I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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- Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Today. We are so
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glad that you're joining
us! - Amen. - We're going
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to have fun on this program.
- This is a great program.
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- And we want to take
this opportunity to thank
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you so much for your
prayers and your financial
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support of 3ABN,
because what you do makes an
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eternal difference.
I'm Shelley Quinn. - I'm JD
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Quinn. - And honey, where
do you work? - I work in the
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pastoral department. We
receive calls daily from
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all around the world,
people looking for the
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closest
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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There's a movement going
on that the Lord is working.
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- Amen. - And what a
wonderful place to be
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involved. And boy, talking
about wonderful places to
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be involved is who
we're going to be introducing
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in a few minutes. -
That's exactly right. Before I
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introduce our
guests, just wanted to share
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Proverbs 22 verse 6 with
you. The Bible says, "Train
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up a child in the way
he should go; and when he's
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old, he will not
depart from it." I'm a huge
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advocate of Christian
education, and we know
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that you went
through Christian education.
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- I most certainly
did. - And you know, it's
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true! You came- I mean,
you may have had a little
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break in there, but
he came back because of
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his training. -
Amen. - And the institution
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we're going to be
talking about today is Weimar
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Academy, and I guarantee
you: this is an amazing
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academy for
children, because not only do
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they have the
highest in academic programs,
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but they've got
community involvement programs,
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mission trips, the spiritual
aspects and training that
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goes on is amazing, and
we see kids all the time
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who go there and come
away changed. So let's
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introduce you to
our special guests! We
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have some wonderful
ones here. Kirk Krueger, you
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are the principal
for Weimar Academy! For
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how long? - For two years...
- Two years; alright! - ...I'm
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the principal at
the academy; thoroughly
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enjoyed it. - I know!
- I want to say, though,
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coming in yesterday from
California back into this
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old stomping ground-
just so many memories
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driving back here
onto 3ABN campus. Marianne
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and I were involved here
a lot over the...about 15
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years, and it was just
a lot of memories. - Well,
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you are the son-in-law
of Jim and Camille Gilley,
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so you are up here quite
a bit, and we got to watch
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your little ones grow
up. We're gonna introduce
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one of them in just
a moment, but we're so
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glad you're here today,
Kirk. - Thank you so much.
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- And then we have
Justin Nedley! And Justin, I'm
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sure that many people
will recognize that last
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last. You are the youngest
of four sons of Dr. Neil
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Nedley! - Yes, I am,
yeah. - And what does
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your dad do at Weimar
Institute? - He is the
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president there at Weimar
Institute, and he also runs
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some health...depression
recovery programs there.
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- Amen, amen. So,
what grade are you in this
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year? - I'm a junior
in the academy currently.
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- Okay. Well, we're
really glad to have you here,
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and I'm sure you must
play a musical instrument. Your
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whole family's musically
talented. - Yes, I play
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the piano. - Good. Good,
good. Now, the next young
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lady we're going to introduce
is Kirk's daughter, and we
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knew her- I guess last
time we saw you, Venice,
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you were probably 12 years
old. She's all grown up! And
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beautiful. -
Beautiful young lady. - Venice
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Krueger, so glad
that you're back today!
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- Glad to be here! - Yeah,
wished you could've brought
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little Carrie with
you, as well. - She really
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wanted to come,
but... - But we're glad that
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you're here. We're going
to get your story in just
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a minute. And then,
Sunika! Sunika Tarusenga-Jojo.
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Is that correct? - Yes,
you nailed it. [laughter]
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- You had to be a smart
little girl just to know
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how to spell that
name. Where are you from
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originally, Sunika? -
I grew up in Texas, but
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now, we live in California.
- Oh! I grew up in California
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and then married an Texan.
[laughter] So, we just kind
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of... - Once a Texan,
always a Texan. - Yeah,
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that's true, that's
true. Well, before we get into
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the exciting things
that are happening at Weimar,
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honey, you've got
some music you wanted to
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introduce. - Yes. And
just one of my... Jaime
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Jorge. Jaime Jorge
just... I love the way he plays
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the violin. "Face to Face."
