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,
once again, to 3ABN
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Today. We're so glad
you're taking a little
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time out of your busy
schedule to just spend
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a little time with
us. We just want to thank
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you so much for your
prayers and your love
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and your financial
support of 3ABN. This
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is the Mending Broken
People Network, and you
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know what? I have a
few people on the set
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with me today who are
broken people who were
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mended, and now,
they're reaching out with God's
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love to touch
others. Let me introduce you
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to our special guests
just right off the bat.
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Joy Kauffman, we
are so glad that you are
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with us today. You
have a master's in public
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health, and you are
the founder and president
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of FARM STEW Uganda. -
FARM STEW International,
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actually. - FARM
STEW International. I'm
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reading off your
shirt. - Exactly. We're going,
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though. - Okay. Praise
God. I know that we ran
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into you at the ASI
when we saw your booth. And
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such a wonderful
ministry, but we're going to get
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a little of her
story and hear what you're
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doing what the Lord
has called you to do. Now,
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next, we have Dr.
Frederick Nyanzi. Did I say that
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right? - That's
right. - Nyanzi. And you have
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your PhD in food,
science, and nutrition.
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- Right. That is from
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- Praise God. Now,
I know that your first
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degree was in biochemistry.
We're going to hear how
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you worked for
Loma Linda Foods. He
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is actually from
Uganda. - Yes. - This ministry
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has a very- you are
personally and passionately
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involved; you're motivated
for this ministry. - That's
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true. - Then, we have
Tamara Schoch with us,
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and Tamara is a volunteer.
You're living in Africa,
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right? And you are a
volunteer with the FARM
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STEW International.
- Yes. - We're so glad
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that you're here, as
well. - Glad to be here;
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thank you. - Oh,
wonderful. Now, before
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we get started, I know
you all like music, and
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we know YOU love
music... And today, we have
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our very own pastor
of the Thompsonville
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Seventh-Day
Adventist Church-someone who
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you're quite
familiar with. He is a teacher
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of the Word, but
he has such a strong
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anointing for music
ministry. And today,
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he's going to sing
for us-this is John
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Lomacang I'm
speaking of-"I Will Go."
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Give me heirs
to hear Your Spirit
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Give me feet to follow through
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Give me hands to
touch the hurting
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And the faith to follow You
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Give me grace to be Your servant
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Give me mercy for the lost
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Give me passion for Your glory
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Give me passion for the cross
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And I will go where
there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey be my home
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I will go
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I will go
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I'll let go of my ambition
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Cut the roots that run so deep
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I will learn to give away
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What I cannot really keep
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What I cannot really keep
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Help me see with eyes of faith
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Give me
strength to run this race
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And I will go where
there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey be my home
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I will go... I will go!
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I will go where,
Lord, Your glory is unknown
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I will live for You alone
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I will go because
my life is not my own
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And I will go...
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I will go
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I will go
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- We thank Pastor John
Lomacang for that song.
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Well, if you're just
joining us, I think we
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have a treat in
store for us today, because
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we have three lovely
people here on this set
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with us. And before we
get into the ministry, I
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always am
fascinated by people's personal
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stories and how God
reached you. Joy, did
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you grow up in a
Christian home? - I did.
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I was blessed to
grow up in a very strong
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Christian home, and
I always had kind of a
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mind of my own. In a
way, I felt convicted
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always to love
animals, and yeah. I always
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loved God and I've
always waited for His
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soon coming, so
I'm thankful for that
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heritage. - But
now, you weren't a
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Christian, though. - No,
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I was not. - How did
God bring you to the point
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where you are today?
- Well, praise God He
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has pursued me since
I was a baby, born in an
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Adventist hospital,
and it was an emergency
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C- section, so I
think the nurses started
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praying. When I was
about 8 years old, 9,
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I became a vegetarian.
- What did your family
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think of that? -
They thought I was going
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to become sickly and
stunted and malnourished,
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and especially
my grandmothers were
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very concerned. So,
I think that's how my
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interest in
nutrition and health grew,
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because I started,
at a very young age,
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trying to defend my
honor of that choice.
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And sure enough,
that's how I started learning
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about Adventists
was in college, studying
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nutrition and reading
the clinical literature,
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even from the 80s,
hearing that Adventists
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were healthier-but I
didn't know who these
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people were or what
they believed. I just kind of
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got intrigued. -
And you told me in the
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green room that
someone was planting seeds
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with you, but it was
actually going to Uganda
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and the people of
Uganda who converted
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you. Explain that.
- Amen. So, I came to
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a cooking class, and
that was about 8 years
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ago and met my male
best friend (and only
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other staff for the
United States, Cherri
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Olin) who
friendship- evangelized me over
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like, an 8-year
period. But when I first went
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to Uganda in the
fall of 2015 and went to
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church and met the
Ugandan Adventists,
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I knew they were
family, and I knew I needed
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to go ahead, cross
the line, and get baptized
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into the church. I've
never regretted it for
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a moment. I now have
20 million family members
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all around the
world. - Amen. That's what I
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love about being
Adventist. No matter
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where I go, I have
family. - Amen. - Well,
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that's a precious
story. Now, how about you?
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I'm just going to call
you Dr. Fred; that makes
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it a little bit
easier. - That'll be fine.
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- All right. Dr.
Fred, did you grow up in
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a Christian home? -
Yes. My parents told me that
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when I was born,
that's when they were
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converted to
Seventh-Day Adventism, and that
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was when- you know,
I grew up in Uganda.
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I just happened to
come here in the US
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for school. Went
to Loma Linda for my
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university
training. So, I have been an
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Adventist all along.
This has been a journey,
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because when you're
an Adventist, you go
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to church because
your parents are going to
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church-like when
I was baptized as an
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Adventist. If you
asked me whether I was
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baptized, that I really was
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convicted that
Jesus Christ is my Savior,
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I would say, "Probably
not." The reason why is
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because my parents...
- Thought it was time.
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- Yeah. It was
time. And also, I thought
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that they do have the
wine, the grape juice,
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and the bread. And
during that time, we don't
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touch it, so I
really wanted to participate
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in that so that I
can be eating some bread
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and take juice. So,
probably, that was my
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motivation at
church. - So, at what point
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in your life did
Jesus become real to you?
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How old were you? -
That was when I went to
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college. - Okay,
good. - I was studying in
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our Bible classes, and
I really started knowing
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that Jesus Christ
is real. - Amen. - And
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I started asking
questions, like I
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said, asking
about Christmas. "Why do
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we have this and
that?" So, really, because of
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that, and we
had..." Of course, it was an
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Adventist school,
which was Middle East college
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in Beirut, Lebanon,
that's where I really
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started learning
about this. So, I really was
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convicted of my
belief. - Amen. Amen. Now,
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you had... You got a
master's in biochemistry,
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worked with Loma Linda
Foods... Now we're going
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to come back to
that. Now, you have your
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PhD in Food Science
and Nutrition, and you are
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the president of
the Ugandan American
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Adventist Association.
I don't know how you
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have time to be a
board member! [laughs] But
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tell us about why this
ministry-when you learned
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of FARM STEW International.
We're going to explain
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what they're doing in
just a second. Why was
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it important to you
to be a part of this
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ministry? - You
know, this is a very good
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question, because
really, every time I ask
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myself, "How do I
have time and how can I be
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part of the
ministry which I say that is
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helping a lot of the
people in our country
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in East Africa as a whole
whole?"-not only in Uganda.
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When I was growing up,
I saw these malnourished
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children all over
the place. God blessed us
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that we had enough
food or that a kid with
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my kids, I mean
my children, that the
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reason I'm shorter
than them is because of my
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nutrition...but
probably not, because
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we had enough
food, and I think we were
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nourished well. So,
when I saw that, that
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this FARM STEW, which
is helping our children
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in East Africa, in
Uganda in particular, I really
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wanted to know about
it. That's why when I
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had a chance to meet
Joy Kauffman from when
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we were in Chicago
this year in July, I
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asked, "How about it?"
