22:38.65
there was no electricity,
there was no running water.
00:22:38.69\00:22:42.62
Occasionally,
once or twice a month,
00:22:42.66\00:22:44.96
when there was power,
00:22:44.99\00:22:46.33
they would pump
water out of their well,
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.56
hold it in a storage
facility that was not covered,
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.33
and then bathe with a hose.
00:22:51.37\00:22:53.54
So there were
bathrooms and showers
00:22:53.57\00:22:55.74
that were not functional.
00:22:55.77\00:22:57.11
You can see that the
property was dilapidated.
00:22:59.01\00:23:01.21
You know, it
needed to be painted,
00:23:01.24\00:23:02.58
there were some security issues
that we needed to resolve.
00:23:02.61\00:23:05.75
Food, as we already
shared was a real problem
00:23:05.78\00:23:08.75
that the kids were
eating poor quality canned fish,
00:23:08.78\00:23:14.16
not enough fresh vegetables,
those types of things
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.83
because they were
truly living hand to mouth.
00:23:16.86\00:23:19.39
Everything of
value had been sold
00:23:19.43\00:23:21.73
when we came including utensils.
00:23:21.76\00:23:23.77
They don't own the bowls
00:23:23.80\00:23:25.27
that they were
preparing the food,
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.77
and there's no refrigeration,
since there's no electricity.
00:23:26.84\00:23:29.70
So every meal for
roughly 30 people,
00:23:29.74\00:23:32.57
every day, is
prepared, someone goes out,
00:23:32.61\00:23:34.71
and purchases the food,
and prepares only that meal.
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.28
There's no ability to cook ahead
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.18
or plan or purchase
food in bulk or store food.
00:23:39.21\00:23:42.95
So just truly barely
getting by when we arrived.
00:23:42.98\00:23:47.59
Yeah. Wow.
00:23:47.66\00:23:48.99
And you think about it,
Haiti is not that far away.
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.16
No.
00:23:51.19\00:23:52.53
When you think
about the population of,
00:23:52.56\00:23:54.10
you know,
people that have means,
00:23:54.13\00:23:56.70
we're not
talking about, you know,
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.70
15,000 miles away
or 11,000 miles away,
00:23:58.73\00:24:01.14
we're talking right
here in the Caribbean
00:24:01.17\00:24:03.04
within the belt of
a lot of provision.
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.88
But it's just, like,
it's just been overlooked,
00:24:06.91\00:24:09.14
and Haiti is not a new place,
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.55
it has gone through
quite a bit of challenges,
00:24:10.58\00:24:11.91
you know, the earthquakes,
poverty, government structure,
00:24:11.95\00:24:14.98
all these types of things.
00:24:15.02\00:24:16.62
But the Lord has
given you an opportunity
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.19
to step in there.
00:24:18.22\00:24:19.55
Amen.
00:24:19.59\00:24:20.96
Also, in Haiti, you
know, when you are poor,
00:24:20.99\00:24:25.16
you are poor forever.
00:24:25.19\00:24:26.70
And then when you are wealthy,
you are wealthy forever.
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.93
Wow. There was no middle ground.
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.97
And in Haiti, you know,
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.90
I've been
visiting for a long time,
00:24:32.93\00:24:34.64
you know, my
husband used to live there,
00:24:34.67\00:24:37.11
I always like to
help the children
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.44
because they are
the ones sufferings.
00:24:39.47\00:24:41.34
They didn't ask to be born,
00:24:41.38\00:24:43.08
and somebody
brought them into life.
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.71
They need to have
the very basic of living.
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.25
Amen.
00:24:48.28\00:24:49.62
So when we went there,
there was none of that.
00:24:49.65\00:24:52.75
No one who wanted,
00:24:52.79\00:24:54.16
like she said,
there was no electricity.
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.52
How come you are
going to have a child
00:24:55.56\00:24:56.89
sleeping in the dark?
00:24:56.93\00:24:58.76
Going to school,
wake up in the dark again.
00:24:58.79\00:25:01.03
This is really basic.
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.40
No one in water,
the water is away there
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.17
making mosquitoes.
00:25:04.20\00:25:06.00
So, you know, no drinking water.
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.50
What kind of life is this?
00:25:08.54\00:25:10.01
Wow.
00:25:10.04\00:25:11.37
We had...
00:25:11.41\00:25:12.74
Our heart was broken. Of course.
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.51
And we had to prioritize
to give them the very basic.
00:25:14.54\00:25:18.68
Food was cost,
we had to give them,
00:25:18.71\00:25:21.08
make plans to have
them good food for them.
00:25:21.12\00:25:23.69
It was unbelievable.
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.55
But like we said, we
moved into that by faith.
00:25:25.59\00:25:29.39
And that's what
is hard with Haiti.
00:25:29.42\00:25:31.66
They don't have a
system to help the poor.
00:25:31.69\00:25:36.77
Everybody's about their own.
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.43
So I think that's
the calling for you and I
00:25:39.47\00:25:42.57
to do that, to
bring love to this people,
00:25:42.60\00:25:45.41
compassion, and give
them a reason to live.
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.61
That's right. That's
the work of us to do.
00:25:48.64\00:25:53.05
Now how do you
feed them spiritually?
00:25:53.08\00:25:56.45
They have a church in
property, and they have a lady,
00:25:56.48\00:25:59.39
they call her, they have a
lady on property that study,
00:25:59.42\00:26:02.12
do Bible study with them.