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- I love listening
to... - Jaime. - Jaime. Just
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love it. Kirk, share
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what's going on at Weimar.
- Well, let me give you just
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a little bit of information
about Weimar. The institute
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is on approximately 500
acres there in the Sierra
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Nevada mountains.
We're about 15 miles below
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the snow line, so
this year, I think we got
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almost 48 feet of
snow up in the mountains.
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And so, it's really
neat to be in the mountains.
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But what just
happened here recently at the
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institute (that's been
in the works for several
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years) is, February
of 2019, Weimar received
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accreditation. And
what's the thing that's really
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amazing is they backdated
it to January of 2018. - So
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this is for the college,
right? - This is just for
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the college, and
that has been in the works
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for a number of years,
and they finally received
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it. The people that came out
and did the accreditation were
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really impressed.
They said, "What you have
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here is amazing." One
thing I noticed that they
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mentioned is that
the institute we are at,
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many people don't even
know the mission of the
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institute where I'm
a member of-but your
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kids not only know the
mission but believe the
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mission. The mission
of Weimar Institute is to
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heal a hurting
world, kind of like 3ABN:
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"Mending broken
people." - Amen! - That is what
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the mission of us as
Christians should be-
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to help those
people. - So, what- tell us
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some of the curriculums
for Weimar Institute.
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- So, they have an accredited
nursing program. It's a two-year
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associate nursing
program that will, this fall, be
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starting the bachelors
of nursing; has education,
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has theology, has pre-med,
pre-dental... There's also
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one that has psychology
that is starting up; this
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Fall or is in the
process of that. So, there's a
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number of great programs
there that can take place.
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And also, there's a six-month
health program where people
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can come and take
health education to go out and
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work in their communities
with health. - Praise God!
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Well, there's
always something exciting
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going on at Weimar. But
Justin, tell us a little bit-
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and you all just
jump in-tell us about the
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typical day at
Weimar Academy. - So, school
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starts at 8 o'clock
in the morning at Weimar
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Academy, and we
start out with worship. And
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every single
morning, we have song service
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and then morning worship
where the different students
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get to share their testimonies
and worship thoughts that
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they have come up
with every morning during
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morning worship. And
then, we go out to our classes
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for the morning; and then
at 1 o'clock, we go to lunch.
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Then after lunch, we
have a work education
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program. There's also
some vocational programs,
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and I'm involved in one
of those. I'm in the flooring
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vocational class,
and it's really awesome,
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because Mr. Krueger,
here, he's been able to teach me
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how to do flooring, how
to make a living and stuff,
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and a way to get
through college, and maybe this
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might even be my career
one day. We'll find out.
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[laughter] - Well, I know
Kirk's done well at it, and
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it's a well-paying job,
particularly in California,
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right? So, Venice,
your momma is the librarian,
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your daddy is the principal;
do they really kind of make
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sure you're towing the
line 'cause you represent
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the family? - Well, I
try to do my best, but
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I'd say that it's just
amazing being at Weimar.
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There's a lot of good
influences, and it's just
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an amazing place to
be. [Amen!] - And Sunika,
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you also have a
brother who is going to Weimar,
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right? - Yes. - Where's
home in California? - Closer
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to Sacramento, so Rancho
Cordova. - Okay. Well, we're
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glad- I want you all
to tell me, because I know
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that Don Macintosh has
been here before, and I
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get so excited when
you talk about the total
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community involvement,
TCI. Jump in and tell me:
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I know you do stuff on
a weekly basis, I believe,
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isn't it? Tell us
about- somebody-tell me about
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TCI. - So, TCI takes
place every Wednesday,
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so we spend the
whole morning going out and
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just serving the community.
My TCI group actually goes
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canvassing, so we go
door-to-door and distribute
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literature to people there.
- And you do projects that
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are very helpful to people.
I mean, yard projects, and...
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What's been your
favorite TCI experience, Venice?
