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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Music.
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More music.
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we want to welcome
you once again to 3ABN Today
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and I'm so excited
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that I have the opportunity to
host this particular interview
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because some gentlemen are
here that I interviewed in 2008
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that God had
given them a vision...
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and... oh, it's amazing
what He's done since then.
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I just want to
take this opportunity
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on behalf of everyone
here to thank you so much
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for your prayers
and for your love
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that you always
are expressing to us
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and for your financial support,
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this is the "Mending
Broken People" Network
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and I have to say
I am very impressed
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that our
Founder, Danny Shelton...
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when he began this network,
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he did not worry
about competition,
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in fact, this program
that you're watching today...
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our Flagship Program...
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we almost always are talking
about other ministries...
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other ministries that
we invite you to support
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because we believe
with all of our hearts
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that the cattle on a thousand
hills belong to the Lord
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and God has enough funds
to get all of His work done
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that He wants done,
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of course, you
probably heard the punch line,
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those funds are
in your pocket...
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but today, let me introduce
you to our very special guests.
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First we have Jean Florvilus
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and Jean you are the
CEO and Director of...
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President for Orphans
International Helpline.
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Yes, I am.
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And you know, I just
have to say upfront...
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you may have to change
the title of your ministry
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because this has so much more...
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I mean, there's so
much that you all are doing
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that's so amazing
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but we're going to come back and
get your story in just a moment.
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Then we have Stephen
Blosser, am I saying that right?
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That's correct...
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Stephen, you are with
Michigan State University,
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I know you're an Engineer...
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you work with the
Engineering Project
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but you are the Assistive...
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Stephen: Technology Specialist.
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Shelley: What is an
Assistive Technology Specialist?
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Stephen: Well,
at Michigan State,
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we have 2,100
students with disabilities.
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Shelly: Wow!
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Stephen: And I am the
Specialist that helps them
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with all of their
technology, I'm an Engineer...
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Rehabilitation Engineer...
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I meet with the
students, one-on-one...
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find out what
their challenges are...
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some of them have difficulty
speaking and other things...
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reading... and we
find computer software
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or different tools that they use
to help them get an education.
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Shelley: Amen...
amen... that's wonderful
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and you're going to
see in just a moment
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how God introduced
Stephen to this ministry...
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what a tremendous
boost that has been.
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Next, we have
Pastor Brian Ladiny...
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am I saying that right?
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Yes, you're right.
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Okay, and you a Pastor in
Queens and in Brooklyn, right?
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Brian: Yes.
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Shelley: And
you're the Vice President
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for Orphans
International Helpline, correct?
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Yes.
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Well, we're so
thrilled to have you here
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and I'm just anxious
to jump into your story
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because these two
gentlemen are both from Haiti
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but you have such
an amazing backstory
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to how this ministry began,
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what we want to do
Jean, let's start with you,
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you grew up in a
Baptist Christian home.
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Jean: Yes.
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And you come from a
long line of Baptists.
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Jean: Yes.
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Pastors... even your
brothers are pastors, right?
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All right, so you
grew up as a Baptist,
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when did you
meet Brian's mother?
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I met Brian's mother
in New York in 2012...
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no... 1992...
1992... I met Brian's mother
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and she introduced to
me the Adventist message,
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she invited me to her church.
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I didn't want to go...
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Shelley: Why not?
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Because what I heard
was Adventist is cult...
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they don't
believe in Jesus Christ...
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Shelley: Oh really?
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Jean: We know as
Baptists, Jesus is our center...
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the center of our lives...
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that's what we
learn in our churches
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and I didn't want to go
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and she said,
"Jean, you will be blessed
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if you come and
worship with us. "
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I didn't want to
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and she went and
talked to another young man
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and she talked to that young man
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for that young man
to come and talk to me
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and see if maybe I'll
listen to that young man...
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probably the same age as
me, I'll listened and I went
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and Saturday morning... I
listened to the worship...
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I looked at the hymnal...
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it's different with the hymnal
that we use in our Sunday church
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because in Haiti we use
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half French and half
Creole in our hymnal...
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the Adventist
hymnal... it's only in French
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but I... I realized
there were some songs
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that are similar to our songs,
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and I said, "Well,
okay, I'm just watching... "
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and the Pastor came
and started preaching...
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Shelley: But wait a minute...
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I remember this
one point of the story
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is... not only were you told
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that this group...
being us... were a cult...
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but you were told
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we used a completely
different Bible, weren't you?
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Yes, I've heard that Adventists
have a different Bible.
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Shelley: Which is not
true... never has happened...
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and we want to clarify that
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because isn't it amazing
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how people can tell
the most interesting things
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on other-people groups,
so... so you then were looking
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not only the hymnal
but also at the Bible.
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The Bible...
because I wanted to see
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because
according to what I heard,
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the Bible you guys were using
was a different Bible than ours
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than us... and then
I looked at the Bible
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in French... what we use
it's a Bible called Louis Segond
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and I look at their
Bible it said, "Louis Segond"
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and I opened from
Genesis to Revelation...
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I see the same thing...
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and I was... I said,
"Hmmm... these people they...
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they use the same Bible as us"
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and Pastor started preaching
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and he preached
clearly from the Bible,
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and I said, "Wow!" I
was touched by the service,
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it was very spiritual
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and I heard "Jesus"
mentioned many times,
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you know, I said, "Okay... "
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after the church, she called me,
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she said, "So, how
was the church today?"
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I said, "Well, it
went well, I enjoyed it. "
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She said, "Really?"
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She said, "So, is that something
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that you think you
might be interested in?"
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I said, "About what?"
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She said, "Becoming Adventist. "
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I said, "Ah, naw, naw,
naw, naw, I don't think so"
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and she said, "Really?"
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I said, "No. "
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She said, "Okay" and
we're there talking, talking
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and few... probably I
think a month or two later,
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there was a
Crusade at her church
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and then they
invited me to that Crusade
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and I went probably
three, four, five, six nights...
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listening to the Pastor
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and then, I was
touched by everything
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and Pastor made an appeal
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and I became an
Adventist, I got baptized.
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Shelley: Much to
your family's chagrin.
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Jean: Yes... and family
were very upset about that
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because they
realized that I betrayed them
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from Baptist to Adventism.
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Yeah, when all you were
doing was following the truth,
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I'm just going to fast forward
so, you actually ended up
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then becoming
friends with Brian down here,
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you all went to
Andrews University together...
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Jean: Yes.
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Shelley: Tell us... you went...
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when I said
they're both from Haiti...
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they live in the United States
now... I should have clarified,
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but you made a trip to
Haiti and what year was that?
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And you came back and
talked with Brian about this.
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Okay, so, I went... after
I got baptized in New York
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and then, I went to Florida...
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I moved to
Florida... and from Florida,
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I've been involved
in the church in Florida
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and I realized this message
is so powerful that I learned
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from New York
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and also involving
in church in Florida,
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I said, "I got to take this
message to Haiti to my people
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because they don't know
about this Adventist message,
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it's so
powerful... it's in the Bible"
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and I talked to my Pastor
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and he said that...
"Well you can apply to go"
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I said, "Well, I
need to go to school
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to learn more about
the Adventist message
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so I can go back to teach that
message to the people in Haiti"
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and then he told me
that there was a school...
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there were two Adventist schools
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he introduced to me
what's Oakwood College
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and Andrews University
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and I applied for Oakwood
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and later on, my mind said,
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"No, you need to
go apply for Andrews"
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and I sent an
application to Andrews
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and Andrews
answered me before Oakwood
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so, I was approved for Andrews
and I went to Andrews University
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that was in
2001... I went to Andrews
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and then, while I
was at Andrews in 2003,
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I realized, "I
need to go to Haiti. "
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I said, because I
have a vision for that...
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I don't want to wait
until I finish with the school
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to go over there...
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I want at least before I finish
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so I can visit and know
exactly where I'm going to start
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spreading the gospel
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and when I got to the country,
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I see children...
five- six-year olds
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walking the
street... holding plate...
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begging for food to survive,
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I said, "Wow!
How can I come here
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to tell people
that Jesus loves them
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while they're starving?"