00:26:02.16\00:26:03.53
Oh, good.
00:26:03.56\00:26:04.89
So as a matter of
fact, in the upcoming trip,
00:26:04.93\00:26:06.53
we're going to have
baptism with these children.
00:26:06.56\00:26:10.07
And to show you,
how powerful it is
00:26:10.10\00:26:11.97
when you try to
help because of the...
00:26:12.00\00:26:15.17
We provide you solar
panels, they have electricity,
00:26:15.20\00:26:18.34
and they have water,
00:26:18.37\00:26:19.71
they are able to
reach the community.
00:26:19.74\00:26:22.14
So they have the
solar panels now?
00:26:22.18\00:26:24.28
They have the
solar panels. Wonderful.
00:26:24.31\00:26:25.88
You know, and they
have the batteries.
00:26:25.91\00:26:28.08
The batteries. Yes.
00:26:28.12\00:26:29.45
And then what happened is that
00:26:29.48\00:26:31.69
they were able to bring water
to the hose, to the community.
00:26:31.72\00:26:35.72
So now, we are
reaching out the community
00:26:35.76\00:26:37.96
by giving them drinking water.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.93
That is so powerful. Wow.
00:26:40.00\00:26:41.36
This is the really basic
that God teaches us to do.
00:26:41.40\00:26:44.63
By showing love, by
meeting the people's needs,
00:26:44.67\00:26:47.37
then the gospel
will be preached.
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.90
You know, Matthew 28, says...
00:26:49.94\00:26:51.34
Oh, Matthew 25,
00:26:51.37\00:26:52.71
When did you see a
stranger and take him in,
00:26:52.74\00:26:54.51
or naked and clothe them?
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.31
Or when did you see the sick,
or in prison, and come to them?
00:26:56.34\00:26:59.38
Or those who
were thirsty and feed
00:26:59.41\00:27:01.05
and those who needed
water and you gave them water?"
00:27:01.08\00:27:03.92
This is the real.
00:27:03.99\00:27:05.32
That's the examination
of the return of Christ.
00:27:05.35\00:27:08.06
"When did you see?"
00:27:08.09\00:27:09.59
"And as much as you've
done it, to the least of these
00:27:09.62\00:27:11.13
you've done it to me."
00:27:11.16\00:27:12.49
I want to walk
through some of these pictures
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.00
and explain to us
what we're watching,
00:27:14.03\00:27:15.36
what we're seeing here.
00:27:15.40\00:27:16.77
Okay.
00:27:16.80\00:27:19.03
Talk about this picture?
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.44
Well, this picture,
00:27:20.47\00:27:22.60
as I'm walking
through the orphanage,
00:27:22.64\00:27:25.77
I took a look,
and I turned around,
00:27:25.81\00:27:28.08
I saw these two children.
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.08
And I immediately
snapped that picture
00:27:30.15\00:27:32.38
just because
they were just there,
00:27:32.41\00:27:35.68
and they just look so in
need of attention and love.
00:27:35.72\00:27:40.56
As a matter of
fact, one of them...
00:27:40.59\00:27:43.22
It was so bad,
they had no Pampers.
00:27:43.26\00:27:46.56
A what? Pampers.
00:27:46.59\00:27:47.93
No Pampers? No Pampers.
00:27:47.96\00:27:49.33
What's the age?
00:27:49.36\00:27:50.70
They were not party trained.
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.13
Well, at least that
one wasn't. About two.
00:27:52.17\00:27:53.94
They were about two
years old at that time, yes.
00:27:53.97\00:27:56.17
And no parents?
00:27:56.20\00:27:57.54
No. No.
00:27:57.61\00:27:58.94
As a matter of fact,
there was one incident where...
00:27:58.97\00:28:02.68
This, I was told
when I was there.
00:28:02.71\00:28:05.71
One of the ladies was
sitting in a car in traffic,
00:28:05.75\00:28:09.05
and this woman came up to
her and just gave her this baby
00:28:09.08\00:28:13.86
as she's sitting in traffic.
00:28:13.89\00:28:15.26
And said, "I cannot
take care of her anymore.
00:28:15.29\00:28:17.76
But because you're in a
vehicle, you're in a car,
00:28:17.79\00:28:20.93
I believe you can give her
a better life than I can, "
00:28:20.96\00:28:23.87
and left.
00:28:23.90\00:28:25.40
And so that was heartbreaking
when you really look at that.
00:28:25.43\00:28:30.11
And these are just
some of the examples
00:28:30.14\00:28:32.84
of some of the
stories that are there.
00:28:32.87\00:28:35.81
And what else do we have as
far as photos are concerned?
00:28:35.84\00:28:37.88
Well, what is that?
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.25
Well, this was what we
saw as far as the pipes,
00:28:39.28\00:28:43.99
no running water, as
we mentioned earlier.
00:28:44.02\00:28:46.42
And we saw there were toilets
00:28:46.45\00:28:49.66
that had no toilet seats,
00:28:49.69\00:28:53.26
shower curtains with
no shower, with no...
00:28:53.29\00:28:55.63
Sorry.
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.47
We had showers but
no shower curtains.
00:28:57.50\00:29:00.24
So we just saw a
dilapidated condition.
00:29:00.27\00:29:04.84
We saw where it was just
00:29:04.87\00:29:08.91
really nothing
was really being...
00:29:08.94\00:29:12.98
There was no
function to anything.
00:29:13.01\00:29:16.32
And I would add
to that what was...