Then she explained to me
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what they're doing
in Uganda, and I really
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felt that I need to
be part of it. Now, it
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didn't come from me,
but when she asked me
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whether I'd do it,
whether I wanted to join them,
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I said, "Of course." -
Praise God. - So, that's
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how I happened to...
- Now, I want to show
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what the acronym... FARM
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STEW is actually
an acronym. It sounds
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so interesting.
When they said "FARM STEW
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International," I
thought, "FARM STEW?!"
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But it is an acronym,
and we're going to put
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the graphic... Run
us through that, Joy-
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what FARM STEW
stands for. - So, FARM STEW
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is a recipe for
abundant life, and these are
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eight "ingredients"
we call them that are
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required for a
family to have what they
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need. We start
with farming, attitude,
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rest, and meals,
sanitation, temperance,
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enterprise, and
water. - And how is it that-
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you were over
there and you saw, so you
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saw the need. And
obviously, once you've
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seen a malnourished
child... I mean, this was
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in your home. Once
you've seen that, the
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suffering of a malnourished
child, it's inhumane
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not to respond to
their needs. - Yeah.
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The child that we
just showed there, we
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actually- Tamara and
I were in a malnutrition
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ward in a hospital
in Uganda just a few
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weeks ago, and that
child is probably not
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living at this point.
Sadly, there's millions
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of children that
are hungry, and hundreds
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of thousands that are
starving. And, you know,
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Jesus is going to
ask us what we did for
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these children. There
is so much through these
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12 million members
of our church. If we can
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equip them,
mobilize them, train them, we
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can address the needs
of these families; but
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not us, but them-
the families themselves
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being able to take
care of themselves.
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That's our goal. -
Amen. Now, Tamara, how did
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you become
involved? Tell us about your
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growing-up years.
Did you grow up as a
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Christian,
or...what was going on in your
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family? - My family
dynamics are a little
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complicated. My
parents got divorced when I was
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very young, but I
always believed in God and I
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always knew that
the Bible was the Word
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of God. So, I had a
rather dysfunctional
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childhood. I tried
to hide a lot of my
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pain through eating.
I actually got to the
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point where I was
over 250 pounds. - Oh, my.
00:17:09.22\00:17:11.89
I can't even
imagine. - Yeah. Actually, the
00:17:11.96\00:17:16.33
Adventist health
message, I received a flyer in
00:17:16.40\00:17:19.43
the mail and about how
to have biblical principles
00:17:19.53\00:17:24.77
in every area of your
life to bring healing.
00:17:24.84\00:17:26.68
I learned about
the health message, and
00:17:26.78\00:17:28.64
I, by God's grace,
went through the health
00:17:28.68\00:17:31.08
message, I
restored my health, my blood
00:17:31.11\00:17:33.55
pressure is
fantastic, I have no diabetes...
00:17:33.62\00:17:36.32
Just all these wonderful
things. Then right after
00:17:36.38\00:17:38.49
that, there was
some Bible meetings and
00:17:38.55\00:17:42.86
prophecy meetings.
And since I already always
00:17:42.92\00:17:45.93
believed in the
Bible... Actually, before I
00:17:45.99\00:17:49.56
married my husband, I
told him. I said, "I'm
00:17:49.63\00:17:51.30
going to marry a
man who's going to study
00:17:51.33\00:17:52.67
the Bible with me." We
didn't belong to a church
00:17:52.70\00:17:54.54
at the time, but we
started reading our Bible
00:17:54.64\00:17:56.47
together, we started
having personal devotions
00:17:56.54\00:17:58.11
and journaling, and
just truly making Christ the
00:17:58.21\00:18:02.04
center of our lives.
- Praise God. - So, once
00:18:02.14\00:18:05.18
we got to these meetings,
and they were explaining
00:18:05.28\00:18:08.12
all these important
subjects - just verses
00:18:08.22\00:18:11.02
from the beginning
to the end of the Bible.
00:18:11.09\00:18:13.46
They made perfect
sense. It took away all my
00:18:13.56\00:18:15.42
questions and it
was so beautiful! So, it
00:18:15.49\00:18:17.79
was just the natural
next step to become a
00:18:17.86\00:18:19.63
Seventh-Day Adventist.
- Amen. - And that was
00:18:19.69\00:18:22.06
in the year
2000- December of 2000.
00:18:22.13\00:18:24.47
- And how did you
become connected with
00:18:24.57\00:18:26.23
FARM STEW International?
- Well, my family and I,
00:18:26.30\00:18:30.94
we have been in East
Africa full-time since
00:18:31.04\00:18:34.08
January of 2012.
We've been doing health
00:18:34.14\00:18:37.31
evangelism
training, trying to equip the
00:18:37.41\00:18:39.18
people. In this last
year, as I was preparing
00:18:39.25\00:18:42.88
a report, we were
thinking and praying,
00:18:42.95\00:18:46.42
"What's the next
step?" We wanted something
00:18:46.45\00:18:49.02
that was more practical
that would really reach
00:18:49.06\00:18:52.06
the people where
they are. We were praying
00:18:52.13\00:18:54.90
about it. And then,
early this year, I was
00:18:54.96\00:18:58.60
at an OCI retreat
in Zambia at Riverside,
00:18:58.67\00:19:01.70
and there was the
FARM STEW team there (and
00:19:01.77\00:19:04.14
they did a presentation).
It was like God tapping
00:19:04.21\00:19:07.24
me on the shoulder,
saying, "This is the
00:19:07.31\00:19:08.68
next step." So, I
got in touch with Joy. We
00:19:08.74\00:19:11.81
started talking,
then the Lord provided a
00:19:11.88\00:19:14.05
miraculous way for me
to come to Uganda. I've
00:19:14.12\00:19:17.29
made two trips to
Uganda, met Joy there, and we
00:19:17.39\00:19:21.99
are just seeing that
this program is reaching
00:19:22.09\00:19:25.39
the people in such
an amazing way. People
00:19:25.46\00:19:27.96
are receiving hope.
When we help people to
00:19:28.06\00:19:32.73
take care of
their children so those
00:19:32.80\00:19:35.47
children are not
malnourished, so those
00:19:35.54\00:19:37.01
children can go
to school, so they're
00:19:37.04\00:19:38.77
not getting sick,
we're reaching the hearts of
00:19:38.84\00:19:40.44
the people. We see
this program opening the
00:19:40.51\00:19:43.88
doors into
Muslim communities. It's
00:19:43.95\00:19:46.11
amazing what we're
seeing. These Muslim
00:19:46.18\00:19:48.78
people... We went to
this one community where
00:19:48.82\00:19:52.72
the trainers have been
coming a few times, and
00:19:52.79\00:19:55.29
we sat down with
them and asked them, "What
00:19:55.36\00:19:57.76
has improved
here because of things
00:19:57.83\00:20:00.30
you've learned through
FARM STEW?" They talked
00:20:00.36\00:20:02.46
about a few things,
then this one prominent
00:20:02.56\00:20:04.50
man said, "The
principles and teachings of FARM
00:20:04.57\00:20:08.04
STEW have caused us
to have a 95% improvement
00:20:08.10\00:20:12.51
in our lives in this
village. Our children
00:20:12.61\00:20:16.01
are not sick as much,
they have food, we have
00:20:16.08\00:20:19.15
food so we can
sell some of that food,
00:20:19.25\00:20:21.58
and we can have a
little money to send our
00:20:21.65\00:20:23.55
kids to school or
buy them medicine." It is
00:20:23.59\00:20:27.39
just an amazing program.