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So, I said, "We must do
something to meet their needs
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and after that, we can
share Jesus with them. "
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And I came back to
Andrews and then I... I...
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I shared this with Brian
Ladiny and also the students...
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my colleagues and even
teachers... I shared that with
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and then they were so
touched but we didn't have money
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but with money we have left
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in our Account at
Andrews University
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we took that money
and sent them to Haiti
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to start a feeding program.
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Shelley: Praise God.
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So, let me just hit pause button
with you for just a second,
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we're going to jump down
to the end to talk to Brian,
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so, Brian, you all
obviously have some history,
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your mother's the
one who introduced him
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to the Adventist message,
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what did you...
how did it impact you
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when he came back and told
you of these starving children
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walking around in the
streets with the plates...
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what was your
initial impression?
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Yes, first of all, when I
was at Oakwood studying...
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doing my undergrad in Theology
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and my mom told me
that you have to meet Jean
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at Andrews, you
have to go to Andrews
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so that you can meet him there
because he's a wonderful person
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and he then will tell you more
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about the work that
he wants to do in Haiti,
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so I was so excited
when I get to Andrews
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so, that's where
we... we see each other
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we saw each other and then
he was telling about the dream
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the Lord has given
him to go back to Haiti
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and how the Lord
has chosen him as Moses
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to go and to deliver
the people back there
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and then... that story came
to me because my mom also...
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the way she was sponsored by
a missionary here from the US
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to help her out that
we can come here in the US
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so I said, "I have
to give back also. "
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Shelley: Amen.
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Brian: She also was raised by
missionaries... helped her out
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for school... everything...
so she was telling her story
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and I felt compelled
to go back and help out
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we went to Haiti together
and see the devastation...
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the kids in the street
begging food to survive
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and we said, "We
have to do something for
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money that we have from school"
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it was tough for us... have
to work at Andrews University
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and then send some
money that we have...
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like that to help out.
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So you're both in Theology
classes at Andrews University
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but God just let you know...
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see, some of
us... oh, it's so wrong
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God will give us a
vision and we'll think,
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"Oh, let me get
totally prepared first"
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and we procrastinate
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but I think when
God shows us something,
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He wants us to start
moving in as they say,
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"God doesn't call the equipped,
He equips the called. "
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So, you started
the feeding program
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but then you learned
that many of the children
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were staying around afterwards,
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you've got your Director down
there... tell us that story.
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Yes, after the...
the Director called me
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and he said that,
"Jean" I said, "Yes. "
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"We have a problem here. "
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I said, "What happened?"
00:14:06.71\00:14:08.04
He said, "Well, I realize
that we have some kids...
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after they finish
eating, they stay...
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stay around in our porch
and we need to leave the Center,
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we need to go and schedule
another feeding for tomorrow,
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and I approached some of them
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and I said, 'You need to go. '"
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And some said, "We
don't have place to go...
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we don't have any place to go. "
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And he said, "What do you mean,
you don't have any place to go?"
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They said, "Well, we
don't have any house"
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and he said, "Jean, I think we
need to do more than feeding. "
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Shelley: He found, some
of them didn't have parents.
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Jean: That's
right... and I said,
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"Wow! We don't know what to do
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because we don't have
any money to rent a place
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or build place to
put the children. "
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And I told him, "Well,
we have to pray about it. "
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And I talked to a guy
at Andrews University,
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he was a retired
professor and I talked to him
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and he said, "Jean, you
need to do something about this
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because I love
Haiti, I've been down there
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and I... I... I've
helped over there before
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and I see that the Lord called
you for something special,
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so you need to do something"
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and he said, "You
need to find a place... "
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because I went
to him for advice,
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I need to know what to
do with that situation.
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He said, "You need to find
a place to put the children. "
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And I called the guy and
he found a Center over there
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and he rented for us...
it wasn't that much money
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in the countryside... like
around 400 dollars US a year
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we have to pay for that
but we don't have that... "
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Shelley: It sounds cheap
unless you don't have it.
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Jean: Yeah, and
then so... he said...
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he said, "We
find... we find two rooms
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that we can rent
and put children"
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and he put the children for us
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so, now we have to look for beds
and clothes and this and that
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and people also to
sleep with the kids
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because we didn't
have that in mind,
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and he put... he
organized everything for us
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and... but we know that
we cannot stay there for long
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because we have to have our
own place to put the children
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but we came and talked
to students and professors
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and they... people
donate towards this ministry,
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it is amazing, they
donate and then we were able to
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take care of the
children and a few days later,
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we went back to Haiti...
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we were looking
for land... property...
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to put a... a... a...
a... a... an orphanage...
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to build an orphanage because
we need to have a property...
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we realized that we have...
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once we have children we
have to have a place for them
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and also, we have to build
a school to put the children
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so that we can educate them
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and also, our main
purpose there is to evangelize.
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So we have
envisioned a church as well
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and we
purchased 20 acres of land
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not too far away...
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like half a mile away
from where the children were
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and we purchased a property
but it was a blessing...
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we... every time we
take missionaries over there,
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we find another
family that hosts them for us
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every year and we said,
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"Okay, we need to build
our own missionary house...
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so when missionaries come,
they can have a place to stay. "
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Shelley: It...
and I will say this,
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"It isn't always the
most comfortable thing
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to go and stay in the
home of a stranger... "
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especially, you
don't know what kind...
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so if you're trying to
get people to come over
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to the mission
field for temporary times,
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it's nice if they can have
00:17:27.71\00:17:29.84
a little private
space of their own.
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Yes, and we purchased a
property and we talked about it
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one missionary went
to Haiti and she said,
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"Jean, we need to pray about it
00:17:40.19\00:17:42.66
because we need to build
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a missionary home...
a mission home here. "
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And I said,
"Okay" but just "okay"
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because I know
we don't have money
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and we came home...
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I received a phone
call from that lady
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and she said,
"Jean. " I said, "Yes. "
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"You won't believe it. "
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I said, "What happened?"
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"I had an old
friend from high school,
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I haven't seen for years
and I come across this guy
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and... and he told me
that he's about to die,
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he has cancer...
he's about to die...
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and he doesn't have anybody
to organize his funeral for him,
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'As you used to be my
old friend from high school,
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I want to give you
everything I have here,
00:18:20.26\00:18:22.53
and so you can
organize my funeral... '
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and he said, 'I have this
amount of money in the bank,
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I want you to
organize my funeral...
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and after... the
money left over...
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I want you to find a charity
to give that money for me. '"
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Shelley: Wow. Brian: Amen.
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Jean: And then, she got
that much... she organized...
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after that guy passed
away, she got that money
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and she gave that money
to build that mission home.
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So that's why today,
we call this mission home,
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"Wanda's Missionary House. "
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Shelley: Amen... amen... so...
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so, you have
built the mission home,
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you've built an orphanage
but let's talk about the church
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we're Stephen... we're going to
get you in here in just a minute
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but let's talk about the church,
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first of all, Brian,
the people of Haiti...
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I know that there is a fairly
strong Catholic population there
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and some Baptists...
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but most of the people...
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if they're not
exposed to Christianity,
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what do they practice?
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Yes, as we know, Haiti
was the first Black country
00:19:31.70\00:19:37.07
to ever get
their independence...
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they're from Africa as well
00:19:38.61\00:19:40.28
and there came with them a
sense of Voodooism... Voodoo
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and most of them,
they practice that
00:19:43.91\00:19:45.98
and they value it so
much to the point that
00:19:46.01\00:19:50.12
whenever they have a
headache or whatever they have,
00:19:50.15\00:19:52.35
they see the Voodoo
priest or witchdoctor,
00:19:52.39\00:19:55.02
thinking that they
will do something for them
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so they practice that in
Haiti and those people...
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if they're not Christian...
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if they're not
professing Jesus Christ,
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they will be Voodoo worshippers.
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Okay... and... and... I
mean, Voodoo is a religion,
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some people just think
it's something that you do
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but it's a religion
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and there's a lot of
poverty in Haiti isn't there?
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Okay, so, here you've got...
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have you already
built the school?
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I mean, you've
built the orphanage,
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have you built
the school? All: No.