00:29:16.35\00:29:18.92
Besides seeing the
conditions they were living in,
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.86
and how difficult that is,
00:29:20.89\00:29:22.29
what was hard is you could
see the bones of the project
00:29:22.32\00:29:24.86
and that it had
been an amazing project.
00:29:24.89\00:29:27.23
And these
children have lived there
00:29:27.30\00:29:29.13
as the property
grows into disrepair,
00:29:29.16\00:29:32.40
that it's their hope fading.
00:29:32.43\00:29:35.64
You see where
you live, your home,
00:29:35.67\00:29:38.07
your meals get
smaller and more worn down.
00:29:38.11\00:29:41.38
You see your own
circumstances changing
00:29:41.41\00:29:43.85
in the course of even
some of their very short lives,
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.45
and that that was
heartbreaking to see as well.
00:29:46.48\00:29:49.22
So when we arrived
00:29:49.25\00:29:50.79
and their faces
were joyful and loving,
00:29:50.82\00:29:53.49
and there as Jessie said,
00:29:53.56\00:29:54.99
that the love is
unbelievable given their life.
00:29:55.02\00:29:57.66
They want to hug you,
they want to hold your hand,
00:29:57.69\00:29:59.49
they want to
walk around with you.
00:29:59.53\00:30:01.16
It was just...
00:30:01.20\00:30:02.53
It was a very moving experience,
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.90
both from an understanding
00:30:03.97\00:30:05.43
of the circumstances
they were living in
00:30:05.47\00:30:07.44
and then conversely the love
00:30:07.47\00:30:08.87
that was spilling out of
them was really amazing to see.
00:30:08.90\00:30:12.17
Well, let's see another picture,
00:30:12.21\00:30:13.58
I think, for this...
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.08
What do we have
here? What is that?
00:30:15.11\00:30:16.44
This was one of the
batteries that was installed
00:30:16.48\00:30:19.71
on the second
missionary trip that,
00:30:19.75\00:30:21.85
I believe Jessie went back.
00:30:21.88\00:30:25.29
Once we went on
the first mission trip
00:30:25.32\00:30:27.06
and we took an assessment for,
00:30:27.09\00:30:29.09
you know, for our church,
00:30:29.12\00:30:30.46
Plantation
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:30:30.53\00:30:32.06
and through some
of their donations,
00:30:32.09\00:30:35.30
we were able to
get batteries installed
00:30:35.33\00:30:38.90
and we were able to get
the solar panels installed,
00:30:38.93\00:30:42.97
and we were able to
get the electricity up
00:30:43.00\00:30:44.81
and running on the second trip.
00:30:44.84\00:30:48.18
So we were...
00:30:48.21\00:30:49.54
What you saw there was
just one of the individuals
00:30:49.58\00:30:52.78
that was
installing the batteries.
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.55
Now I know you
like your daughter
00:30:54.58\00:30:56.35
to get involved
in mission trips.
00:30:56.38\00:30:57.72
Yes.
00:30:57.75\00:30:59.09
Are you going to
take Ashley down?
00:30:59.12\00:31:00.46
He need to. I'm
hoping to take Ashley down.
00:31:00.49\00:31:01.86
There is no question
because she wants to go,
00:31:01.89\00:31:06.70
so I'm hoping we can
do that in near future.
00:31:06.73\00:31:09.56
You know, what I want to
do is show the second video
00:31:09.60\00:31:11.47
because this is
really important.
00:31:11.50\00:31:12.87
Yeah.
00:31:12.90\00:31:14.24
Let's look at the second
video that was pertaining
00:31:14.27\00:31:15.84
to this particular
trip that you all were on
00:31:15.87\00:31:18.64
and then we'll come
back for more commentary.
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.58
Okay.
00:31:20.61\00:31:21.94
The greatest need
right now is power
00:31:35.62\00:31:40.10
because power is going
to help them do many things.
00:31:40.13\00:31:43.97
Power will allow them to
refrigerate food, cook food,
00:31:44.00\00:31:48.74
probably sell food
that they can make.
00:31:48.77\00:31:51.21
And it's going to allow
them to get water flowing,
00:31:51.24\00:31:56.21
you know, evenly and
freely throughout the place.
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.71
We need this orphanage to
be somewhat self-sufficient.
00:31:59.75\00:32:04.72
With the solar,
00:32:04.75\00:32:06.96
it provides the
electricity needed for it,
00:32:06.99\00:32:10.03
for instance, for
the bakery, for the oven,
00:32:10.06\00:32:14.40
for the...
00:32:14.43\00:32:16.56
Just for the lighting.
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.83
We need to have ceiling
fans to cool everything down.
00:32:18.87\00:32:23.17
We need light switches.
00:32:23.20\00:32:24.84
We need so much
for this orphanage.
00:32:24.87\00:32:27.51
It is unbelievable the need.
00:32:27.58\00:32:30.48
First and foremost, prayer,
prayer for the children here,
00:32:30.55\00:32:33.82
for the people who
have not abandoned them,
00:32:33.85\00:32:35.95
and who stayed here
to continue to help them
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.32
despite the fact that
their funding was cut off.
00:32:38.35\00:32:42.79
Second, we can
use all kinds of help,
00:32:42.82\00:32:44.73
obviously monetary
donations are at the top
00:32:44.76\00:32:47.30
because a lot of things
are best done in country,
00:32:47.33\00:32:49.43
a lot of things here
are better to be purchased
00:32:49.46\00:32:51.00
as opposed to us
shipping them from the States.