- I would like you, Joy,
00:20:27.46\00:20:30.56
to go through the
acronym again, because
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.79
it occurs to me that
this ministry, you know,
00:20:32.86\00:20:38.40
we can donate food to
someone and teach them
00:20:38.43\00:20:42.77
to be dependent
upon us. Or, you've heard
00:20:42.84\00:20:46.74
the old saying, if
you want to really help
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.98
somebody, don't just
give them a fish, but
00:20:50.05\00:20:52.41
teach them how to
fish. So, FARM STEW, you're
00:20:52.48\00:20:57.02
starting with
farming class- I mean... And
00:20:57.09\00:20:59.85
I believe you had
told me that when you were
00:20:59.92\00:21:02.32
working for Loma
Linda Foods and seeing how
00:21:02.36\00:21:05.73
they were doing and
processing these foods,
00:21:05.83\00:21:08.66
Dr. Fred, it hit you.
"Why can't we be doing
00:21:08.70\00:21:11.93
this in MY
country?" - Exactly, because
00:21:12.00\00:21:14.70
Uganda- I talk about
Uganda because it's a
00:21:14.77\00:21:19.24
very fertile land-green
all year around. - Wow.
00:21:19.31\00:21:24.25
- And you see
people, children, who are
00:21:24.31\00:21:26.72
malnourished, and you
wonder, "How come they're
00:21:26.82\00:21:30.55
malnourished when
they can grow this food?"
00:21:30.65\00:21:32.95
This is where FARM
STEW comes in. They teach
00:21:33.02\00:21:36.26
the villages, the mothers,
the fathers, the children,
00:21:36.32\00:21:44.00
to grow their food
which is nutritionally
00:21:44.07\00:21:47.34
adequate. That's
where I feel that really,
00:21:47.44\00:21:51.91
FARM STEW is doing a
great job way over there
00:21:51.97\00:21:55.71
in East Africa.
Right now, they are in
00:21:55.74\00:21:58.78
South Sudan,
Zimbabwe, Uganda, of course, and
00:22:01.28\00:22:08.52
they're going to
Tanzania, which is great. - So,
00:22:08.59\00:22:12.79
you have a picture that-
this is kind of a typical
00:22:12.83\00:22:15.80
village. This is just
an aerial shot of a typical
00:22:15.86\00:22:19.47
village that
you're going into, and the
00:22:19.53\00:22:23.07
people's lives are
very simple lives-lifestyle-
00:22:23.14\00:22:27.61
but they are malnourished.
They're having these
00:22:27.68\00:22:30.85
problems. So,
essentially, you're going in and
00:22:30.95\00:22:35.15
training people, and
then you train trainers
00:22:35.22\00:22:38.05
to train. How many
people have you trained?
00:22:38.15\00:22:40.96
- That's the amazing
thing. We have a staff
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.63
of 15 full-time
Africans, and they have trained
00:22:43.69\00:22:46.93
46,000 people. - Amazing.
- Yeah, it's so amazing,
00:22:47.00\00:22:51.63
because we'll go
into a village like that,
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.74
and- for example, this
is Joseph up in a refugee
00:22:53.84\00:22:56.10
camp. This is at a camp
meeting with South Sudanese
00:22:56.24\00:22:58.47
people, training on
a healthy, healing food
00:22:58.57\00:23:01.74
guide pyramid, so
it's a plant-based food
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.85
pyramid. The people
just come in the hundreds.
00:23:03.91\00:23:07.68
This is, sometimes, out
in the middle of nowhere.
00:23:07.72\00:23:10.85
You saw in that
aerial picture. What breaks
00:23:10.92\00:23:12.99
my heart is so much
of the land for these
00:23:13.09\00:23:15.06
countries is dedicated
to sugar, coffee, and tea.
00:23:15.16\00:23:19.29
So, that's all sugar
cane there. None of it
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.96
is going to nourish
the children, and it hardly
00:23:22.03\00:23:24.47
even puts any money
in their pocket, either.
00:23:24.60\00:23:27.10
- And they haven't
even been trained to think
00:23:27.17\00:23:28.77
that way, have
they? - Right, right. So,
00:23:28.87\00:23:31.14
that's what we
really want to do is change
00:23:31.21\00:23:33.54
the mentality to
think about the nutrients
00:23:33.61\00:23:36.61
that their children
need and focus on them first.
00:23:36.68\00:23:41.08
- You know, as you
said, Dr. Fred, to think that
00:23:41.15\00:23:43.62
you've got this
beautiful, fertile ground with
00:23:43.69\00:23:46.29
plenty of moisture
and water and everything,
00:23:46.35\00:23:49.32
and then to think
that kids are starving to
00:23:49.39\00:23:52.53
death, are malnourished,
that's unreal. Now, I think
00:23:52.59\00:23:55.76
we had a picture.
I would like you, Dr.
00:23:55.86\00:23:59.30
Fred, to explain to
us. We showed the little
00:23:59.37\00:24:02.67
malnourished child,
but we had a group picture
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.44
of some children
that are being measured.
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.94
What are the
effects of malnourishment?
00:24:09.01\00:24:13.58
- Oh, malnourishment.
This picture which
00:24:13.65\00:24:17.42
you're talking
about- really, it shows the
00:24:17.49\00:24:19.82
World Health Organization
height of the children
00:24:21.62\00:24:25.53
at that age-age 9,
if I'm not mistaken-that
00:24:25.59\00:24:29.90
they're all below it.
- So, they're below the-
00:24:29.96\00:24:33.50
so, these
children... One of the things of
00:24:33.57\00:24:35.87
malnourishment is that
it stunts their growth.
00:24:35.94\00:24:38.84
- Exactly. If it
stunts their growth- so it
00:24:38.91\00:24:41.94
stops the
development- they cannot really,
00:24:42.04\00:24:46.45
education-wise, they
cannot comprehend what
00:24:46.55\00:24:50.29
the teachers are
teaching them. So, because of
00:24:50.39\00:24:54.82
that, the ability to
earn a living is reduced
00:24:54.92\00:24:58.89
completely. And some of
them, of course, they go
00:24:58.99\00:25:01.73
on not being employed
because they're malnourished.
00:25:01.80\00:25:05.23
Also, one out of
three children in Saharan
00:25:05.30\00:25:14.24
Africa, which
includes Uganda, Kenya, and all
00:25:14.34\00:25:18.11
those... They're
malnourished. - You know,
00:25:18.21\00:25:22.85
this is... I feel
really stupid right now. You
00:25:22.92\00:25:27.12
know of the physical
effects in the development
00:25:27.19\00:25:30.99
of children who
are malnourished, but I
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.33
never really stopped to
consider the intellectual
00:25:33.40\00:25:39.00
stunting of children
who are malnourished.
00:25:39.07\00:25:42.44
So, if they DO
survive, then they end up not
00:25:42.50\00:25:47.71
being able to learn
and make a living for
00:25:47.78\00:25:51.61
themselves when
they've been malnourished all
00:25:51.71\00:25:54.32
their life. - Yeah, and
the thing about stunting
00:25:54.38\00:25:56.82
and why we focus on that
is that it's irreversible.
00:25:56.89\00:26:00.26
So, those consequences
are lifelong, and yet
00:26:00.36\00:26:04.23
it's preventable.