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- Probably...I like
to clean up different
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people's yards and stuff
like that, or going to the
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nursing homes and
singing to the elderly people is
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really nice. - And
it's had an amazing impact.
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The church is
growing because of this?.
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Tell us about TCI. -
Well, one thing that's really
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interesting- so, one of
the groups that... I just live
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off-campus of Weimar,
and so we can walk to the
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neighborhood that we
work in with my family group.
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There's about seven in
my family group. And so,
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we met this couple that just
moved into our neighborhood,
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Pat and Renée, and we
started helping them clean
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up their yard and got
to be really close friends
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with them. They just
called me here- I think it was
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approximately about
a month ago, and they
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said, "You know what, we
were in one of- the medical
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clinic on campus asked
us to go to some cooking
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classes." And he
said, "We've just become
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vegan." So, it's just
amazing the transforming
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of people's lives by
just befriending them and
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sharing them the
health message. They're open,
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and they've come to a
number of functions on
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campus. And then,
this past Sabbath, we had a
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couple that was baptized
from the total community
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involvement. - Amen.
- And the testimonies
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are- just exciting to
hear their testimonies.
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- We've had some video
clips before that Don has
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brought with him, and
it is exciting. But, now,
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it is my understanding:
it's not just the student
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body, but the teachers
and professors-everybody
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gets involved in this;
is that right? So tell us
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about what your favorite
experience has been. - So,
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one TCI, I went with
Mr. Krueger here; we went
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to a house there, and
we had to build a shed
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for this elderly
lady that was wanting to
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move some of her
stuff from her garage to a
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shed. And so, we went
there and we spent the
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whole morning
putting together the shed. We
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ran into some issues,
but when we were done, it was
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just amazing. She was
so grateful, and it just
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really made an
impact on me to realize how
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such a small thing for
us, just building a shed,
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can have such a big,
huge impact on someone in the
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community. - Well, I know
that this is why you've got
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such a great reputation.
- One thing that really
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caught my mind that-
and that is, y'all do
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so many mission
trips a year. - We do. - I
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mean, what's
involved there? I mean, wow!
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Here, you go to
school; here, you go to build
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things; here, you get
to assist people; here,
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you get to daily start
the day off with prayer,
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and then you're also
getting to go on mission
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trips. And not only,
I guess, of your choice,
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but...how does this
all work? And how many
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do you go on a year?
- So, we take two weeks
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every year, or a
little over two weeks, and
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the whole school mobilizes
and goes on a mission trip.
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Usually, we do four;
this year, we did three. But
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everybody in the
school gets to pick where they
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would like to go. And
usually, they get their
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first or second pick on
where they go. This year,
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we went to Kenya, to
Cuba, and then into Arizona and
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New Mexico. - Mm. Tell
us about the Kenya trip,
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guys. - So, on the Kenya
trip, we went to a school
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in Kenya, and we had
to- we went with Maranatha
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and we built a cafeteria
for the school there. And
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I mean, when we got
there, we saw... Maranatha had
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been there a lot, so
a lot of the classrooms
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had been built there
by Maranatha. There's over
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600 students there at
the school. We noticed
00:16:26.65\00:16:30.32
that there was no cafeteria
there; they were eating out,
00:16:30.42\00:16:32.69
just in their classrooms,
some of them, some outside...
00:16:32.79\00:16:35.12
And there was not
really a kitchen for the cooks
00:16:35.22\00:16:37.73
to cook at all, so
they were just cooking over
00:16:37.79\00:16:39.83
an open fire. When we
went there, we built a
00:16:39.93\00:16:43.13
cafeteria, and it
was really awesome. The
00:16:43.23\00:16:46.53
last day we were
there, we were able to go in
00:16:46.63\00:16:48.30
with the kids as
they had their first meal
00:16:48.37\00:16:49.70
in that cafeteria. You
could just see how happy
00:16:49.80\00:16:52.64
they were and how excited
they were to have a place
00:16:52.74\00:16:55.31
to eat now. It was
just a really life-changing
00:16:55.41\00:16:58.28
experience. - Before
we get the rest, 'cause I
00:16:58.38\00:17:00.48
know you went, as
well, Venice-but before we
00:17:00.58\00:17:02.88
get your testimony,
let's look at the video of what
00:17:02.95\00:17:06.69
happened in Kenya. - Wow.