00:32:51.03\00:32:52.70
We need to start with security
00:32:52.73\00:32:54.07
so that any other improvements
we do make here are protected.
00:32:54.14\00:32:57.91
Food is next for the
children, healthier meals,
00:32:57.94\00:33:01.21
appropriate
utensils, appropriate kitchen.
00:33:01.24\00:33:04.25
Then probably
next would be water,
00:33:04.28\00:33:07.52
solving some of their
water issues, plumbing,
00:33:07.55\00:33:10.32
and also solar panels
00:33:10.39\00:33:11.82
so that they can
have electricity.
00:33:11.85\00:33:13.19
Right now, there's
no electricity here.
00:33:13.22\00:33:14.56
Even if the donations come in
00:33:21.30\00:33:23.50
and we throw tons of resources
and money at this stuff,
00:33:23.57\00:33:27.34
if we don't have
boots on the ground here
00:33:27.37\00:33:29.37
to make sure
that this stuff goes
00:33:29.40\00:33:32.21
where it's supposed to go,
00:33:32.24\00:33:33.91
in the
direction that we believe,
00:33:33.98\00:33:36.48
and the values that
we have are enacted,
00:33:36.51\00:33:40.62
we can get batteries,
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.85
but they'll be gone
when the need arises.
00:33:42.88\00:33:45.32
And so we've looked at
hiring a managing director here
00:33:45.35\00:33:50.46
so that we can
have accountability
00:33:50.53\00:33:53.26
for all of the
efforts that are taking place.
00:33:53.29\00:33:56.30
I think that is so
needed because everything else,
00:33:56.33\00:33:59.03
all of the other things
that are going to come in,
00:33:59.07\00:34:01.64
will now go through
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.00
the
accountability of that manager,
00:34:03.04\00:34:04.37
and so I was thankful
to be able to interview
00:34:04.41\00:34:05.97
and really get a
sense of the heart
00:34:06.01\00:34:07.94
of the managing director here
00:34:07.98\00:34:10.35
and know that
he's aimed at first.
00:34:10.38\00:34:13.42
And the first thing he said was,
00:34:13.45\00:34:14.78
"I love the kids," right?
00:34:14.82\00:34:16.58
And he has a passion for that.
00:34:16.62\00:34:17.95
So that's the first thing,
00:34:17.99\00:34:20.26
making sure you've
got someone in place
00:34:20.29\00:34:21.99
that's going to
be able to manage
00:34:22.02\00:34:24.23
what we're going to be
committing to as a church.
00:34:24.26\00:34:28.00
But in terms of physical needs,
it is absolutely the basics.
00:34:28.03\00:34:31.77
It's get electricity in
here, get portable water...
00:34:31.80\00:34:36.94
addressed security.
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.38
Make sure they have a
place to experience God.
00:34:41.41\00:34:44.95
This is groundbreaking.
We're not here by chance.
00:34:47.88\00:34:51.02
This is destiny. We
have to do something.
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.46
It's good to sit
in your pews and say,
00:34:53.49\00:34:55.89
"Yeah. Yeah. I
had served today."
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.36
But to actually get
out and do something,
00:34:58.39\00:35:02.63
that's where God is
because before coming here...
00:35:02.66\00:35:08.10
And this is my first
time coming to Haiti.
00:35:08.14\00:35:12.14
Before coming here, I
didn't know what to think.
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.81
I mean, I have a lot of
friends at home that are Asian,
00:35:14.84\00:35:17.65
and they tell stories,
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.01
but their stories
cannot match what I've seen
00:35:19.05\00:35:24.19
since I've been here.
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.55
What a powerful video, huh?
Yeah I'm ready to go to Haiti.
00:35:49.44\00:35:53.25
I'm ready to go
and help. That's right.
00:35:53.28\00:35:54.78
And you? I'm ready.
00:35:54.82\00:35:57.29
I mean, can you... This is...
00:35:57.32\00:35:59.65
We have so much here in America.
00:35:59.69\00:36:01.06
So much.
00:36:01.09\00:36:02.72
We personally have so
much here in America that...
00:36:02.76\00:36:04.76
Let me ask a question.
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.13
And we're going to just...
00:36:06.16\00:36:07.50
Before we go to the questions,
00:36:07.53\00:36:08.86
we're going to just
introduce our new panelists.
00:36:08.90\00:36:10.27
Yeah. Saada Aboubaker.
00:36:10.30\00:36:11.63
Good to have you, Saada.
00:36:11.67\00:36:13.27
Yes. Yes.
00:36:13.34\00:36:14.67
Tell us about yourself briefly?
00:36:14.70\00:36:16.64
I live in Fort Lauderdale.
00:36:16.71\00:36:18.31
I'm in commercial real estate.
00:36:18.34\00:36:19.94
And I also have a
daughter who's nine, Xena.
00:36:19.97\00:36:22.91
Okay.
00:36:22.94\00:36:24.28
Has she gone to Haiti?
00:36:24.31\00:36:25.71
She was on the
second trip with us.
00:36:25.75\00:36:27.68
Wow. Yes.
00:36:27.72\00:36:29.15
And she replaced your brother?
00:36:29.18\00:36:30.52
Yeah, which is fine with me.
00:36:30.59\00:36:33.69
Cliff is not here any longer.
00:36:33.76\00:36:35.56
But, yeah, I tell you...
00:36:35.59\00:36:37.96
What a mission.