So, the first 1,000 days
00:26:04.26\00:26:07.93
of life is the
period we focus on the most;
00:26:08.00\00:26:10.47
and it's beautiful
because it starts at
00:26:10.53\00:26:12.40
the moment of
conception. So, that's when the
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.47
counter starts and it
goes through the first
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.01
two years of a
child's life; it totals up to
00:26:17.04\00:26:19.37
a thousand days. If we
can reach the children,
00:26:19.47\00:26:21.98
reach their mothers,
reach the young girls
00:26:22.04\00:26:25.21
and have them healthy
before they even start
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.45
to think about pregnancy,
we can change the future
00:26:27.52\00:26:30.65
of the nation and
of the continent-of the
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.99
world as a result. -
It is an exciting program
00:26:33.05\00:26:37.16
that you're doing,
and we have just a short
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.49
video clip, because
they're going in, they're
00:26:39.56\00:26:42.36
teaching farming, they're
teaching cooking classes,
00:26:42.46\00:26:46.47
they're teaching all
kinds of things: good
00:26:46.53\00:26:50.21
hygiene, and... This
is a quick video of Train
00:26:50.27\00:26:55.41
the Trainers, because
you've got these 15,000
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.51
(was it?) people who, so
far, have trained 46,000.
00:26:58.58\00:27:04.09
Just think what
a difference that's
00:27:04.15\00:27:05.49
making. - Exactly.
So, the speaker here is
00:27:05.52\00:27:07.36
someone that our
trainer has trained. She's
00:27:07.46\00:27:09.72
sharing about the
rainbow of fruits and
00:27:09.79\00:27:11.69
vegetables for the
children to get the
00:27:11.76\00:27:13.50
micronutrients that
they need. - Wonderful.
00:27:13.53\00:27:15.66
- ...show the
example of the rainbow. First
00:27:15.73\00:27:18.90
of all, we cut
the cabbage-this white
00:27:18.97\00:27:22.10
color. And then
next, we have to cut into
00:27:22.17\00:27:26.74
pieces the onion-
this one, the tomatoes.
00:27:26.78\00:27:30.75
After cutting the
tomatoes, we have the green
00:27:30.85\00:27:34.65
vegetable. That is
the dodo. We cut them into
00:27:34.72\00:27:39.95
pieces... - So, the
guy in the green shirt like
00:27:39.99\00:27:43.43
ours, his name is
Paul. He's actually a refugee
00:27:43.53\00:27:45.59
from South Sudan.
We've hired 5 South Sudanese
00:27:45.66\00:27:48.66
refugees that are living
in refugee camps themselves.
00:27:48.73\00:27:51.30
These are church members.
He's an elder. Actually,
00:27:51.37\00:27:53.57
like Elder Fred; I
am a deaconess. They
00:27:53.64\00:27:57.17
are training the
trainers, and that picture was
00:27:57.24\00:28:00.88
taken with a group of
people right outside of
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.91
church. And do you
know what the church
00:28:02.98\00:28:04.41
was made out of? -
Thatched? - It's just
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.28
sticks and then the
UNHCR - it's the United
00:28:07.35\00:28:11.15
Nation High Commission
of Refugees - the tarps.
00:28:11.22\00:28:13.72
Those are the roofs
for the church. - That's
00:28:13.82\00:28:16.62
amazing. - Yeah. - So,
you're teaching them to
00:28:16.73\00:28:19.46
farm-and we have a
picture of that-and I
00:28:19.56\00:28:23.53
think you had a quote
that you wanted to read
00:28:23.63\00:28:25.87
that went along with
this picture. - Yes! So,
00:28:25.93\00:28:28.60
the quote- that
inspires us is this: it says,
00:28:28.70\00:28:31.64
"You may give to
the poor and injure them
00:28:31.71\00:28:34.14
because you teach them
to be dependent. Instead,
00:28:34.21\00:28:37.78
teach them how to
support themselves.
00:28:37.88\00:28:40.32
This will be true
help." - Amen. - "The needy
00:28:40.38\00:28:43.28
must be placed in
a position where they
00:28:43.35\00:28:45.49
can help themselves."
- Amen! - And that's
00:28:45.59\00:28:48.22
from Ellen White:
Welfare Ministry page 199. What
00:28:48.32\00:28:52.09
I love about that
is, there is a role for
00:28:52.23\00:28:53.96
us as outsiders, but
it's to place the needy
00:28:54.03\00:28:57.03
in a position where
they can help themselves.
00:28:57.10\00:28:59.40
So, you saw that little
hut and the little soybean
00:28:59.50\00:29:01.67
field in the front. They
don't have a lot of land,
00:29:01.77\00:29:03.94
but what they have,
they can use. They can
00:29:04.04\00:29:06.34
cultivate, they can
grow - and lives are
00:29:06.44\00:29:08.18
changed as a result.
- Well, and obviously,
00:29:08.24\00:29:10.15
if some of them are
already familiar with
00:29:10.25\00:29:14.38
farming and crops
(if you've got the sugar
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.02
and the tea and
the coffee), but you're
00:29:17.09\00:29:19.22
teaching them how
to grow nutrient-dense
00:29:19.29\00:29:22.79
foods for their
own children, right?
00:29:22.89\00:29:25.53
- Exactly. - So, now,
you had a miracle story,
00:29:25.59\00:29:28.13
and we've got one
more farm picture here that
00:29:28.20\00:29:30.13
we wanted to look at.
This gentleman, tell us
00:29:30.20\00:29:33.84
his story. - Okay.
So, this is Robert. He's
00:29:33.94\00:29:39.17
an agronomist, and
he's in a green shirt
00:29:39.24\00:29:41.48
like me. He's one
of the FARM STEW staff,
00:29:41.54\00:29:43.28
and he is with
Fatima and David (they're a
00:29:43.35\00:29:45.51
married couple).
Now, Fatima was basically
00:29:45.58\00:29:48.08
depressed and sad;
she couldn't send her kids
00:29:48.15\00:29:51.05
to school, she just
was poor. David, her
00:29:51.12\00:29:54.59
husband, is a
shoe cobbler. He wasn't
00:29:54.66\00:29:56.56
making enough to make
ends meet. Fatima thought
00:29:56.62\00:30:00.46
that farming was a
curse. A lot of people think
00:30:00.53\00:30:03.33
that-that farming is
just for the low, poor
00:30:03.40\00:30:05.73
people; "It's not something
for me." When we showed
00:30:05.80\00:30:08.97
her in the Bible,
which we do everything based
00:30:09.04\00:30:11.27
on the Bible-the Word
of God is our textbook
00:30:11.34\00:30:13.58
for FARM STEW-we
show them that farming was
00:30:13.68\00:30:16.68
the first
occupation given by God in the
00:30:16.75\00:30:18.91
garden when there
was no curse, so it can't
00:30:18.98\00:30:21.88
be a curse! And when
we taught her the methods
00:30:21.98\00:30:25.05
of what's called
'succession planting';
00:30:25.15\00:30:27.56
so, you're planting
over a period of time
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.39
so you always have crops
that are coming to maturity.
00:30:29.46\00:30:32.93
Now, they have
this thriving vegetable
00:30:33.03\00:30:35.03
business. Fatima
and David say this was
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.97
their turning point.
She is able to send her
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.54
kids to school, she
now has a role in the
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.07
community, a
thriving business, and she's
00:30:43.14\00:30:44.97
training others to
do the same. - And her
00:30:45.07\00:30:47.28
children are
being well nourished.
00:30:47.34\00:30:49.04
- Absolutely. -
That IS amazing. So, you
00:30:49.14\00:30:53.65
are- is one of the
crops... You've told
00:30:53.75\00:30:57.92
me about soy milk,
and I know we've got
00:30:58.02\00:31:00.26
a little mortar
and... - This is a mortar
00:31:00.36\00:31:08.50
just carved out of
the wood, and a pestle-
00:31:08.56\00:31:11.43
I think I said it
right-and they actually
00:31:11.53\00:31:13.34
use this mortar
and pestle. We soak the
00:31:13.40\00:31:16.10
beans, which is very
important to increase
00:31:16.17\00:31:18.34
the nutrition... -
Soybeans. - Soybeans,
00:31:18.44\00:31:20.88
and then they
pound them in this. They
00:31:20.98\00:31:23.91
pound for a long
time; they have a lot more
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.58
patience and
strength than most of us do.