00:17:06.76\00:17:09.09
[children singing Kenyan music]
00:17:10.39\00:17:18.97
[inspirational piano music]
00:17:19.00\00:17:28.48
- So, Weimar Academy is here
00:17:31.28\00:17:33.42
Seventh-day Adventist
school for about 10 days.
00:17:33.52\00:17:36.25
We are currently
working on the cafeteria. So our
00:17:36.38\00:17:39.15
first day, we're running
a lot about putting blocks
00:17:39.25\00:17:41.12
in, and making mistakes
and taking it out, putting
00:17:41.22\00:17:43.86
them back, but our energy's
good and I hope it stays
00:17:43.93\00:17:46.29
like this for the
next 10 days, and I'm sure
00:17:46.39\00:17:48.26
we will get better with
time. - Something special about
00:17:48.33\00:17:51.27
this mission trip is
that I was able to come here
00:17:51.37\00:17:53.57
a few years ago and
build a classroom at this exact
00:17:53.64\00:17:55.90
location. It's been
a huge blessing being
00:17:55.97\00:17:58.17
able to come back and
see how the school has
00:17:58.24\00:17:59.87
grown and build them
a much-needed cafeteria.
00:17:59.91\00:18:02.71
- Here in beautiful
Kenya as we're just completing
00:18:02.84\00:18:05.78
a mission trip, we
have had expert faculty with
00:18:05.88\00:18:09.52
Christlike compassion,
teamed up with receptive
00:18:11.15\00:18:13.96
students, also with
Christlike compassion
00:18:14.09\00:18:17.06
that has performed hundreds
of thousands of dollars of
00:18:17.16\00:18:21.43
medical care, free of
charge to Kenya citizens,
00:18:21.53\00:18:26.20
saving lives, even diagnosing
undiagnosed tuberculosis and
00:18:26.33\00:18:30.34
undiagnosed cancer, and
having individuals wracked
00:18:30.44\00:18:34.58
with pain that are leaving
now without pain: multiple
00:18:34.71\00:18:38.58
medical procedures, dental
procedures... And this really
00:18:38.68\00:18:44.55
happens as a result of
Weimar Institute's vision
00:18:44.62\00:18:48.16
of healing a hurting world.
00:18:48.22\00:18:51.06
- What I understand, Justin,
is that you did more than
00:19:12.91\00:19:15.22
just build a cafeteria.
- Yeah, that is correct.
00:19:15.32\00:19:17.65
So, while we were there,
we also did three days of
00:19:18.65\00:19:20.66
medical and dental
clinics, and we offered over 200
00:19:20.76\00:19:23.83
thousand dollars of care
for free to the citizens of
00:19:23.93\00:19:26.26
Kenya there. - Wow. - And
while I was there, I got to
00:19:26.36\00:19:28.96
help one of the dentists,
Dr. Fischer, and I got to
00:19:29.06\00:19:32.87
pull about...I think
it was four teeth while
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.60
I was there, so I got
to learn some of the things
00:19:35.67\00:19:38.11
of dental care. I- really
actually helped me consider
00:19:38.21\00:19:41.98
that is their career
path, potentially, for me.
00:19:42.08\00:19:44.21
And it's really
awesome how, you know, a lot of
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.01
people won't get that
opportunity to work in
00:19:46.08\00:19:48.08
dental and work and pull
teeth and stuff, especially
00:19:48.18\00:19:50.92
since we're out here
in the States. But on the
00:19:51.02\00:19:52.45
mission trips, we're able
to do that, and I can help
00:19:52.52\00:19:54.82
people as well as
learn about dentistry and see
00:19:54.92\00:19:58.53
if maybe that's something
I want to do in the future.