00:36:37.99\00:36:39.33
Now who is taking
care of all these children?
00:36:39.36\00:36:42.33
Who's directing
them there in Haiti?
00:36:42.36\00:36:45.90
For Haiti, it is
important to have someone
00:36:45.93\00:36:49.47
that is showing transparency
00:36:49.50\00:36:51.77
and who have the love
and passion for children.
00:36:51.81\00:36:55.28
So we're blessed to
have St. Louis Cefran,
00:36:55.31\00:37:00.12
new director of the orphanage.
00:37:00.15\00:37:02.32
The love from that
man to the children
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.95
is unbelievable.
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.32
He is a godsend. Amen.
00:37:06.35\00:37:08.12
Because you cannot
have orphanage in Haiti
00:37:08.16\00:37:11.76
without showing transparency.
00:37:11.79\00:37:14.03
That someone is there
to look after the children.
00:37:14.10\00:37:17.27
But not only he is there to work
00:37:17.30\00:37:20.54
but it's not only the reason,
it's his passion for children.
00:37:20.57\00:37:25.64
So when we went
to the church before,
00:37:25.67\00:37:29.44
God provided us with him.
00:37:29.48\00:37:32.51
And this is a blessing
00:37:32.55\00:37:34.68
to the Hope
Ministry Project, Inc.
00:37:34.72\00:37:36.62
That orphanage could not
be working and functioning
00:37:36.69\00:37:40.56
without that man, the director.
00:37:40.59\00:37:42.96
This is true.
00:37:42.99\00:37:44.33
We very much feel
that God placed him
00:37:44.36\00:37:46.36
in our path at that time.
00:37:46.39\00:37:47.73
He had experience with
another Adventist orphanage.
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.17
As Jessie said, has
an unbelievable love
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.27
for the children and
is completely trustworthy,
00:37:52.30\00:37:55.77
provides documentation
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.14
for any funds that are provided,
00:37:57.21\00:37:58.77
provides a real
comfort level for us about...
00:37:58.81\00:38:01.54
This is the path
that God has for us
00:38:01.58\00:38:03.68
because Louis was placed
00:38:03.75\00:38:05.51
at this spot in
this moment in time.
00:38:05.55\00:38:07.45
Wow.
00:38:07.52\00:38:08.85
Children are so
comfortable with him,
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.92
I mean someone
that they can go to
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.52
and someone
that they can talk to
00:38:12.55\00:38:14.19
and trust, which
was a big thing for us.
00:38:14.26\00:38:17.13
And he definitely
provides that security
00:38:17.16\00:38:19.79
that they have lacked
for so long, it's a blessing.
00:38:19.83\00:38:23.60
When you were invited
to go, what were your...
00:38:23.67\00:38:28.00
What was your...
00:38:28.04\00:38:29.40
How did it change you?
How did it impact your life?
00:38:29.44\00:38:31.84
Well, that was my
first mission trip.
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.01
So I'd never done...
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.41
I had never had an
experience like that before.
00:38:35.44\00:38:37.38
I've done the
washing of the feet
00:38:37.45\00:38:39.68
with the group
before and we've done,
00:38:39.71\00:38:42.02
you know, we've fed the homeless
00:38:42.05\00:38:43.49
but nothing of this magnitude.
00:38:43.52\00:38:46.45
So I would
always, you know, say that
00:38:46.49\00:38:49.62
I would watch
programs like this at home,
00:38:49.66\00:38:52.26
and it tugs at the
heart a little bit,
00:38:52.29\00:38:55.23
and you know, you feel
bad, you're compassionate,
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.73
but then that's kind of,
sometimes, where it stops.
00:38:57.77\00:39:00.84
And so I feel like
God moved me to this trip.
00:39:00.87\00:39:04.77
And it was a life-changing
experience that I mean...
00:39:04.81\00:39:09.71
You really do have to experience
00:39:09.74\00:39:11.45
to understand just how much...
00:39:11.48\00:39:15.05
How inspiring it is.
00:39:15.08\00:39:16.69
So going there, I
didn't know what to expect.
00:39:16.72\00:39:21.09
I didn't know what
it would look like.
00:39:21.12\00:39:23.83
And just when the truck...
00:39:23.86\00:39:26.06
When the van pulled up
and those kids ran out at us,
00:39:26.09\00:39:30.77
just embracing us,
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.13
taking the
backpacks off of our back
00:39:32.17\00:39:33.67
and putting it down,
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.07
I mean that's just a
feeling that I'll never forget.
00:39:35.10\00:39:39.97
And one of the children said,
00:39:40.01\00:39:43.35
"People come and they say
that they're going to be back
00:39:43.38\00:39:46.48
and they're going to
help us and they tell us
00:39:46.51\00:39:48.75
all these great ideas
and then they never show up."
00:39:48.78\00:39:52.25
So we all knew
at that moment that
00:39:52.29\00:39:55.19
we were going to be
the ones to show up.
00:39:55.22\00:39:57.23
That's right.
00:39:57.26\00:39:58.59
There was a particular story
00:39:58.63\00:40:00.00
that you shared with us briefly.
00:40:00.03\00:40:01.36
Talk about the blind man?
00:40:01.40\00:40:02.93
His name is John Le.
00:40:02.96\00:40:04.40
He is 21.
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.60
He's been in the orphanage
since he was a small boy.
00:40:06.63\00:40:09.90
He's blind but he
wasn't born blind.