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Because the school
is part of the church.
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All: Yes.
00:20:29.86\00:20:31.19
Shelley: So, you
recognize... and this is what...
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you're going to see what
God is doing with this ministry,
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.77
it's so amazing...
00:20:36.80\00:20:38.13
you recognize now that
you really need the church.
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Tell us the miracle
story of your church.
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Miracle story of the church...
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you know, while we're feeding...
00:20:48.61\00:20:50.05
we provide
education for the children,
00:20:50.08\00:20:52.38
but the area is dark
when you come to Christianity
00:20:52.41\00:20:55.48
and... and our main purpose was
to go and evangelize the land
00:20:55.52\00:21:01.49
and tell people about
the good news of Jesus...
00:21:01.52\00:21:03.93
He's coming back
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.33
and for them to have hope
not on Voodooism but in Jesus,
00:21:05.36\00:21:08.63
that's their only hope...
00:21:08.66\00:21:10.00
and we built a warehouse...
we built mission home...
00:21:10.03\00:21:14.84
we built orphanage...
00:21:14.87\00:21:16.57
and we realized that
the Church is important
00:21:16.60\00:21:19.04
but we don't know
how it's going to come
00:21:19.07\00:21:22.04
to find money for a church...
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.28
and we organized a
mission trip to Haiti
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and... we have a
group of Americans went down
00:21:26.92\00:21:29.95
there were like nine or
ten of us... we went down
00:21:29.98\00:21:32.99
and... as a matter of fact,
00:21:33.02\00:21:34.59
Pastor Brian was
organizing the...
00:21:34.62\00:21:36.52
the program for the preaching...
00:21:36.56\00:21:38.39
every night to have
a different preacher...
00:21:38.46\00:21:40.13
and we have a lot of people...
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there was no light...
nothing in the area...
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Shelley: When you say
"no light" what do you mean?
00:21:45.33\00:21:47.14
Jean: There was no electricity,
00:21:47.17\00:21:48.54
no electricity in
the area at night time
00:21:48.57\00:21:52.57
they heard that this
group are sharing Jesus...
00:21:52.61\00:21:54.91
something about Jesus...
00:21:54.94\00:21:56.28
so they want to come to listen
00:21:56.31\00:21:58.08
to know exactly
what we have to offer
00:21:58.11\00:21:59.88
and every night they come...
00:21:59.91\00:22:01.78
in the dark they came to
listen to the Word of God...
00:22:01.82\00:22:05.99
many people showed up and
we spent seven days doing that
00:22:06.02\00:22:10.16
lot of
people... we called for...
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.83
we made appeal... people come
00:22:12.86\00:22:15.46
and we pray with them
00:22:15.50\00:22:16.83
and after the seven days
concluded, we left, we came home
00:22:16.87\00:22:19.93
and when I got to
Berrien Springs... my office
00:22:20.00\00:22:25.37
I received a call from
a lady in the west coast
00:22:25.41\00:22:28.28
and she called...
she said, "Is this Jean?"
00:22:28.31\00:22:31.15
I said, "Yes, this is Jean. "
00:22:31.18\00:22:32.51
She said, "I
heard that you guys...
00:22:32.55\00:22:34.48
I received your newsletter...
00:22:34.52\00:22:35.85
you were supposed to go
to Haiti on a mission trip,
00:22:35.88\00:22:37.99
I said, "Yes, Ma'am we went. "
00:22:38.05\00:22:39.39
She said, "So, I looked at
something about evangelism...
00:22:39.42\00:22:42.79
you guys were supposed to preach
seven day week of evangelism. "
00:22:42.82\00:22:47.26
I said, "Yes, we did. "
00:22:47.30\00:22:48.63
So, she said, "How
many baptisms you had?"
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.20
I said, "We didn't have any. "
00:22:50.23\00:22:51.87
She said, "You didn't have any?"
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.23
I said, "Yes. " She said, "Why?"
00:22:53.27\00:22:54.60
I said, "Ma'am, we don't
have any church to put them
00:22:54.64\00:22:58.01
so we did not baptize anybody. "
00:22:58.04\00:23:00.24
Shelley: So, your
appeal to the people was
00:23:00.28\00:23:03.01
to accept Christ as their
Savior and make that decision...
00:23:03.04\00:23:05.55
Jean: That's right.
00:23:05.58\00:23:06.92
Shelley: But you didn't
make an appeal for baptism.
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.28
Jean: No... and prayed for them
00:23:08.32\00:23:09.95
that are under evil bondage
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.09
so the Lord can
remove them from that
00:23:12.12\00:23:14.16
but we don't want to
make appeal for baptism
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.02
because we don't
have any place to put them
00:23:16.06\00:23:17.79
and she said, "So, why don't
you have a church in the area?"
00:23:17.83\00:23:22.16
I said, "We don't
have money to build one. "
00:23:22.20\00:23:24.40
She said,
"Really?" I said, "Yes. "
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.77
She said, "Okay, no problem. "
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.14
So she hung up the phone
00:23:27.17\00:23:28.50
and in... probably 30
minutes to an hour later,
00:23:28.54\00:23:31.67
she called back and I
received the phone call
00:23:31.71\00:23:35.31
and I said,
"How can I help you?"
00:23:35.34\00:23:36.81
She said, "This is
so-and-so, I just called...
00:23:36.85\00:23:39.85
I talked to you a few minutes
ago about a church in Haiti. "
00:23:39.88\00:23:44.69
I said, "Yeah, I remember you. "
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.09
She said, "Well, I was
talking to my husband...
00:23:46.12\00:23:49.02
we decided to build a
church in Haiti for you. "
00:23:49.06\00:23:52.06
Shelley: That's a two-hander.
00:23:52.09\00:23:53.50
Jean: I said, "Are
you sure... really?"
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.16
She said, "Yeah. "
00:23:55.23\00:23:56.56
And, she said, "So
when do you want to start?"
00:23:56.60\00:23:59.70
I said, "I'll start right now. "
00:23:59.73\00:24:02.07
I said, "For Christ...
I'll start right now. "
00:24:02.10\00:24:06.07
And she said,
"Here's my credit card,
00:24:06.11\00:24:08.01
take this amount of money
to begin the foundation. "
00:24:08.04\00:24:11.38
And then, we started.
00:24:11.41\00:24:13.01
Shelley: You built
a beautiful church.
00:24:13.05\00:24:15.15
Jean: By God's
grace... by God's grace
00:24:15.18\00:24:17.22
we started the foundation
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.62
and... and... and... and
it finished... and after that
00:24:19.65\00:24:22.52
we were even
trying to invite 3ABN
00:24:22.56\00:24:24.63
because a lot of
people in the community...
00:24:24.66\00:24:26.83
Shelley: Here it
is... the finished product.
00:24:27.06\00:24:28.60
Jean: Yeah, a lot of
people in the community
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.83
wanted to see this
church... it's amazing
00:24:30.87\00:24:33.03
and there are
people that believed
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.70
that this church
would never finish
00:24:34.74\00:24:36.30
because they said, "How are you
going to finish this church?"
00:24:36.34\00:24:37.97
I said, "Well,
this is God's work,
00:24:38.01\00:24:39.54
if God can just give
the seed money to start it,
00:24:39.57\00:24:43.08
it will finish. "
00:24:43.11\00:24:44.45
It took us four years to finish
00:24:44.48\00:24:47.48
and we called the
Haitian Conference in Haiti
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.02
and the Union President...
they all came down...
00:24:50.05\00:24:52.52
the staff closed
office to come down
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.32
and dedicated this
church to the Lord.
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.06
Shelley: I think they
have a picture of this.
00:24:58.09\00:24:59.49
Jean: And people from all over,
Adventists, Non-Adventists,
00:24:59.53\00:25:04.03
to come see this miracle
00:25:04.07\00:25:05.57
because this is the first
building in Bombardopolis area
00:25:05.60\00:25:08.90
there's no other
building like this...
00:25:08.94\00:25:10.74
and God placed it
over there for a purpose...
00:25:10.77\00:25:13.58
we tell them that.