00:19:58.66\00:20:00.40
- Amen! - You not only
pull the teeth; you had
00:20:00.43\00:20:02.46
one that broke off,
and you had to take and dig
00:20:02.53\00:20:05.20
the roots out. - Ooh! -
So, I guess it's simple pulling
00:20:05.27\00:20:08.34
of teeth. - Well, you
know, something that I always
00:20:08.44\00:20:13.27
say-and I'm sure
people get tired of me saying
00:20:13.38\00:20:15.44
this-but I just want
to repeat it because maybe
00:20:15.51\00:20:18.61
somebody hasn't heard it:
if you want to ensure that
00:20:18.68\00:20:23.22
your child gets involved,
and in a personal way...
00:20:23.28\00:20:27.69
I mean, has that intimate
relationship with the Lord,
00:20:27.79\00:20:30.03
send them on a mission
trip. I've seen kids who've
00:20:30.13\00:20:33.76
totally turned
around because- you know, we
00:20:33.86\00:20:36.83
are, dare I say, spoiled.
We're very spoiled in the
00:20:36.93\00:20:42.04
United States, and we
have everything we want
00:20:42.14\00:20:44.77
at our fingertips.
And not everybody has all
00:20:44.84\00:20:47.74
the same advantages, but
even if you're the poorest
00:20:47.84\00:20:51.11
of the poor here,
when you go to places like
00:20:51.21\00:20:54.42
Africa or other
places, you see joy in people
00:20:54.52\00:21:00.59
in a simple life but
you begin to appreciate what
00:21:00.69\00:21:05.56
you've got. Tell us
about your experience, Venice,
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.86
in Kenya. - Well, I had
an interesting experience.
00:21:08.96\00:21:11.83
I was escorting different
patients to the pharmacy
00:21:13.47\00:21:18.17
during the clinics we
were having. And there
00:21:18.27\00:21:22.08
was one time that I
went- Dr. Anthony told me
00:21:22.18\00:21:24.75
to come into his office-
and he told me- he showed
00:21:24.88\00:21:28.02
me- he introduced me
to this lady, and he said
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.85
that she needed to go
to the lab and that she
00:21:30.95\00:21:34.29
might have tuberculosis...
and it hit me really hard.
00:21:34.39\00:21:38.43
I escorted her to
the lab, and she got her
00:21:38.53\00:21:40.80
lab work done so that she
could get treated properly.
00:21:40.90\00:21:43.77
But it really hit me
later how much that probably
00:21:43.90\00:21:47.34
affected her life so
that she could get the proper
00:21:47.44\00:21:50.71
treatment. - Amen...amen.
So, that's something that...
00:21:50.81\00:21:55.04
How long were you in Kenya?
- ...Two weeks? - Two weeks,
00:21:55.14\00:21:59.31
so... And as I understand
it, you offer several different
00:21:59.41\00:22:04.42
locations, and then the
kids gets to choose during
00:22:04.52\00:22:09.36
that two-week period whether
they're gonna go to Kenya,
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.99
Cuba, or- where else did
you go this year? - Arizona
00:22:12.09\00:22:14.36
and New Mexico. - In
Arizona and New Mexico;
00:22:14.46\00:22:17.13
okay. Now, Sunika,
you were not on the Kenya
00:22:17.20\00:22:23.00
trip. Where did you go?
- No, I had the privilege
00:22:23.10\00:22:25.24
of going to Cuba
along with 14 other students
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.88
and staff. So, we
spent the mornings and door-
00:22:27.98\00:22:31.18
to-door visitations with
the people there, praying
00:22:31.31\00:22:33.75
for them and just interacting
with them. And then in the
00:22:33.82\00:22:36.65
afternoons, we had an
evangelistic meeting for
00:22:36.75\00:22:40.19
the adults and one for
the kids, as well. - So
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.69
did you actually do
some of the preaching and the
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.73
teaching? - Yes, yes.
- How exciting! - It was
00:22:44.83\00:22:48.26
a huge blessing. - Yeah!
That's- I think we brought
00:22:48.36\00:22:51.23
a little video clip,
or you brought a little
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.07
video clip;
we'll look at that now.