00:40:09.94\00:40:12.54
As we began to speak with him,
00:40:12.57\00:40:14.11
he explained to us that he
had an issue with his eyes.
00:40:14.18\00:40:17.05
They weren't sure
exactly what it was.
00:40:17.08\00:40:20.32
And then around the age of five,
00:40:20.35\00:40:22.15
he woke up completely
blind, and everything was dark.
00:40:22.18\00:40:26.29
So just speaking
with him a little bit more
00:40:26.32\00:40:29.16
and getting to know his story,
00:40:29.19\00:40:30.53
he said that someone came in,
00:40:30.56\00:40:32.93
you know, a group
came in to help out
00:40:32.96\00:40:34.53
and just kind of said that
they would be back to perform
00:40:34.56\00:40:39.73
some sort of surgery or
that there was something
00:40:39.77\00:40:42.04
that they could do to
help him to regain his sight,
00:40:42.07\00:40:45.01
and you know,
they never came back.
00:40:45.04\00:40:47.48
So I mean, just the
hope he felt, right,
00:40:47.51\00:40:51.45
what the possibility
of being able to see again
00:40:51.48\00:40:55.35
was just ripped away.
00:40:55.38\00:40:56.72
How sad.
00:40:56.79\00:40:58.12
In other words,
he was saying to you,
00:40:58.15\00:40:59.49
"Please don't do
the same thing to me."
00:40:59.52\00:41:00.86
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:00.89\00:41:02.22
You know, that's a sad reality
00:41:02.26\00:41:03.59
because you think about that...
00:41:03.63\00:41:04.96
And there are so many of
us, sometimes we sit down,
00:41:04.99\00:41:06.63
and we watch a program
00:41:06.70\00:41:08.03
and we kind of
become hardened to it,
00:41:08.06\00:41:09.83
inoculated, and we see
the children in their poverty
00:41:09.86\00:41:12.00
and we'd say,
00:41:12.03\00:41:13.37
"They're just
trying to raise funds
00:41:13.44\00:41:14.77
to use it for themselves,"
00:41:14.80\00:41:16.40
and then we hear
about this ministry
00:41:16.44\00:41:18.17
and we know that
that's not the case.
00:41:18.21\00:41:20.41
There are people
on the other side
00:41:20.48\00:41:21.81
of our comfort
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.58
that are going to go
to bed tonight and wonder,
00:41:23.65\00:41:26.58
you know,
00:41:26.61\00:41:27.95
"How many mosquito
bites am I going to have
00:41:27.98\00:41:29.32
when I wake up in the morning?
00:41:29.35\00:41:30.69
Is going to be
warm water for me?
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.05
Am I going to get to school?
00:41:32.09\00:41:33.46
Am I going to have a meal,"
00:41:33.49\00:41:34.82
'cause I want you
to talk about that.
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.19
You talked about...
00:41:36.22\00:41:37.56
In the past, when
you had the funding...
00:41:37.59\00:41:38.93
And what I like
about your ministry...
00:41:38.96\00:41:40.30
We're going to show
a video in a moment.
00:41:40.33\00:41:41.66
But what I like
about your ministry is
00:41:41.70\00:41:43.03
you just want to provide
every need that they have
00:41:43.06\00:41:45.93
and, I think Courtney mentioned,
00:41:45.97\00:41:47.37
the budget just kept
shrinking and shrinking
00:41:47.44\00:41:49.44
and shrinking and
shrinking because...
00:41:49.47\00:41:51.21
How much does it take per month,
00:41:51.24\00:41:52.57
you say, average to handle this?
00:41:52.61\00:41:54.18
Average is about $5,000 a month.
00:41:54.21\00:41:56.75
Okay. Wow.
00:41:56.78\00:41:58.11
And actually we're
having living on $2,000
00:41:58.15\00:41:59.88
a month, which is...
00:41:59.91\00:42:01.58
Instead of them
having three meals a day,
00:42:01.62\00:42:03.69
we are down now
to two meals a day.
00:42:03.72\00:42:06.02
And it's just heartbreaking,
you know, because...
00:42:06.05\00:42:11.09
The two meals a day...
00:42:11.13\00:42:12.53
And then so many needs.
00:42:12.56\00:42:14.00
Also, we have children
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.26
who are of aging group
00:42:16.30\00:42:20.44
that, you know, 18.
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.27
Like Courtney said,
00:42:22.30\00:42:24.34
we have those kids all
what they know is orphanage.
00:42:24.37\00:42:28.64
Had lived in all their
lives. All their lives.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.58
And now what happen,
00:42:30.65\00:42:31.98
they're aging out and
they don't have a trade
00:42:32.01\00:42:35.05
Are we going to let them
go without having a skill?
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.52
That's right. They need a trade.
00:42:36.55\00:42:38.85
That's really important
00:42:38.89\00:42:40.66
because they
need to have a trade
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.02
to be able to be independent,
00:42:42.06\00:42:45.46
otherwise they will stay
in the orphanage forever.
00:42:45.49\00:42:47.60
That's right.
00:42:47.63\00:42:48.96
So that's one of
the needs that we have,
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.97
also for them to have a...
00:42:51.00\00:42:54.24
Before you go past that point,
00:42:54.27\00:42:55.70
I want to talk
about the trade here
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.21
and give one of the
other ladies a chance.
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.81
How do you get them
ready for this trade?
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.88
What is the vision for that?