00:25:13.61\00:25:15.04
Brian: Actually, it
was... it was a dream
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.71
that God gave to
Pastor Jean Florvilus
00:25:17.75\00:25:20.38
and God told him,
00:25:20.42\00:25:21.78
"This is the way you
should build the church for me
00:25:21.82\00:25:23.79
in Bombardopolis
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.19
Everything that's inside the
church... outside the church...
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.89
this is how I want
you to build it for me. "
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.82
He didn't know how
he was going to do it,
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.66
it was way back before
2003 he had received a dream...
00:25:31.69\00:25:34.46
and then the Lord
made that dream come true.
00:25:34.50\00:25:37.10
And you know, you're sounding
more like Moses all the time...
00:25:37.13\00:25:40.07
He gave you a pattern
up on the mountain, right?
00:25:40.10\00:25:43.10
Jean: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:25:43.14\00:25:44.47
So now, you also then
began to school inside the...
00:25:44.51\00:25:47.91
Jean: Inside the church
00:25:47.94\00:25:49.28
because the church has
two wings on it, you know,
00:25:49.31\00:25:53.08
when you look at the church
it has two wings on the church
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.28
and then on...
we use those wings
00:25:55.32\00:25:57.19
because we put
them for Sabbath School
00:25:57.22\00:25:59.22
and so, during the week
they have a school in there
00:25:59.25\00:26:02.56
and then on Saturday, they
have Sabbath School teaching.
00:26:02.62\00:26:06.36
Shelley: So, you've
got not only orphans
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.70
but you have
other children also.
00:26:08.73\00:26:10.07
Jean: Other
children from the community.
00:26:10.10\00:26:11.97
But not only our
school... we also have...
00:26:12.00\00:26:14.77
before we put our
children inside that school,
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.54
we sponsored
200 schools outside,
00:26:17.57\00:26:20.64
yeah, non-Adventist schools,
we pay for the teachers...
00:26:20.68\00:26:25.88
we provide the school supplies,
00:26:25.91\00:26:27.25
the uniform... for
orphans... for kids...
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.62
because they are...
our school doesn't have...
00:26:29.68\00:26:31.75
now this is... in Haiti
we have a college called...
00:26:31.79\00:26:35.72
the high school here in
Haiti is called "College"
00:26:35.76\00:26:40.03
so when our kids
finish with elementary school,
00:26:40.06\00:26:44.20
they have to go to high school
00:26:44.23\00:26:45.70
and we don't have
high school in our Center
00:26:45.73\00:26:48.00
and so we have these children
that we have been helping,
00:26:48.04\00:26:50.74
we said, "Okay, we're going to
send you to this school outside
00:26:50.77\00:26:55.24
so you can get your education. "
00:26:55.31\00:26:57.11
So, we have one elementary
school outside we sponsored
00:26:57.15\00:27:00.68
and also the high
school outside we sponsor
00:27:00.72\00:27:03.65
and now we have one
inside... on campus.
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.45
Shelley: You know, I
don't think people understand
00:27:06.52\00:27:10.49
some of the
difficulties that you face
00:27:10.53\00:27:13.09
when you go to an underdeveloped
country like this,
00:27:13.13\00:27:16.23
you didn't have any clean
water, tell us about your well.
00:27:16.26\00:27:20.67
It is a big
miracle... big miracle...
00:27:20.70\00:27:23.17
before... when we got there,
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.44
there was no river in the area
where people can collect water
00:27:25.47\00:27:28.88
or nothing at all...
you have to have a well
00:27:28.91\00:27:31.81
and there are two...
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.42
it's not well but it's a
source the way to get water...
00:27:34.45\00:27:37.52
it's not clean
water... it's not clean water
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.35
they got water there...
00:27:39.39\00:27:41.39
and it's like a... probably
two miles away from our Center
00:27:41.42\00:27:45.29
and we realized
we need to have water
00:27:45.33\00:27:48.50
because how are we going
to operate here without water
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.70
and we had been praying about it
00:27:50.73\00:27:52.70
and it's the same thing...
we went on a mission trip
00:27:52.73\00:27:56.00
we had our
secretary write a Newsletter
00:27:56.04\00:27:59.24
and post it saying,
"We need help for a well,
00:27:59.27\00:28:02.98
we want to dig
a well in Haiti. "
00:28:03.01\00:28:05.15
And we came back
00:28:05.18\00:28:07.12
we find message on
our answering machine
00:28:07.15\00:28:09.12
a guy from
Holland, Michigan called
00:28:09.15\00:28:12.25
and said, "We received your...
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.09
my wife sponsors a
child from your Organization
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.93
and I'm a retired Well Driller
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.83
and I received a
Newsletter from you
00:28:18.86\00:28:20.63
saying that you
are looking for people
00:28:20.66\00:28:22.40
to help you with a well. "
00:28:22.43\00:28:23.77
I said, "Yes"
and I called him back
00:28:23.80\00:28:26.57
and he said, "Yes, I
want to help with a well. "
00:28:26.60\00:28:28.70
He said, "So, what kind
of well are you looking for,
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.91
what kind of machine you have?"
00:28:30.94\00:28:32.27
I said, "Sir, I've
never done with a well before
00:28:32.31\00:28:35.41
and I don't know
what machine we need,
00:28:35.44\00:28:37.11
we just know
that we need a well. "
00:28:37.15\00:28:38.78
And he said, "Well,
I went to Haiti before
00:28:38.81\00:28:43.35
years ago... during
Papa Doc... the old President
00:28:43.39\00:28:46.62
and I drilled a well
for a mission in Haiti,
00:28:46.65\00:28:49.72
so, I believe I can help you,
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.79
we need to find this
type of drilling machine
00:28:51.83\00:28:54.30
because your soil
over there is very hard
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.70
and he started searching
and searched... searched...
00:28:56.73\00:29:00.30
and he found a good machine
00:29:00.34\00:29:02.14
and then, we find money
donated for the drilling machine
00:29:02.17\00:29:06.21
and he went to Haiti and
drilled a well for us on campus
00:29:06.24\00:29:09.58
so this he... when he
finished with the well,
00:29:09.61\00:29:12.41
he said, "Jean...
" I said, "Yes... "
00:29:12.45\00:29:14.22
"I've been drilling for
more than 40 years in Michigan,
00:29:14.25\00:29:18.35
I found water for you here...
I never find in the States. "
00:29:18.39\00:29:22.99
Shelley: Wow!
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.36
He said, "The water is so pure,
00:29:24.39\00:29:26.93
you don't need to
put anything on it. "
00:29:27.00\00:29:29.56
we used to purchase
water from Port-au-Prince
00:29:29.60\00:29:31.67
to go to the countryside,
00:29:31.70\00:29:33.07
he said, "From now on,
00:29:33.10\00:29:34.44
you do not need to purchase
water from Port-au-Prince,
00:29:34.47\00:29:36.47
he took a bottle
of water from Haiti...
00:29:36.50\00:29:38.54
took it to a lab
here in the States,
00:29:38.57\00:29:40.38
he said, "Jean, there
was nothing bad in the water,
00:29:40.44\00:29:43.48
do not purchase water
at all... just get it... "
00:29:43.51\00:29:46.55
He said, "Make sure
your container is clean
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.08
you put in the water...
00:29:48.12\00:29:49.45
but after that, you're
free to drink the water. "
00:29:49.48\00:29:51.92
Shelley: Glory to God, I mean,
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.29
it is so amazing how God has
led them each step of the way
00:29:53.32\00:29:56.66
and how rapidly
everything worked...
00:29:56.73\00:29:58.83
we're going to show you
a video before we finish
00:29:58.86\00:30:01.16
so that you can really
see the development of this
00:30:01.23\00:30:03.50
but we've been
ignoring Stephen here
00:30:03.53\00:30:05.60
who's sitting in the middle
00:30:05.63\00:30:06.97
and Stephen, tell us
how God connected you
00:30:07.00\00:30:13.51
with these two gentlemen
00:30:13.54\00:30:15.18
and with the Orphans
International Helpline.
00:30:15.21\00:30:18.98
Yes, well, the story
starts when I was at MSU.