00:22:53.17\00:22:54.90
- "He who has the
Son has life, and he who
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.57
does not have the
Son does not have life."
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.18
We had the opportunity
to share the hope that
00:23:02.31\00:23:04.98
is found in Jesus
Christ with the people of Cuba.
00:23:05.08\00:23:08.28
Along with eight other
students and five staff
00:23:08.42\00:23:11.05
from Weimar Academy,
I had the opportunity to
00:23:11.15\00:23:13.86
take part in one of three
evangelistic campaigns that
00:23:13.99\00:23:16.62
held in Pinar del Río
province in Western Cuba.
00:23:16.73\00:23:19.56
- I had hated the idea
of preaching. But when we
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.80
got there, we visited
people and got to know
00:23:22.86\00:23:26.37
them better; it was a
very warm and friendly
00:23:26.47\00:23:28.34
environment. When
you came down to actually
00:23:28.47\00:23:31.11
give presentations,
it wasn't that bad, after
00:23:31.21\00:23:34.68
all. - While we were
there, there was this
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.45
one officer who wanted
us to be deported, because
00:23:37.55\00:23:39.68
we talked about the Bible-
Christianity. But there was
00:23:39.81\00:23:42.35
this other officer who
said, "No! No, no- stop!
00:23:42.45\00:23:45.12
These people, they're
doing good in this town.
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.46
There are so many
bad things going on?
00:23:47.59\00:23:50.23
and these people
are talking about God.
00:23:50.36\00:23:53.43
They're talking
about how to change our
00:23:53.56\00:23:56.16
life with the Bible.
Let them stay. They're doing
00:23:56.26\00:23:59.53
a good work." That
really touched me, and it makes
00:23:59.60\00:24:03.61
me remember that even in a
closed-off country as Cuba,
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.38
there're still people
that are receptive; they just
00:24:07.48\00:24:09.88
have open hearts and
willing hearts, and that's
00:24:09.98\00:24:13.05
all that Christ
needs. [cello music]
00:24:13.15\00:24:21.26
- You know what I
love about Cuba? It is SO
00:24:23.32\00:24:25.43
colorful! Tell us about
the people and just the fruit
00:24:25.56\00:24:30.27
of the mission. -
Well, the people there were
00:24:30.37\00:24:32.63
really wonderful.
They're all very welcoming and
00:24:32.70\00:24:34.64
warm; and by the grace
of God, we were actually
00:24:34.70\00:24:37.41
able to have 11
baptisms on our last day there,
00:24:37.51\00:24:41.14
and there are 24 people
that are in Cuba that are
00:24:41.21\00:24:44.01
continuing to study
the Bible with some of the
00:24:44.08\00:24:46.45
Bible workers there.
We're actually able to go into
00:24:46.51\00:24:49.58
these untouched
cities that had never had any
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.65
meetings before and reach
the people there. - So these
00:24:52.75\00:24:55.82
had been unentered,
kind of dark cities and we'd
00:24:55.92\00:24:58.66
never been there
before. How exciting. How many
00:24:58.76\00:25:01.33
mission trips have you
been on, Sunika? - This
00:25:01.40\00:25:04.43
is actually my third.
- Your third. And where
00:25:04.53\00:25:06.97
have you been before this?
- I went to Arizona with the
00:25:07.07\00:25:12.17
academy my freshman year,
then I went to Belize last
00:25:12.27\00:25:14.78
year-2018-and then
this year, Cuba. - Okay. And
00:25:14.88\00:25:19.21
what has- how has that
impacted your life personally?
00:25:19.28\00:25:23.72
Do you find that on a
mission trip, you recognize
00:25:23.82\00:25:28.42
your dependence upon the
Lord? - Yeah, for sure; for
00:25:28.52\00:25:30.99
sure. It changes the way
you see things. And for me,
00:25:31.09\00:25:34.03
going to Cuba was actually
my first time doing something
00:25:34.10\00:25:37.77
with public speaking, so
I know I didn't feel okay,
00:25:37.83\00:25:42.17
adequate, or prepared,
so it changed the way I saw
00:25:42.27\00:25:45.24
things and I really
had to rely on God. - Amen!