00:43:01.91\00:43:04.18
I think initially
what we'd like to do
00:43:04.25\00:43:07.42
and what our push is next
00:43:07.45\00:43:09.22
is we need to
bring a small business
00:43:09.25\00:43:10.72
into the orphanage to help them
become more self-supporting.
00:43:10.79\00:43:14.36
As they become
more self-supporting,
00:43:14.39\00:43:16.29
we can bring in some of
these programs that Jessie said
00:43:16.32\00:43:18.73
to enable these
children and young adults
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.90
to live
independently on their own.
00:43:20.93\00:43:22.80
So part of what we're
trying to do is raise funds
00:43:22.83\00:43:24.90
so that we can bring in
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.30
a small business as Jess said.
00:43:26.33\00:43:28.14
We really maxed
out all of our funds,
00:43:28.17\00:43:31.01
providing some of
the essential needs.
00:43:31.04\00:43:33.24
The food is an ongoing cost
but we provided electricity,
00:43:33.27\00:43:35.81
we fixed the plumbing,
the children have healthcare,
00:43:35.84\00:43:39.45
tuition has been
paid for this year,
00:43:39.48\00:43:41.42
and now we're about
to the end of our budget.
00:43:41.45\00:43:43.89
And the food is
ongoing obviously.
00:43:43.92\00:43:47.09
So I think the
thing that we need most
00:43:47.16\00:43:49.42
is to establish
that small business
00:43:49.46\00:43:50.99
so that they can begin to offset
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.16
some of their costs.
00:43:53.19\00:43:54.53
But I also just wanted to add
one thing to what Saada said,
00:43:54.56\00:43:57.27
which is that...
00:43:57.30\00:43:58.63
You know, many of us volunteer,
00:43:58.67\00:44:00.04
you know, periods of time
for volunteer work, right?
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.07
You know, "I'm
going to do this...
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
I'm going to feed the
homeless on the street in Miami
00:44:03.51\00:44:04.84
for three hours on
a Sabbath afternoon."
00:44:04.87\00:44:07.28
We came back from this
going, "There is no one else."
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.95
If we do not show up
to feed these children,
00:44:10.98\00:44:13.28
there is no one.
00:44:13.31\00:44:14.68
There is not a social
system, as Jessie said,
00:44:14.72\00:44:18.09
other people go and
do not continue to help.
00:44:18.12\00:44:20.99
So the 15 of us
that went down came back
00:44:21.02\00:44:23.73
with a wonderful blessing
00:44:23.76\00:44:25.86
of having spent
time with these children
00:44:25.89\00:44:27.53
but a terrible burden.
00:44:27.60\00:44:28.96
I lay awake in bed
at night and think,
00:44:29.00\00:44:30.80
"How are we going to
feed these children?"
00:44:30.87\00:44:32.67
We have maxed out the
budget from our not-for-profit
00:44:32.70\00:44:36.84
because, again,
we've stepped out.
00:44:36.91\00:44:38.94
But it is truly...
00:44:38.97\00:44:40.41
If we do not raise
funds to do the things
00:44:40.48\00:44:43.08
we need to do, these
children will not have food,
00:44:43.11\00:44:45.08
and I am not
exaggerating when I say that.
00:44:45.11\00:44:47.45
Wow.
00:44:47.52\00:44:48.85
And I think that
the turning point
00:44:48.88\00:44:50.32
from that first
trip was when we all...
00:44:50.39\00:44:52.35
I mean, I think
when we got there
00:44:52.39\00:44:53.79
and we saw the need and we
saw their living condition,
00:44:53.86\00:44:57.53
we immediately knew
00:44:57.56\00:44:58.89
that we had to step
in and get involved.
00:44:58.93\00:45:00.30
But I think the turning
point was when we all came home
00:45:00.33\00:45:03.00
from the trip
and the sun went down
00:45:03.03\00:45:05.47
that Sabbath
and we realized that
00:45:05.50\00:45:08.17
those kids would be
at home in the dark.
00:45:08.20\00:45:10.24
Oh, no. Wow.
00:45:10.31\00:45:11.91
And to think of those kids
that showed us so much love
00:45:11.94\00:45:15.51
would be
without light that night
00:45:15.54\00:45:18.75
and would be spending
the night in the dark,
00:45:18.78\00:45:21.35
night after night,
00:45:21.38\00:45:23.25
was what really,
at that point, just...
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.82
I mean everyone knew
there was no turning back.
00:45:25.85\00:45:28.69
Something has to be done.
00:45:28.72\00:45:30.06
Yeah. Wow.
00:45:30.13\00:45:31.46
You were just
there in Haiti, Jessie.
00:45:31.49\00:45:34.36
Yes.
00:45:34.40\00:45:35.73
I just was there
for the school supply,
00:45:35.76\00:45:38.67
I believe, and the notebook
and the backpack for them.
00:45:38.70\00:45:42.27
But it's just amazing
the welcoming they give us.
00:45:42.30\00:45:47.28
To me, this is
all that is worth it.
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.58
Yeah.
00:45:49.61\00:45:50.95
When you see the life of these
children being transformed,
00:45:50.98\00:45:54.62
you know, they
have a meal, they dress,
00:45:54.65\00:45:57.92
you know, and
they're so grateful.
00:45:57.95\00:46:00.76
You know, my husband...
00:46:00.79\00:46:02.22
And my husband says,
"I see why you and Saada
00:46:02.26\00:46:05.19
and your whole group
love these children,"
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.20
because they give so much love,
00:46:07.23\00:46:10.60
so much love,
it's just unbelievable.