00:30:19.01\00:30:22.75
We... we have a reputation there
00:30:22.78\00:30:24.65
of being very good
at supplying the needs
00:30:24.69\00:30:27.96
of our students
with disabilities
00:30:27.99\00:30:29.92
and I saw this over the years,
I've been there for 40 years
00:30:29.96\00:30:33.46
and I prayed one day,
00:30:33.50\00:30:35.56
"Give me an opportunity to
share some of these solutions
00:30:35.60\00:30:40.57
that we find for students. "
00:30:40.60\00:30:41.94
Right after I prayed,
00:30:41.97\00:30:43.94
I happened to be with something
I'm not usually in the...
00:30:43.97\00:30:47.44
the Receptionist
area... I answered the phone...
00:30:47.48\00:30:50.48
and I got a
phone call from India
00:30:50.51\00:30:53.55
and they needed someone to help
with the blind school there,
00:30:53.58\00:30:57.09
I went there and I
started the projects and we...
00:30:57.12\00:31:00.26
Shelley: You were actually not
just praying... someone to share
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.99
but you were
wanting to do something
00:31:03.02\00:31:04.36
for God's glory, right.
00:31:04.39\00:31:05.73
Stephen: That's
correct. Shelley: Okay.
00:31:05.76\00:31:07.40
Stephen: And I had
this opportunity...
00:31:07.43\00:31:09.06
it was a miracle that
God answered the prayer,
00:31:09.10\00:31:11.50
he said, "Please
come and help us. "
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.47
Shelley: And this man didn't
even know you were Adventist,
00:31:14.50\00:31:17.27
it was an
Adventist Minister, okay.
00:31:17.31\00:31:19.21
It was a random call to a Center
00:31:19.24\00:31:21.74
where we have a
reputation of helping people.
00:31:21.78\00:31:24.15
Shelley: Yeah.
00:31:24.18\00:31:25.51
Stephen: And... so I
accepted and I went there
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.52
and I realized after my trip
that I needed little more help
00:31:28.55\00:31:32.55
so I took the General
Conference of our Church...
00:31:32.59\00:31:38.29
offers: Mission Institute...
00:31:38.33\00:31:40.73
I went there and
I took the class,
00:31:40.76\00:31:42.83
I learned about the cultures
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.93
and the different
obstacles and problems
00:31:45.00\00:31:47.07
that you could have
in the mission field
00:31:47.10\00:31:49.17
and I was prepared then.
00:31:49.20\00:31:51.47
Let me just hit pause
here for just a second
00:31:51.51\00:31:54.18
because many people don't know
00:31:54.24\00:31:56.14
that the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:31:56.18\00:31:59.75
provides this Mission
Institute Missionary Training
00:31:59.78\00:32:03.52
absolutely free,
00:32:03.55\00:32:04.95
you went in person to a
two-week course in Andrews
00:32:04.99\00:32:09.76
but you can also go online,
00:32:09.79\00:32:12.13
do you know, do
you just go to the...
00:32:12.16\00:32:14.86
Just go... just:
missioninstitute. org
00:32:14.90\00:32:17.57
missioninstitute. org
00:32:17.60\00:32:20.07
and you can take the
online class at your own pace
00:32:20.10\00:32:23.00
but I know you're
high on this training,
00:32:23.07\00:32:26.14
you said that
everybody should do it.
00:32:26.17\00:32:29.14
Stephen: Oh, everyone
should do it before they go,
00:32:29.21\00:32:30.61
it prepares you.
00:32:30.65\00:32:31.98
Shelley: Okay.
00:32:32.01\00:32:33.35
And right after my
training, I went and visited...
00:32:33.38\00:32:36.85
well, I was doing a...
00:32:36.89\00:32:38.75
at our... it's a time when
our church has Camp Meeting
00:32:38.79\00:32:47.36
and I was at Camp Meeting
00:32:47.40\00:32:49.33
helping with the
Booth on Mission work
00:32:49.36\00:32:52.97
and a gentleman came
to me, Ken came to me,
00:32:53.00\00:33:00.78
he was the President of a
hospital and he had visited Jean
00:33:00.81\00:33:04.71
and he came and explained
the need there at Haiti...
00:33:04.75\00:33:08.02
at Orphans
International Helpline
00:33:08.05\00:33:09.72
and said, "You know,
you should help them. "
00:33:09.75\00:33:12.75
And it was like
God speaking to me,
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.06
another answer to a prayer
to open up that opportunity
00:33:15.09\00:33:19.23
so, with the training
and with the mission work,
00:33:19.26\00:33:23.23
I went to see Jean at his office
00:33:23.26\00:33:25.83
and I said, "Is there
anything I can do to help?"
00:33:25.87\00:33:29.40
And he had been looking
for an Engineer like myself
00:33:29.44\00:33:32.67
to help with the construction
00:33:32.71\00:33:34.11
of this wonderful
hospital now that they're doing.
00:33:34.14\00:33:36.61
Shelley: So... so
God had... I mean...
00:33:36.64\00:33:39.05
I know that medical facilities
are few and far between
00:33:39.08\00:33:42.35
down there...
particularly good facilities,
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.62
so, God had now
increased your vision
00:33:44.65\00:33:47.66
that you wanted a
hospital and what does He do?
00:33:47.69\00:33:51.36
He sends you an Engineer!
00:33:51.39\00:33:53.43
Yes... Amen...
00:33:53.46\00:33:55.26
But I have to say,
not just any Engineer,
00:33:55.30\00:33:59.63
he's at
Michigan State University
00:33:59.67\00:34:02.50
and he is the...
00:34:02.54\00:34:04.01
kind of the head of the
Capstone Design Program there,
00:34:04.04\00:34:07.84
with engineering students
00:34:07.88\00:34:10.35
who are wanting to prove their
prowess in the Engineering Field
00:34:10.38\00:34:14.12
right?
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.48
Stephen: That's correct.
00:34:15.52\00:34:16.85
Shelley: So you
had a whole group.
00:34:16.89\00:34:18.22
Stephen: All the resources...
00:34:18.25\00:34:19.59
Shelley: All the
resources. Stephen: Yes.
00:34:19.62\00:34:20.96
Jean: It's... it's
powerful... it's powerful...
00:34:20.99\00:34:24.06
because when Mr. Blosser stopped
by my office and talked to me,
00:34:24.13\00:34:28.23
I was so touched
because we are in the process
00:34:28.26\00:34:33.70
of the foundation
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.07
and I'm using the Haiti Engineer
and I don't know exactly...
00:34:35.10\00:34:41.31
I've never dealt with...
00:34:41.34\00:34:43.14
I've never dealt with something
like that before and so...
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.21
Shelley: So you don't
know if it's going to be
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.58
earthquake and storm proof...
00:34:46.61\00:34:48.15
Jean: So, I said, "Lord,
what are we going to do here?"
00:34:48.18\00:34:51.82
I called the Board,
we had a Board Meeting
00:34:51.85\00:34:53.25
and said... the Board said,
00:34:53.29\00:34:54.62
"Are you sure this is
going to be earthquake proof
00:34:54.66\00:34:56.59
and this and
that... " and I said...
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.03
even people that donated to
this Program... the building
00:34:58.06\00:35:02.43
said, "Are you sure?"
00:35:02.46\00:35:03.80
I said, "Well, I'm sure because
00:35:03.83\00:35:05.43
they said they
know how to do this,
00:35:05.50\00:35:07.87
so, I believe they
will do it right. "
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.57
So when Mr. Blosser
stopped by and said,
00:35:09.60\00:35:11.77
"Jean, do you
have anything going on
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.94
either school or any building?"
00:35:13.98\00:35:16.28
I said, "Sir, you
stopped at the right time...
00:35:16.34\00:35:20.02
you are a God-sent angel to
us because we need your help. "
00:35:20.05\00:35:24.39
And since then, he took over.
00:35:24.42\00:35:26.89
It is amazing...
00:35:26.92\00:35:28.26
he went over there
and saw the construction
00:35:28.29\00:35:31.03
and made adjustments...
what needed to be done...
00:35:31.06\00:35:33.63
it's amazing.
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.00
Shelley: So had you
ever been to Haiti before?
00:35:35.03\00:35:36.43
Stephen: I'd never
been to Haiti before.