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.95
But they pound,
and pound, and pound.
00:31:28.05\00:31:29.38
- I can't even say
it. Mortar and pestle?
00:31:29.48\00:31:31.92
- You can see, one of
our pictures show some
00:31:32.02\00:31:34.46
ladies grinding it,
actually, also. Here's,
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.29
actually- sorry,
they are making the soy
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.06
milk in this
picture and pouring it out.
00:31:39.16\00:31:41.13
People are
enthralled. Like, we think milk,
00:31:41.20\00:31:43.90
soy milk... No big
deal. For them to be able
00:31:43.97\00:31:46.37
to produce milk
that they can afford is
00:31:46.43\00:31:48.24
fantastic. I think we've
figured out, it's- like for
00:31:48.34\00:31:52.31
the same cost, they
can make 6 times as much
00:31:52.37\00:31:55.84
soy milk as they can
get for regular cow's
00:31:55.91\00:31:58.41
milk. And the cow's
milk is often contaminated,
00:31:58.51\00:32:00.82
and it's just... It's
not very good for them. These
00:32:00.92\00:32:05.29
women are grinding
on the stone. These
00:32:05.35\00:32:07.06
are women from the
refugee camp that we've
00:32:07.12\00:32:09.26
trained, grinding the
soy milk, and then you
00:32:09.32\00:32:12.09
see on the back of the
plate there, that's the
00:32:12.16\00:32:14.70
okara-the residual
out of the soy milk.
00:32:14.73\00:32:16.93
They use that to make
all sorts of other foods,
00:32:17.00\00:32:19.53
and even teas,
healthy soy teas. Nothing is
00:32:19.57\00:32:23.30
wasted. - Praise
God. So, you're teaching
00:32:23.37\00:32:26.27
them not only to grow
the soybeans, but then
00:32:26.34\00:32:30.25
how to process the
soybeans so that they
00:32:30.31\00:32:33.48
will have good
nutrition for their family. Now,
00:32:33.58\00:32:36.05
you had a story
about Francis you wanted to
00:32:36.12\00:32:37.95
tell us. - So,
Francis is another one of our
00:32:38.05\00:32:40.29
farmers, and I was
able to go out and meet him.
00:32:40.42\00:32:43.99
He lives on a road
that should not be called a
00:32:44.06\00:32:47.33
road. It was absolutely
horrifying, thinking we
00:32:47.40\00:32:49.80
were going to go
through this path, basically, it
00:32:49.86\00:32:53.23
was. And then even
after the car couldn't
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.40
go any further, we
walked another mile to
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.37
this field he had
rented from someone
00:32:57.44\00:32:59.81
else. He had grown a
big field of tomatoes.
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.84
This here, he's
standing with his soy crop, and
00:33:02.94\00:33:06.08
it's almost ready to
harvest; but his tomatoes,
00:33:06.18\00:33:08.88
he was so proud. We
had provided seeds, and
00:33:08.95\00:33:11.82
he had sold his
harvest; and with that money,
00:33:11.92\00:33:14.56
he was able to send
his kids to a Christian,
00:33:14.62\00:33:16.42
and in fact, an
Adventist school with the money.
00:33:16.52\00:33:19.29
He was so thrilled
about it. This man had
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.06
to work so hard, and
he was so happy about
00:33:22.13\00:33:24.97
it. He had to haul
water up from a river
00:33:25.03\00:33:26.70
to water those tomatoes.
I mean, things we don't
00:33:26.74\00:33:29.04
imagine, you know?
But he was thrilled with
00:33:29.10\00:33:32.67
what he had learned.
He just wants more people
00:33:32.77\00:33:35.14
to be able to be
trained and more access
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.61
to the seeds and high
quality Ugandan things
00:33:37.71\00:33:40.78
that we bring in.
So, we try not to import
00:33:40.88\00:33:43.12
things; we try to
find things on the local
00:33:43.18\00:33:44.82
market, but make them
available to the rural
00:33:44.89\00:33:47.39
people who are often
left behind. - Amen, amen.
00:33:47.52\00:33:50.63
So, now, with the-
you've trained them how
00:33:50.73\00:33:55.73
to grow. You're also
training how to cook,
00:33:55.80\00:33:59.03
and I really appreciated
the video-what you called
00:33:59.13\00:34:02.97
the rainbow.
Explain that to us. - So, do
00:34:03.07\00:34:05.91
you want to
explain the rainbow and why
00:34:05.97\00:34:07.38
we focus on that? -
You know, it's interesting
00:34:07.48\00:34:11.75
that when God created
us, He gave us varieties.
00:34:11.85\00:34:16.99
And He knew that if
He gave us one thing to
00:34:17.09\00:34:20.36
get all our
nutrients together, there's no-
00:34:20.42\00:34:24.16
I mean, we'll be just
eating that one thing;
00:34:24.23\00:34:26.46
but He spread all
these nutrients. - How boring
00:34:26.53\00:34:29.56
would that be? - Exactly.
So, He gave us all these
00:34:29.66\00:34:33.34
different colors.
That's why they say, "Eat your
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.90
rainbow"- I mean,
"Eat your colors." - And I
00:34:36.00\00:34:39.01
think we've got a picture
of this, that it is very-
00:34:39.11\00:34:41.54
Look at that!
Explain what they've got on
00:34:41.64\00:34:45.45
this plate. - So, we
start with the tomatoes,
00:34:45.55\00:34:48.88
the onions... We go
for the purple, because
00:34:48.98\00:34:52.12
you have the anthocyanins,
and the reds, then we
00:34:52.19\00:34:55.69
have the peppers
and carrots. The orange
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.69
color is very,
very important. About
00:34:57.76\00:34:59.73
one-third of the
children in Africa are deficient
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.56
in vitamin A. That's
what's building their
00:35:02.66\00:35:05.03
immune system, their
eyesight... All those
00:35:05.13\00:35:07.24
types of things
that we really push the
00:35:07.30\00:35:08.80
orange color, as
well. Then, we do have the
00:35:08.87\00:35:11.57
white cabbage
there. Of course, these
00:35:11.64\00:35:15.14
women are preparing for
what we call the "Rainbow
00:35:15.21\00:35:17.88
Pot." So, we teach
them to make the beans,
00:35:17.95\00:35:20.95
then we add in all
these colors. The lady before,
00:35:20.98\00:35:25.42
she mentioned dodo.
That is actually amaranth.
00:35:25.49\00:35:29.62
They eat the green
leaves; very high in
00:35:29.66\00:35:31.73
protein. So, a lot of
the children are lacking
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.73
protein, so we find
creative local sources
00:35:33.83\00:35:36.53
of protein, soy being
one, but we also focus on
00:35:36.60\00:35:39.70
other plant-based
sources of protein. - So, Dr.
00:35:39.80\00:35:44.24
Fred, if you have a
malnourished child and
00:35:44.31\00:35:47.38
you're teaching them
to farm, teaching them how
00:35:47.44\00:35:49.88
to eat, how to cook,
how long does it take
00:35:49.94\00:35:53.72
to correct- I mean,
how long does it take
00:35:54.92\00:35:57.79
to bring them back?
And can they ever get
00:35:57.89\00:36:00.86
fully regained- I
mean, at what point is the
00:36:00.92\00:36:05.26
intervention super
effective? - Sometimes,
00:36:05.36\00:36:08.56
it's irreversible
that there's nothing you
00:36:08.63\00:36:10.67
can do. But when you
get it right, it doesn't
00:36:10.77\00:36:15.24
take long. I mean,
give them good protein,
00:36:15.30\00:36:18.77
good carbohydrates,
and those vitamins and
00:36:18.87\00:36:22.41
minerals. They
should bounce back in no
00:36:22.48\00:36:27.12
time, because we have
a lot of organizations
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.18
which are doing
that. Again, they're doing
00:36:29.25\00:36:32.29
what you say; they
give them the fish, but
00:36:32.35\00:36:36.42
they don't teach them
how to fish. So, that's-
00:36:36.52\00:36:41.83
but really, we can.