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.93
And I will move
mountain for these children.
00:46:12.97\00:46:16.00
I just doesn't want
them to be left alone.
00:46:16.04\00:46:17.64
Wow.
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.01
You know, I want to
go to the video right now
00:46:19.04\00:46:20.68
in the interest
of informing you.
00:46:20.71\00:46:23.65
And when we come back,
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.01
we'll segue to the
rest of our program.
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.65
Yes.
00:46:26.72\00:46:28.05
Welcome to you
00:46:32.75\00:46:39.13
All right.
00:48:07.02\00:48:08.58
All right.
00:48:14.62\00:48:15.96
You know, I love my children.
00:48:44.55\00:48:45.89
They are my world.
00:48:45.92\00:48:48.06
And I can't think of
being a better person
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outside of being a
better parent for them
00:48:51.96\00:48:55.63
knowing that
I'm training them up
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to be a little
boy who loves God,
00:48:57.37\00:49:01.20
little girl who loves God,
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and are protected,
fed, clothed, loved,
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and then I come here and I see
00:49:06.14\00:49:08.11
these children
that are really in need,
00:49:08.14\00:49:11.98
in need of the basics.
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.85
And my heart breaks.
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.32
And really one of the
things that touched me the most
00:49:16.35\00:49:19.49
was just the vulnerability.
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.16
The time that we
spent here with these kids,
00:49:25.09\00:49:27.60
you know, talking to them,
00:49:27.63\00:49:28.96
playing with
them, touching them,
00:49:29.00\00:49:30.37
and cutting their
nails, and all of those things,
00:49:30.40\00:49:33.44
that's awesome, you know,
it's a wonderful experience,
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.54
but we can't be here every day.
00:49:36.57\00:49:38.51
But when we have
sponsorships and we make that,
00:49:38.54\00:49:42.88
I guess, a solid program
where the people back home
00:49:42.91\00:49:46.08
sponsoring these
kids can send letters,
00:49:46.11\00:49:48.65
can send pictures,
and then vice versa,
00:49:48.68\00:49:51.52
I think that's going to
do a lot for this orphanage.
00:49:51.55\00:49:54.26
And then when we get some
consistent program going here,
00:49:54.29\00:49:57.53
I think it can spill
over into other communities.
00:49:57.56\00:50:00.60
We want to be the
orphanage that people think of,
00:50:00.63\00:50:03.90
that they choose.
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.30
We want to have a
high level of expectation
00:50:05.33\00:50:08.14
when it comes to cleanliness,
food, education, Christianity.
00:50:08.17\00:50:12.61
There's no reason
we can't do that here.
00:50:12.64\00:50:14.21
We want this orphanage to
be a beacon in the community
00:50:14.28\00:50:18.11
and outreach opportunity.
00:50:18.15\00:50:19.48
There's a church on
the site here as well.
00:50:19.51\00:50:21.35
We want this to
be the same standard
00:50:21.38\00:50:23.02
that we would provide to
our children in the States,
00:50:23.05\00:50:24.99
but we will need
lots of help to do that.
00:50:25.02\00:50:27.49
Lord, prepare me
00:50:27.56\00:50:30.53
To be a sanctuary
00:50:30.56\00:50:34.63
Pure and holy
00:50:34.66\00:50:38.13
Tried and true with thanksgiving
00:50:38.17\00:50:44.94
I'll be Your living Sanctuary
00:50:44.97\00:50:52.51
For You
00:50:52.55\00:50:56.22
Lord, prepare me
00:50:56.25\00:50:58.95
To be a sanctuary
00:50:58.99\00:51:00.76
That's it.
00:51:03.09\00:51:06.39
Right, you want to take it up.
00:51:06.43\00:51:08.63
I'm done.
00:51:08.66\00:51:10.10
I know you're
watching the program
00:51:21.48\00:51:22.94
and you're
saying, "How can I help?
00:51:22.98\00:51:25.31
What difference can I make?
00:51:25.35\00:51:26.72
How can I put my funds
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.08
where lives are
being transformed?"
00:51:28.12\00:51:30.19
We want you to take
note of what you saw today.
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.42
And when you go to bed tonight,
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.16
as was pointed
out on the program,
00:51:34.19\00:51:36.39
and you're in the
comfort of your bed,
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.29
there is somebody
without lights, without food,
00:51:38.33\00:51:40.90
without those needs,
00:51:40.93\00:51:42.26
and the Lord is calling
on you to reach deep down
00:51:42.30\00:51:44.87
and change your life.
00:51:44.90\00:51:46.23
And here is the information
00:51:46.27\00:51:47.64
that you need
to become involved.
00:51:47.67\00:51:50.51
The Hope Ministry Project team
00:51:54.08\00:51:55.91
provide food for
over 200 people each week,
00:51:55.94\00:51:59.48
along with clothing,
sleeping bags, and toiletries.
00:51:59.51\00:52:02.85
If you would like to
support this ministry,
00:52:02.88\00:52:05.09
please visit their
website, HopeHouseMiami.org,
00:52:05.12\00:52:09.29
that's HopeHouseMiami.org.
00:52:09.32\00:52:12.46
You may also call them
00:52:12.49\00:52:13.83
at 954-468-0532
00:52:13.90\00:52:18.97
or send your donations
to Hope Ministry Project,
00:52:19.00\00:52:22.37
1528 Northeast 135th Street,
00:52:22.40\00:52:26.81
Miami, Florida 33161.
00:52:26.88\00:52:30.25