00:35:36.46\00:35:38.27
Shelley: Isn't it
amazing when you ask God,
00:35:38.30\00:35:40.30
"Lord I want to do
something more for you"
00:35:40.34\00:35:42.20
how He opens the doors!
00:35:42.24\00:35:44.07
Stephen: Yes... can I share
an adventure of going there?
00:35:44.11\00:35:45.77
Shelley: Surely.
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.14
Stephen: It's kind
of an adventurous trip
00:35:47.18\00:35:50.21
going to Bombardopolis, Haiti
00:35:50.25\00:35:51.91
which is about 200...
00:35:51.95\00:35:54.08
150 to 200 miles
outside of Port-au-Prince.
00:35:54.12\00:35:58.52
It's a long trip... it
takes all day to go there
00:35:58.55\00:36:04.59
and the roads in Haiti,
00:36:04.63\00:36:06.39
especially the
rural ones are very rough
00:36:06.43\00:36:08.10
so, you have to be able
to withstand a lot of jolting
00:36:08.13\00:36:14.10
and bumping
and... it's a lot of fun
00:36:14.14\00:36:16.17
but it's also...
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.37
Shelley: Like having
chiropractic adjustment
00:36:18.41\00:36:19.94
isn't it?
00:36:19.97\00:36:21.31
Stephen: It was
getting near the evening...
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.08
we were all very tired and
the roads... the rough roads
00:36:24.11\00:36:28.42
they just tear the
tires up on these vehicles
00:36:28.48\00:36:32.49
and we had had... we
had stopped in Gonaives
00:36:32.55\00:36:35.82
and we have some of
our spare tires fixed
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.09
and they got broke...
they got punctured again
00:36:39.13\00:36:42.76
we were on our last
tire... we were a long ways...
00:36:42.83\00:36:46.43
we had a good 30 miles
which takes several hours
00:36:46.47\00:36:50.01
and the tire went... was flat
and we had a little compressor
00:36:50.04\00:36:56.81
we got it out of the truck...
00:36:56.85\00:37:00.02
and we put it on
the tire that was flat
00:37:00.05\00:37:02.38
and we started the compressor up
00:37:02.42\00:37:04.62
and when you have compressor
pumping air into the tire,
00:37:04.65\00:37:08.12
and the tire is hissing...
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.69
you know, the air is coming out
00:37:09.72\00:37:11.43
almost as fast as the
compressor is putting it in
00:37:11.46\00:37:14.50
and I... I... they...
everyone in the truck...
00:37:14.53\00:37:17.53
and all the
people that were with us
00:37:17.57\00:37:19.03
said, "Are we going to make it?"
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.47
And I looked ahead
about 100 feet and I said,
00:37:20.50\00:37:23.30
"We might make it
up to the next hill"
00:37:23.37\00:37:24.87
and then we prayed.
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.54
I said, "Lord, help us here,
this tire isn't holding air
00:37:27.58\00:37:32.31
so, send your angels to
put a stopper on this. "
00:37:32.35\00:37:36.82
Well, the air is
hissing out, tire was up...
00:37:36.85\00:37:41.29
and we pulled
off the compressor,
00:37:41.32\00:37:43.73
we all jumped in the
truck and we headed off
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.66
and I was waiting...
00:37:45.69\00:37:48.76
looking out and waiting
for the tire to go flat again
00:37:48.83\00:37:51.23
because I figured, we'd
have to pump it up every...
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.64
every three miles at
the most or 100 feet...
00:37:53.67\00:37:57.91
we made it all the way
there... just amazing...
00:37:57.94\00:38:01.78
God just brought us
there, we were exhausted,
00:38:01.81\00:38:05.61
we didn't have much time
00:38:05.65\00:38:06.98
because we had to
measure the foundation
00:38:07.02\00:38:09.48
on the hospital
and do a lot of work.
00:38:09.52\00:38:12.22
Shelley: So Stephen, did
you take some of these...
00:38:12.25\00:38:15.56
I forget the...
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.56
Capstone Design... did
your students go down with you
00:38:17.59\00:38:21.10
or how did that work?
00:38:21.13\00:38:22.60
Stephen: I brought back the
design of our Solar System...
00:38:22.63\00:38:25.17
there's no electricity there...
00:38:25.23\00:38:27.34
Shelley: Whew...
00:38:27.40\00:38:28.74
Stephen: A large part of the
world doesn't have electricity.
00:38:28.77\00:38:31.14
There's another Organization
00:38:31.17\00:38:33.78
ADRA... who's
been helping us as well
00:38:33.81\00:38:35.94
and the need for
electricity in our...
00:38:35.98\00:38:40.52
in our schools and mission
projects around the world
00:38:40.58\00:38:44.35
is very intense and
it's the same way there
00:38:44.39\00:38:46.55
so our students have addressed
this issue... we... we...
00:38:46.59\00:38:50.43
I brought back these projects
00:38:50.46\00:38:51.96
to our Engineering
Student Team at MSU
00:38:51.99\00:38:54.63
and they have
designed a control system
00:38:54.66\00:38:58.37
that will
integrate solar and wind...
00:38:58.40\00:39:02.10
Shelley: This is your team?
00:39:02.14\00:39:03.47
Stephen: This is my team...
00:39:03.51\00:39:04.84
this is the team
that worked together
00:39:04.87\00:39:07.44
and they're excited
now... they say, "Wow!"
00:39:07.48\00:39:10.08
These are Capstone
students, they graduate now...
00:39:10.11\00:39:13.11
they have jobs... many of them
00:39:13.18\00:39:14.98
but they want to take the
time to visit this installation
00:39:15.05\00:39:18.49
and help with...
set up the solar panels
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.89
and to teach the people in
Haiti who are very skilled...
00:39:20.92\00:39:24.33
the people who live there
00:39:24.36\00:39:27.60
can learn how to
install and maintain the System.
00:39:27.63\00:39:30.90
Shelley: Really, okay, so the
hospital is under construction
00:39:30.93\00:39:34.44
for what? A year... two years?
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.20
Stephen: A year and a half.
00:39:36.24\00:39:37.87
Shelley: A year
and a half, okay,
00:39:37.94\00:39:39.27
and you're looking at...
00:39:39.31\00:39:40.68
how long do you
think before you finish?
00:39:40.71\00:39:42.74
Jean: This question comes
quite often... how long...
00:39:42.78\00:39:46.45
we say, "This is God's work. "
00:39:46.51\00:39:48.48
I say, "We don't
have the money. "
00:39:48.52\00:39:50.45
Shelley: Why did I know you
were going to answer that way?
00:39:50.49\00:39:53.05
Jean: So, the way we work...
00:39:53.09\00:39:56.22
because everything on
our property is a miracle.
00:39:56.26\00:39:59.83
Shelley: Absolutely.
00:39:59.86\00:40:01.20
Jean: We... we wanted...
because the way we put things,
00:40:01.23\00:40:05.00
we... the Lord impressed us
to build an orphanage, school,
00:40:05.03\00:40:08.80
church and health center.
00:40:08.84\00:40:10.81
In the area there
was no hospital at all.
00:40:10.84\00:40:14.74
Bombardopolis'
population is 50,000...
00:40:14.78\00:40:18.61
Shelley: Wow!
00:40:18.65\00:40:19.98
Jean: 50,000... women
are dying every single day
00:40:20.02\00:40:23.99
pregnant women...
00:40:24.02\00:40:25.49
if they have any
complication at birth...
00:40:25.52\00:40:28.02
automatically they'll die.
00:40:28.06\00:40:30.39
There was no place for them
to have C-Section in the area.
00:40:30.43\00:40:34.36
For you to have C-Section, you
have to drive five... six hours
00:40:34.40\00:40:38.27
to Episco Gonāve... a big
city or Episco Port-de-Paix
00:40:38.30\00:40:41.47
it's like Stephen just
told you about how the road is
00:40:41.50\00:40:44.67
and no transportation,
00:40:44.71\00:40:46.47
you cannot find
any transportation
00:40:46.51\00:40:48.04
if you don't have
somebody with their own cars
00:40:48.08\00:40:50.98
and it's not easy.