That's where FARM STEW
00:36:43.70\00:36:46.07
comes in, because
it's bringing this to the
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.80
family, the villages,
the mothers who didn't
00:36:49.87\00:36:54.38
know how to provide
that... As a matter of
00:36:54.48\00:36:57.38
fact, that's one of
the things. The reason
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.78
we have
malnutrition is because most of
00:36:59.81\00:37:03.15
the families don't have access
00:37:03.22\00:37:06.19
to food-nutritious
foods. But with these new ways
00:37:06.29\00:37:11.19
of how to grow... - Do
they even really understand
00:37:11.29\00:37:12.63
what is nutritious?
- They don't. They just
00:37:12.69\00:37:17.47
eat, because whenever
they feel their stomach,
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.10
they think they have
eaten. As a matter of
00:37:20.20\00:37:22.84
fact, it's true; when
I was growing up, I had
00:37:22.90\00:37:25.27
families who were
saying that. They eat
00:37:25.34\00:37:27.84
cassava, just bananas,
'matokia' they call them
00:37:27.91\00:37:31.85
there, and when they
fill their stomach, they're
00:37:31.91\00:37:34.85
good. Yeah...which is
not complete nutrition.
00:37:34.95\00:37:39.32
- And sadly, most
of Sub-Saharan Africa,
00:37:40.32\00:37:43.49
they're eating between
30-50% of their calories
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.59
from a very highly
refined cornmeal, which
00:37:46.66\00:37:50.57
is lacking a lot of
essential nutrients.
00:37:50.67\00:37:53.10
So, that's one of
the things we really
00:37:53.17\00:37:55.40
want to do is push
the variety of legumes.
00:37:55.50\00:37:57.77
For example, the blue
zones, where Adventists have
00:37:57.87\00:38:00.88
come out being very
strong in terms of our
00:38:00.94\00:38:04.28
life expectancy, we
want to create blue zones in
00:38:04.35\00:38:07.82
all these different
places of Africa. And
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.58
one of the things
they say is with beans,
00:38:09.68\00:38:12.25
legumes, you can
add 4 years of life just
00:38:12.35\00:38:16.02
with eating beans. -
Wow. - Yeah. So, we really
00:38:16.09\00:38:19.16
push a lot of beans,
especially 'cause these
00:38:19.23\00:38:20.83
kids are so protein-deficient.
One other way, though,
00:38:20.93\00:38:24.53
that kids get malnourished
is through poor sanitation.
00:38:24.63\00:38:27.47
And so, if you
are getting sick or if
00:38:27.57\00:38:31.24
you're losing
your nutrients through
00:38:31.34\00:38:33.11
diarrhea, which,
sadly, is very common and a
00:38:33.17\00:38:35.04
cause of death amongst
a lot of young children.
00:38:35.14\00:38:37.85
Even what you take
in, you're not using
00:38:39.25\00:38:40.92
well. So, we
really want to focus on
00:38:40.98\00:38:43.69
sanitation. The Bible
has a lot to say about
00:38:43.75\00:38:45.65
sanitation and cleanliness,
hygiene...so it's very
00:38:45.75\00:38:48.46
easy to find our
source techs here. In fact,
00:38:48.52\00:38:51.26
the Bible even
talks about washing with
00:38:51.33\00:38:52.86
running water. I
want to share a picture of
00:38:52.96\00:38:55.40
how we bring
running water-it's called a
00:38:55.46\00:38:57.47
tippy tap-into a
village where there's no running
00:38:57.50\00:39:00.67
water. So, you see two
of our trainers. They're
00:39:00.77\00:39:02.67
Paul and Robert. The
stick structure that we
00:39:02.74\00:39:06.24
have there is just
homemade, right from
00:39:06.27\00:39:08.64
the bush. And then
we used this string with
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.01
any type of container
that they've had in the
00:39:11.08\00:39:13.11
past, poke a couple
holes in it, and then there's
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.45
a string going down
where this little girl
00:39:15.52\00:39:17.12
is washing her hands.
- Probably for the first
00:39:17.19\00:39:20.52
time. - Yeah,
exactly! It's amazing. And you
00:39:20.59\00:39:23.69
see right beside her,
there's a little holder
00:39:23.79\00:39:25.46
there. That can be
for soap-or many of the
00:39:25.56\00:39:28.46
families can't
afford soap, and we learn
00:39:28.56\00:39:30.77
that ash, which
is used-the primary
00:39:30.87\00:39:33.13
ingredient to make lye
soap was ash. So, we've
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.90
learned that washing
and scrubbing with ash
00:39:36.00\00:39:38.27
can be equally
effective to clean as soap. And
00:39:38.34\00:39:41.61
so, that's one of
the elements in what we
00:39:41.71\00:39:44.58
call a FARM STEW
certified home, so we're trying
00:39:44.65\00:39:47.78
to work with our trainers
to train local people in
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.49
the villages to
establish FARM STEW homes. So,
00:39:50.59\00:39:53.96
a FARM STEW home
would have all the
00:39:54.06\00:39:56.42
elements, one for each
letter that would create
00:39:56.52\00:39:59.49
a healthy
environment for children. - Now,
00:39:59.59\00:40:02.10
that is amazing. Now,
I don't remember if it
00:40:02.16\00:40:05.53
was you, Dr. Fred or
Tamara. Who mentioned
00:40:05.63\00:40:08.97
that when you finish,
that someone said they
00:40:09.04\00:40:12.47
were 95% better? - I
said that. It's amazing
00:40:12.54\00:40:17.31
to me- I mean,
sanitation here, we have running
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.68
water; we have so
many things, but in certain
00:40:19.75\00:40:22.82
areas in Uganda and
other places in East
00:40:22.88\00:40:24.92
Africa, they don't even
have toilets, or latrines
00:40:25.02\00:40:28.42
is what they call
them there, so that's one
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.66
of the things we
also teach them is no open
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.36
defecation, teach them
to know the latrine, then
00:40:32.43\00:40:35.30
we have these water
stations for them to
00:40:35.40\00:40:36.93
wash their hands.
There was a big meeting that
00:40:36.97\00:40:39.87
took place in
Uganda, and Joy was actually
00:40:39.97\00:40:42.94
there, and she
couldn't find a single place to
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.24
wash her hands! There
was thousands of people,
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.18
and hand-washing
wasn't important! I've seen it
00:40:47.24\00:40:49.71
at schools, all
through East Africa. So, we
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.95
are teaching them to
use local materials-things
00:40:53.05\00:40:57.05
that are just totally
available to them. We're
00:40:57.09\00:40:59.45
trying to make sure
there's no barriers.
00:40:59.55\00:41:01.79
They can use what
they currently have or
00:41:01.89\00:41:03.73
currently have
available and just make this so
00:41:03.79\00:41:06.36
easy for them to
do. We're teaching them,
00:41:06.39\00:41:09.10
wash their hands 4
times. 2 times before,
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.57
2 times after.
Wash your hands before
00:41:11.63\00:41:13.44
preparing food,
wash your hands before
00:41:13.47\00:41:15.77
eating, wash your
hands after taking care of
00:41:15.80\00:41:18.94
your business, wash
your hands after being out
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.84
in the garden, so
forth. These are simple things
00:41:21.88\00:41:23.78
that we may know
here, but they don't know!
00:41:23.81\00:41:25.91
This will save lives
immediately, especially
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.42
in a place where
they may not even have
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.39
toilets, and a lot
of them don't even have
00:41:30.45\00:41:32.79
toilet paper.