00:40:51.01\00:40:52.35
You can count how many people
in Bombardopolis with car...
00:40:52.38\00:40:55.15
maybe 10... 50 people
you can find with cars
00:40:55.18\00:40:58.05
so, we said, "Lord... "
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.42
two years ago,
while we were in Haiti,
00:40:59.45\00:41:01.86
a young woman came
from Port-au-Prince,
00:41:01.89\00:41:04.13
she's from Bombardopolis,
00:41:04.16\00:41:05.49
she used to live
in Port-au-Prince
00:41:05.53\00:41:06.86
pregnant with twins
00:41:06.90\00:41:08.23
and she got sick
in Port-au-Prince
00:41:08.26\00:41:11.23
and they took her back to
her place in Bombardopolis.
00:41:11.30\00:41:15.14
They realized that
she's not going to make it.
00:41:15.17\00:41:16.67
She got there
around like, 8 p. m.
00:41:16.71\00:41:20.58
at 11 she passed
00:41:20.61\00:41:22.68
and the kids inside
of her were still kicking
00:41:22.71\00:41:26.58
no one can save the
lives of the children.
00:41:26.61\00:41:30.89
I was so touched...
just next to our Center
00:41:30.92\00:41:35.16
it hurt us so bad
00:41:35.19\00:41:36.52
and I said, "Father,
00:41:36.56\00:41:37.89
I believe this was here
for something important.
00:41:37.93\00:41:41.46
We need to have a
clinic in this area
00:41:41.50\00:41:44.23
where we can save
lives of women and children
00:41:44.27\00:41:47.84
so this won't happen again
00:41:47.90\00:41:49.70
and we prayed about it.
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.51
Two years ago,
we went to Haiti...
00:41:51.54\00:41:56.28
there was Hurricane Matthew...
00:41:56.31\00:41:58.28
Hurricane Matthew went to Haiti
and the... this was a big flood,
00:41:58.31\00:42:02.42
we cannot go the way we
used to go to our Center...
00:42:02.45\00:42:05.52
we cannot go... we
went a different route
00:42:05.55\00:42:07.36
and then we got to
a town called Ma Rouge
00:42:07.39\00:42:11.13
and then there was an accident
00:42:11.16\00:42:12.86
a bus has an
accident across the road
00:42:12.89\00:42:15.46
and we stopped... we
cannot go any further
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.67
and here is a...
a... an ambulance...
00:42:17.70\00:42:20.07
a car coming with a pregnant
woman... she has complications
00:42:20.10\00:42:23.30
the feet come out...
is that how you say it?
00:42:23.34\00:42:25.67
Stephen: Breech
Birth. Shelley: Yes.
00:42:25.71\00:42:27.14
Jean: Okay, they cannot
do anything for that lady
00:42:27.18\00:42:29.44
and they have to take
her to Port-de-Paix...
00:42:29.48\00:42:32.41
a big town which is three
hours away from where we were.
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.55
We cannot cross
00:42:35.58\00:42:37.79
because we stopped
because of the accident,
00:42:37.82\00:42:39.69
we spent probably like,
two hours... three hours
00:42:39.72\00:42:42.52
and the car said, "We have
to take this woman back home
00:42:42.59\00:42:45.66
because there was no
way... " it was at night,
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.80
there was no way we
can make it to Port-de-Paix
00:42:47.83\00:42:49.90
and they went back
home with that lady
00:42:49.93\00:42:51.93
we don't know what
happened to her life
00:42:51.97\00:42:53.97
but it was heartbreaking for us.
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.40
I said, "Father, it is time... "
00:42:56.44\00:42:58.77
because if we had a
clinic in Bombardopolis,
00:42:58.81\00:43:02.18
they could go to our Center,
00:43:02.21\00:43:04.85
we could save that
woman's life and the kid
00:43:04.88\00:43:07.48
and we came home...
00:43:07.52\00:43:08.92
we put that
story in the Newsletter
00:43:08.95\00:43:11.29
to tell people
exactly what's going on
00:43:11.35\00:43:13.66
another person called...
00:43:13.69\00:43:15.69
said, "I was so
touched by that story,
00:43:15.72\00:43:19.96
I want to give money to start a
foundation for a clinic in Haiti
00:43:20.00\00:43:25.50
and that's how we
started the foundation.
00:43:25.53\00:43:27.64
Shelley: Praise God,
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.00
you know, I am just
sitting here thinking
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.37
of how people who have no
electricity... no water...
00:43:31.41\00:43:36.08
no medical services...
and then suddenly you show up
00:43:36.11\00:43:40.78
God sends you
00:43:40.82\00:43:42.55
and how you're building...
not only feeding people
00:43:42.58\00:43:47.72
but you're
building the orphanage,
00:43:47.79\00:43:49.42
you've built the church...
00:43:49.46\00:43:50.83
they must... they must think
00:43:50.86\00:43:52.19
that church is the
most gorgeous thing
00:43:52.23\00:43:54.10
they've ever seen.
00:43:54.13\00:43:55.46
Jean: Yes, they do... they do.
00:43:55.50\00:43:56.83
Shelley: No wonder
it's full every Sabbath
00:43:56.87\00:43:58.30
but to... to
think of the hope...
00:43:58.33\00:44:00.34
you know, I know
you well enough to know
00:44:00.40\00:44:04.21
and, by-the-way,
this gentleman has...
00:44:04.24\00:44:09.71
he has graduated
from the Theology Program
00:44:09.74\00:44:12.55
and he is... he's got
such a heart for the Lord
00:44:12.58\00:44:17.09
and I know that evangelism
is his number-one thing
00:44:17.12\00:44:21.59
but you've got to
meet their needs...
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.32
God's given you such
a compassionate heart
00:44:23.36\00:44:25.49
let's show the video that
you brought because this...
00:44:25.56\00:44:29.03
everything we're saying...
00:44:29.06\00:44:30.47
I just wanted
you to hear them say
00:44:30.50\00:44:32.93
but let's look at their video
00:44:32.97\00:44:34.77
because it'll give
us a good overview.
00:44:34.80\00:44:36.60
Orphans International
Helpline OIH was formed in 2003
00:44:36.64\00:44:43.31
to provide shelter,
food, clothing, medical care
00:44:43.35\00:44:47.58
and Christian
education to Haiti's orphans
00:44:47.62\00:44:50.25
located in Bombardopolis...
in jungles of Northwest Haiti
00:44:50.29\00:44:55.89
our close neighbors.
00:44:55.92\00:44:57.69
Music...
00:44:57.76\00:45:04.10
OIH is a shining
light to the community
00:45:04.17\00:45:07.17
a place where
community comes for physical
00:45:07.20\00:45:10.21
and spiritual safety.
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.57
The Campus
contains several buildings.
00:45:11.61\00:45:15.94
The church is well
attended each Sabbath
00:45:15.98\00:45:17.71
and the side rooms are
used all week as classrooms
00:45:17.75\00:45:20.95
for teaching local
children and boarding students.
00:45:20.98\00:45:24.15
Children singing:
Jesus bids us shine
00:45:24.19\00:45:25.52
with a clear, pure light,
00:45:25.55\00:45:28.59
Like a little candle
burning in the night,
00:45:28.62\00:45:35.23
In this world of
darkness, we must shine...
00:45:35.26\00:45:40.17
You in your small
corner, and I in mine.
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.30
After each school year,
00:45:43.34\00:45:45.11
the children
experience a formal graduation
00:45:45.14\00:45:48.34
which brings many
families together to celebrate.
00:45:48.38\00:45:51.35
After Hurricane Matthew,
00:45:51.38\00:45:56.42
OIH distributed care packages
00:45:56.45\00:45:58.95
in a collaborative project
with Feed My Starving Children.
00:45:58.99\00:46:03.53
Piano music.
00:46:03.56\00:46:11.30
Construction is complete
on our house and orphanage.
00:46:11.33\00:46:14.50
All buildings use
heavily reinforced concrete
00:46:14.54\00:46:18.07
to prevent disasters if
earthquakes strike again.
00:46:18.11\00:46:22.11
The orphanage will provide a
home for many boarding students
00:46:22.14\00:46:26.25
who lost their parents.