Hand-washing is going
00:41:32.85\00:41:35.02
to save a lot of
lives, so we take sanitation
00:41:35.06\00:41:37.89
in now as one of
our primary themes we
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.63
teach them first.
But that village, that
00:41:40.70\00:41:43.20
fully Muslim
village which just lights up
00:41:43.23\00:41:45.97
when they see
FARM STEW come because
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.94
they know that
they're friends and that we
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.64
are helping them. They
said, truly, they've had
00:41:49.74\00:41:54.14
a 95% improvement in
their village, because
00:41:54.21\00:41:57.18
their children aren't
getting as sick as much,
00:41:57.25\00:41:59.18
they have food to give
their children, they have
00:41:59.25\00:42:01.05
a little money to
take care of their needs,
00:42:01.15\00:42:02.98
and it is just such
a way to become their
00:42:03.05\00:42:06.12
friends and an
open door for us to lead
00:42:06.19\00:42:08.52
them-steps further
and further to know our
00:42:08.59\00:42:10.73
loving Lord, Jesus
Christ. - You know,
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.06
in John 10:10 when
Jesus said that the
00:42:13.16\00:42:17.37
thief comes only to
steal, kill, and destroy,
00:42:17.40\00:42:20.04
but He says, "I
have come that they may
00:42:20.07\00:42:22.37
have life and life
more abundantly." It is...
00:42:22.40\00:42:25.81
Oh, how much we
take for granted. Most of
00:42:25.91\00:42:30.31
you who are
watching and joining us by
00:42:30.41\00:42:33.45
television or
listening on the radio are in
00:42:33.55\00:42:36.05
developed
countries, and we so take for
00:42:36.12\00:42:40.02
granted that
everyone would understand it's
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.59
important to wash
your hands. But you know,
00:42:43.66\00:42:46.36
there are areas even
in the United States-
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.30
there are some areas up
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.77
in the hills where
people haven't learned
00:42:50.87\00:42:52.93
proper sanitation,
and it IS a matter of
00:42:53.03\00:42:55.70
training; we're just
taking it for granted.
00:42:55.80\00:42:58.11
But you had a
video that you wanted to
00:42:58.21\00:43:02.31
show of Pastor...Mike,
was it? - Pastor Michael,
00:43:02.44\00:43:06.92
yes, Découvrir? He's the Iganga
00:43:07.02\00:43:08.85
district pastor, so
it's where we've had
00:43:08.92\00:43:10.89
the longest relationship
with this pastor. I'm
00:43:10.95\00:43:14.92
so excited about the
way we are partnering
00:43:14.99\00:43:16.62
with the church, and
he shares it beautifully
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.59
in this video. -
Amen. We want to show that.
00:43:18.63\00:43:21.36
- So, FARM STEW and
the head of the messages
00:43:22.16\00:43:25.47
which are being
promoted, especially to fight
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.24
malnutrition is
having an impact. I remember
00:43:28.30\00:43:32.64
within the year of
2017 and 2016, we hold
00:43:33.58\00:43:39.18
camp- TMI meetings
within the town here,
00:43:39.25\00:43:43.35
but the program
which would be ahead before
00:43:43.42\00:43:46.79
the gospel was FARM
STEW. So, the members, the
00:43:46.86\00:43:51.13
educators from
FARM STEW, had to inform
00:43:51.19\00:43:54.16
the community and
the ? as well that we are
00:43:54.20\00:43:57.97
beginning with the
healthy messages. You
00:43:58.03\00:44:00.64
know people love
healthy messages! Once they
00:44:00.70\00:44:05.97
hear about healthy
messages, even those
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.01
who do not want
the gospel, but for the
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.65
health messages,
will come. So, FARM STEW
00:44:10.75\00:44:14.38
is attracting the
members to come, and
00:44:14.42\00:44:16.99
they are listening.
They are also learning
00:44:17.05\00:44:20.99
practically because
of the members that will
00:44:21.06\00:44:23.69
teach them practical
things-even those things
00:44:23.76\00:44:26.36
they have. They will
bring these tomatoes,
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.03
they will bring the
water, and then they
00:44:29.10\00:44:30.93
make things from many
things these people have.
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.94
So, it is having an
impact. And for me as
00:44:34.00\00:44:37.81
a leader, whenever
we have plans to hold a
00:44:37.87\00:44:41.84
meeting, I would like
to use these educators
00:44:41.94\00:44:46.31
from FARM STEW to
go first and to teach
00:44:46.38\00:44:49.62
the community. - Now, this
pastor was actually in your
00:44:49.68\00:44:54.36
FARM STEW restaurant.
Tell us about that. - Yes!
00:44:55.22\00:44:57.73
So, Pastor
Découvrir? pastors over 30
00:44:57.79\00:45:00.30
churches. - Oh, my. -
And a bunch of companies.
00:45:00.36\00:45:03.26
Some of the
companies have actually started
00:45:03.33\00:45:05.50
because of FARM
STEW's training. - What is a
00:45:05.57\00:45:07.10
company? - A company
is just a small gathering
00:45:07.17\00:45:09.34
of people that
are studying the Bible
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.07
together, and they're
not yet a fully established
00:45:11.17\00:45:13.38
church, but they're a
group that is learning
00:45:13.48\00:45:16.04
about the Lord,
learning about doctrines, and
00:45:16.14\00:45:18.21
interested. So,
there's several that we have
00:45:18.31\00:45:21.02
helped to start
planting, and he's been a great
00:45:21.08\00:45:24.12
friend to FARM STEW.
He loves working with
00:45:24.19\00:45:26.59
our workers. He is
sitting in the garden
00:45:26.65\00:45:29.52
of Eden Restaurant
in Iganga, which was
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.89
just launched in
October of 2018, and it's a
00:45:32.96\00:45:37.63
center of influence,
so there's been a lot
00:45:37.70\00:45:39.57
of demand for
these FARM STEW foods in
00:45:39.63\00:45:42.27
the city. People are
very curious what we're
00:45:42.34\00:45:45.04
doing. If we've trained
over 46,000 people, you can
00:45:45.11\00:45:48.18
imagine there's a
bit of a buzz going on.
00:45:48.24\00:45:50.08
- Amen! - So, we're
really excited that we
00:45:50.15\00:45:52.48
have a lot of
doctors, actually, that come in
00:45:52.58\00:45:54.48
as customers. It's a
fully vegan restaurant
00:45:54.55\00:45:57.65
in an area where
that's kind of unheard of,
00:45:57.75\00:46:00.06
and we're really excited
about being able to share-
00:46:00.16\00:46:02.69
you know?-the power
on health and healing of
00:46:02.79\00:46:06.03
what God has given
us for food. - Well, you
00:46:06.13\00:46:08.56
know, your whole
program's very... I
00:46:08.66\00:46:11.47
mean, I know the Lord
has directed you every
00:46:11.53\00:46:14.04
step of the way.
But to think that you're
00:46:14.14\00:46:16.27
starting with as
simple as teaching biblical
00:46:16.34\00:46:20.21
principles,
teaching how to farm, what's
00:46:20.28\00:46:22.91
good nutrition,
sanitation, but you're actually
00:46:22.94\00:46:26.82
helping them get involved
in enterprise to support
00:46:26.88\00:46:31.85
their families! -
Yeah! And what I want to
00:46:31.92\00:46:34.02
say is, the
restaurant actually came to us,
00:46:34.09\00:46:36.32
in a way. It's a
long story, but it was a
00:46:36.42\00:46:38.66
miracle how it was
basically given to us.