00:46:26.28\00:46:27.98
Piano music
00:46:28.02\00:46:33.82
more music...
00:46:33.86\00:46:39.56
Children are given
three meals each day.
00:46:39.59\00:46:41.93
Starving people from the
village come to the OIH Facility
00:46:41.96\00:46:46.60
asking us to please
help them feed their families
00:46:46.63\00:46:49.67
so, OIH did the only thing
that we could do... feed them.
00:46:49.70\00:46:54.81
With the migration
of earthquake victims
00:46:54.84\00:46:57.98
to the Bombardopolis area,
00:46:58.01\00:47:00.08
the need for food
has become even greater.
00:47:00.12\00:47:03.05
Music.
00:47:03.08\00:47:06.79
In Haiti, just a little over 50%
of primary-school-age children
00:47:06.82\00:47:12.76
are enrolled in school.
00:47:12.79\00:47:14.43
Children who complete secondary
school is less than 2%.
00:47:14.46\00:47:19.20
OIH provides a much needed
educational resource for Haiti.
00:47:19.23\00:47:23.91
Local gardens and
Sharon's Farm project
00:47:23.94\00:47:28.34
are providing
much-needed food the community.
00:47:28.38\00:47:31.18
Our well-drilling project
00:47:31.21\00:47:34.08
has provided fresh,
clean water to our campus
00:47:34.12\00:47:37.45
as well as several wells for
the village and other places.
00:47:37.49\00:47:41.06
This on-going project is
a blessing in the community
00:47:41.12\00:47:44.99
as they learn well-drilling
and well-maintenance skills.
00:47:45.03\00:47:49.23
Before our well was completed,
water had to be carried
00:47:49.26\00:47:53.44
from a mile away.
00:47:53.50\00:47:55.27
Jimmy, an architect, created
the plans for OIH Health Center
00:47:55.30\00:48:01.58
while he was a
student at Andrews University.
00:48:01.61\00:48:04.65
Jimmy and several
other volunteer engineers
00:48:04.68\00:48:07.68
continued to
guide the construction
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.05
of the largest
building on the OIH Campus.
00:48:10.09\00:48:12.85
Music...
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.22
The local
community is very excited
00:48:14.26\00:48:16.93
about this much-needed project.
00:48:16.96\00:48:18.99
Workers are
doing the construction
00:48:19.06\00:48:20.96
without the use
of heavy equipment.
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.83
These bucket brigades actually
move concrete very fast.
00:48:22.86\00:48:27.20
The project is also providing
training for many young people
00:48:27.24\00:48:32.11
in the community as they
learn construction methods.
00:48:32.14\00:48:35.38
When this hospital is completed,
00:48:35.41\00:48:37.98
the local people will be very
proud of their accomplishment
00:48:38.01\00:48:41.78
and all will
share in maintaining
00:48:41.82\00:48:44.09
its continued operation.
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.55
Engineers inspect the foundation
00:48:45.59\00:48:50.23
and specify a few
adjustments needed
00:48:50.26\00:48:52.89
using water levels and
laser-measurement tools.
00:48:52.93\00:48:55.80
The donation of a dump truck
00:48:55.83\00:48:59.07
has been a great
asset to the work here.
00:48:59.10\00:49:01.74
Music.
00:49:01.77\00:49:03.91
Capstone
Engineering Design students
00:49:03.94\00:49:05.81
at Michigan State University
00:49:05.84\00:49:07.54
completed the design of a solar-
00:49:07.58\00:49:09.74
and-wind-electrical-power
system for the hospital.
00:49:09.78\00:49:12.58
Several of these students
desire to travel to Haiti
00:49:12.61\00:49:16.18
and help install this System.
00:49:16.22\00:49:17.85
The Resource Center for
persons with disabilities at MSU
00:49:17.92\00:49:22.26
is also a
partner in this project
00:49:22.32\00:49:24.76
as they help to share knowledge
of disability education
00:49:24.79\00:49:28.46
to students in Haiti.
00:49:28.50\00:49:30.10
Local people learn first-hand
how to install solar panels
00:49:30.13\00:49:35.70
and connect them to batteries
00:49:35.74\00:49:37.64
and converters
to power the campus.
00:49:37.67\00:49:39.67
These skills will be
very valuable in Haiti
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.04
and other parts of the world
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.85
where
electricity is not available.
00:49:44.88\00:49:47.45
Lansing, Michigan SDA Church
is participating in this project
00:49:47.48\00:49:53.86
by funding the
purchase of solar panels
00:49:53.89\00:49:56.69
and equipment for Haiti
00:49:56.73\00:49:58.06
and by training missionaries
00:49:58.09\00:49:59.86
how to build and
install power systems.
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.50
if you or your
church wishes to participate
00:50:02.53\00:50:06.53
in this
innovative mission project,
00:50:06.57\00:50:08.20
or if you would
like to sponsor a child,
00:50:08.24\00:50:11.04
visit the OIH website.
00:50:11.07\00:50:13.91
God will bless you.
00:50:13.94\00:50:16.75
Music.
00:50:16.78\00:50:19.98
Pause.
00:50:20.02\00:50:23.15
This all began with
two college students who...
00:50:23.18\00:50:27.92
God put it on
their heart in 2003
00:50:27.96\00:50:30.13
to start a feeding
program in this area
00:50:30.16\00:50:33.29
and look what God
has wrought, praise God.
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.43
Okay, we are
obviously looking for...
00:50:36.46\00:50:40.47
the Orphans
International Helpline
00:50:40.50\00:50:44.41
is looking for people
who would like to come down
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to assist in the building,
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if you are a professional...
if you are a builder
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or a carpenter
00:50:53.85\00:50:55.18
or an electrician or a welder
or a plumber or whatever...
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you're looking for people
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and you can have
some when they come down
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but also maybe your church
would like to be part of it,
00:51:06.29\00:51:11.07
what is Lansing
Church doing, Stephen?
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The Lansing Seventh-day
Adventist Church is...
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has authorized us to
sponsor a project in Haiti
00:51:17.77\00:51:22.38
to build this...
00:51:22.41\00:51:24.11
this solar-and- wind-power
System for the hospital
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so we're going to
be training people
00:51:28.88\00:51:32.62
right at the Lansing Church
00:51:32.65\00:51:34.16
by installing solar
systems on our church
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at the same time.
00:51:36.83\00:51:38.16
Shelley: Praise God.
00:51:38.19\00:51:39.53
Stephen: Duplicate... so
they'll get the experience there
00:51:39.56\00:51:41.26
they'll know how to do
it, they'll get training
00:51:41.30\00:51:43.37
and they'll be
able to go to Haiti
00:51:43.40\00:51:46.17
and share their
skills with the people there
00:51:46.20\00:51:49.37
so they can be productive.
00:51:49.40\00:51:51.41
Shelley: That's exciting,
00:51:51.44\00:51:53.38
so your church maybe would like
to take this on as a project
00:51:53.41\00:51:57.31
or maybe the Holy
Spirit is inspiring you
00:51:57.35\00:51:59.91
to help build the first-ever
hospital in this area.
00:51:59.95\00:52:03.62
We want to put
the address roll up
00:52:03.65\00:52:06.32
so you will know
how to get in touch with
00:52:06.35\00:52:09.22
Orphans International Helpline.
00:52:09.26\00:52:11.43
Music.
00:52:11.46\00:52:15.26
Orphans International Helpline
provides food, clothing,
00:52:15.33\00:52:19.07
shelter,
educational and medical programs
00:52:19.13\00:52:21.97
and the Word of God
00:52:22.00\00:52:23.64
to 1,000s of orphans
00:52:23.67\00:52:25.31
in underdeveloped
areas of the world.
00:52:25.34\00:52:27.91
To find out how
you can sponsor a child
00:52:27.94\00:52:30.45
or help OIH financially,
please visit their website:
00:52:30.48\00:52:35.45
OIHonline. org
00:52:35.48\00:52:39.22
you may call
them at 269-471-2629
00:52:39.25\00:52:44.33
or send your donations to
Orphans International Helpline
00:52:44.39\00:52:48.53
PO Box 123
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
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