00:46:38.73\00:46:41.13
We were praying, "Is
this really part of our
00:46:41.20\00:46:43.70
mission?" Because
our focus is the rural
00:46:43.73\00:46:46.13
families, but what
we realized is that this
00:46:46.20\00:46:48.64
was part of
enterprise, because we can make
00:46:48.70\00:46:51.07
it a farm-to-table
restaurant where we're
00:46:51.17\00:46:53.01
actually buying
from some of those Muslim
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.44
people. Actually,
when we were there, a huge
00:46:55.54\00:46:57.91
bag of eggplants that
turned around and were
00:46:58.01\00:47:00.02
served at the restaurant
the next day. So, we're
00:47:00.05\00:47:02.18
creating a supply
chain with our farmers and
00:47:02.25\00:47:04.65
being able to buy
from them and serve at the
00:47:04.75\00:47:06.59
restaurant. So,
that's just one of many
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.86
enterprise activities.
You see these beautiful
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.86
bowls here on our
table? These are made from
00:47:11.93\00:47:14.40
banana leaves by
women. They're amazing. And
00:47:14.46\00:47:18.63
the amount of work
that goes into them is
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.54
so amazing. We
actually- we've been buying some
00:47:20.57\00:47:24.31
from prison women.
We actually were invited
00:47:24.37\00:47:27.21
into the prisons
(which is a whole other long
00:47:27.28\00:47:29.61
story), but there's
a revival going on in
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.61
the women's prison in
Jinja, Uganda. We were
00:47:31.68\00:47:34.98
actually invited to
go in and start a church
00:47:35.05\00:47:36.79
there, and we bought a
lot of things, including
00:47:36.85\00:47:39.22
something I want to
give to you as a gift.
00:47:39.32\00:47:42.22
- Oh! - So, this
is... - The women made this?
00:47:42.26\00:47:45.33
- The women in the
prison made this. It's made
00:47:45.39\00:47:47.40
out of- can you
imagine what it's made out of?
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.50
- Banana leaves? -
Banana leaves. - Oh, how is that
00:47:50.70\00:47:53.57
a good guess? I
would never have known
00:47:53.64\00:47:56.20
otherwise. - Yeah.
So, we want to just share
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.84
that gift with you
and just thank you for
00:47:58.91\00:48:01.31
making it possible
for these women to earn
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.48
a living. - How beautiful.
- Praise God. You know,
00:48:03.55\00:48:06.65
they're talented,
they're skilled, but
00:48:06.72\00:48:08.08
there's just not a
lot of opportunities. And
00:48:08.18\00:48:09.98
a lot of the women in
prison, actually, didn't
00:48:10.09\00:48:12.02
even commit a crime.
They've not been convicted
00:48:12.12\00:48:13.82
of anything; they
don't have the funds to hire
00:48:13.89\00:48:17.16
a lawyer even to
defend themselves, so...it's
00:48:17.23\00:48:20.00
a hard situation,
but on so many levels,
00:48:20.10\00:48:23.57
God is bringing
hope into dark places.
00:48:23.63\00:48:26.43
- And thank you
for my beautiful purse.
00:48:26.50\00:48:29.47
I appreciate that
so much, and it will be
00:48:29.54\00:48:32.24
very meaningful
knowing the source. But let
00:48:32.34\00:48:36.01
me ask you a quick
question, 'cause we
00:48:36.11\00:48:37.58
almost have to-
it's almost time to go to
00:48:37.71\00:48:40.72
your address roll.
You're helping in many
00:48:40.78\00:48:45.35
ways, actually;
you supply some hygiene
00:48:45.45\00:48:48.19
products, but you're
having people who make
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.23
the hygiene
products to supply for young
00:48:50.29\00:48:53.73
girls. If somebody...
You're not looking for
00:48:53.80\00:48:58.97
volunteers to go to
Africa. - Actually not,
00:48:59.03\00:49:02.94
because we really
have found working with the
00:49:03.00\00:49:05.31
local people in the
local language, they
00:49:05.37\00:49:07.24
understand the
local culture, they're the
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.01
experts. We just
equip them. - Amen, sister!
00:49:09.08\00:49:12.51
Now. But, you are
looking for prayer warriors.
00:49:12.55\00:49:16.92
- Absolutely. So,
we've just come up with this
00:49:16.99\00:49:19.25
idea, because there's
so many things to pray
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.42
about, it's almost
like... I have seen the power
00:49:21.52\00:49:24.49
of prayer work in
dramatic ways. For
00:49:24.53\00:49:27.13
example, just last
week, we were registered in
00:49:27.16\00:49:28.86
South Sudan as
a non-governmental
00:49:28.93\00:49:31.40
organization,
meaning we can legally start
00:49:31.43\00:49:33.20
work there, and
it's so exciting. It took
00:49:33.27\00:49:36.27
two weeks. This
process should've taken, I
00:49:36.37\00:49:39.44
don't know how
long, but not two weeks.
00:49:39.51\00:49:41.08
It was a miracle
how it happened. And we
00:49:41.14\00:49:43.51
pray that we can
start a team there. I'm just
00:49:43.58\00:49:46.35
seeing the power
of prayer, so we have
00:49:46.41\00:49:47.75
this text-to-prayer
service that we're
00:49:47.78\00:49:50.09
just launching.
What we can do is, if you
00:49:50.15\00:49:53.46
text 855-552-7839,
you can get... Just
00:49:53.52\00:50:03.00
text the word
'pray' to that number. You
00:50:03.06\00:50:06.33
can also text the keyword
'gift' if you want to just
00:50:06.40\00:50:08.57
go ahead and give
a gift, but 'pray' is
00:50:08.64\00:50:10.91
what we want. We
really want to develop a whole
00:50:10.97\00:50:12.81
army of prayer warriors
that can just hold these
00:50:12.87\00:50:15.34
teams up to the
Lord, protect them... You
00:50:15.41\00:50:18.51
heard we're working
in Islamic areas, we're
00:50:18.58\00:50:20.55
working in prisons,
we're working in places
00:50:20.62\00:50:22.88
where there's
Ebola, and refugee camps...
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.85
I mean, it's intense
work. So, to have the
00:50:24.89\00:50:28.29
prayer covering
that would be precious.
00:50:28.32\00:50:29.86
- And I believe that
this is something you
00:50:29.92\00:50:32.96
also wanted to get
people who would share the
00:50:33.06\00:50:36.87
FARM STEW ministry,
so we want to put up
00:50:36.93\00:50:41.27
how- you know,
the Holy Spirit may be
00:50:41.34\00:50:44.54
impressing you-hopefully,
He's impressing all of
00:50:44.64\00:50:47.28
us-for prayer
support. Or if you would like
00:50:47.34\00:50:50.85
to know how you can
just share the recipe:
00:50:50.95\00:50:53.15
that means just
tell others about what's
00:50:53.25\00:50:55.22
going on. You can help
enlist prayer warriors.
00:50:55.28\00:50:58.72
Or if you want to
donate, this is how
00:50:58.79\00:51:01.79
you can get in touch
with FARM STEW International.
00:51:01.86\00:51:05.66
Through African
Christian leaders, FARM STEW
00:51:07.76\00:51:09.96
International
educates rural African families
00:51:10.10\00:51:12.77
on how to live an
abundant life using
00:51:12.87\00:51:15.14
the eight "ingredients"
of farming, attitude,
00:51:15.20\00:51:18.31
rest, meals, sanitation,
temperance, enterprise,
00:51:18.37\00:51:22.44
and water. In this
way, they help them develop
00:51:22.51\00:51:25.65
fresh, homegrown food,
clean water, and strong
00:51:25.68\00:51:28.72
community ties. If
you would like to support
00:51:28.78\00:51:31.39
them, please visit
their website, FarmStew.org-
00:51:31.45\00:51:34.96
that's FarmStew.org- or
call them at (434) 409-0866.
00:51:35.06\00:51:41.96
You may also write
to them at FARM STEW
00:51:42.03\00:51:44.40
International Post
Office Box 291 Princeton,
00:51:44.47\00:51:47.97
Illinois 61356.
00:51:48.00\00:51:51.04