00:25:45.34\00:25:48.38
- So did you know that
you were going to speak before
00:25:48.44\00:25:49.84
you went over there,
or they chose you once you
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.11
got over there,
or...? - We found out before;
00:25:52.21\00:25:54.68
we find out prior.
[laughter] - Okay,?
00:25:54.78\00:25:56.99
[laughter] - The
secret is this-and with all of
00:25:58.22\00:26:01.12
my heart, I mean
this- is I hope you always
00:26:01.19\00:26:04.49
have that attitude, 'cause
any time you get to thinking
00:26:04.59\00:26:07.80
that, "Oh, I'm adequate;
oh, I'm a good speaker,"
00:26:07.90\00:26:12.77
then you quit relying
on the Lord, and you might
00:26:12.87\00:26:15.10
give a good message
but there's no anointing,
00:26:15.20\00:26:17.17
you know? That's...
That is so important, because
00:26:17.87\00:26:22.31
that's God's whole
plan of salvation is that we
00:26:22.38\00:26:25.41
learn to depend upon Him
totally. That's what grace
00:26:25.51\00:26:28.75
is all about. During
the video, you mentioned
00:26:28.85\00:26:33.09
something about Vacation
Bible School in Kenya. Tell
00:26:33.15\00:26:36.16
us about that. -
Okay! Well, during the whole
00:26:36.22\00:26:40.00
time we were doing construction,
there were these two little boys
00:26:40.06\00:26:42.86
that would be on the other
side of the fence, and they'd
00:26:42.96\00:26:46.60
be watching us. Towards
the beginning of the VBS,
00:26:46.70\00:26:50.64
they came in and
they would just watch, but
00:26:52.34\00:26:54.91
they wouldn't do anything.
They wouldn't interact with
00:26:55.01\00:26:57.45
the songs or the
crafts or anything; they just
00:26:57.51\00:26:59.98
wanted to watch. And
then, the last day... - How old
00:27:00.05\00:27:03.65
were they, do you think?
- Probably 8...12. - Okay.
00:27:03.72\00:27:08.39
- Somewhere in
there. And they came in, and
00:27:08.49\00:27:12.43
they actually started
to interact with the song
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.60
service, and they started
doing the crafts and started
00:27:14.70\00:27:17.60
taking part, so... It was
really neat to see. - Amen.
00:27:17.70\00:27:20.27
So, what was your biggest
impact as far as spiritually
00:27:20.34\00:27:24.74
in going on the
Kenya trip? - It was really
00:27:24.81\00:27:29.88
neat to see how simply
they live and how content
00:27:29.98\00:27:34.18
they are with what they
have, and it was also...
00:27:34.28\00:27:37.75
It was really neat to
see how much of an impact I
00:27:37.85\00:27:40.42
can make on them, because,
I mean, if I were just doing
00:27:40.52\00:27:45.43
some VBS in the
States, they necessar- they
00:27:45.49\00:27:48.53
wouldn't really
remember me or anything. But me
00:27:48.63\00:27:51.07
going over there and helping
them made a big impact. There
00:27:51.13\00:27:54.37
was one girl that...
I just talked with her
00:27:54.47\00:27:58.37
for a little bit; but towards
the end, she started tearing
00:27:58.47\00:28:01.21
up, and she was
like, "Don't forget me!"
00:28:01.34\00:28:04.31
And I'm like, "I
won't!" It was really neat to
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.65
see how much I had impacted
her even though I didn't feel
00:28:06.75\00:28:10.02
like I had done very much.
- Yeah. Yeah. It's precious,
00:28:10.12\00:28:14.32
the people- they're so
appreciative, aren't they?
00:28:14.49\00:28:17.89
You know, when you go
somewhere, and especially
00:28:17.99\00:28:21.26
if it's an undeveloped
area, they're just so
00:28:21.40\00:28:25.43
appreciative. So,
for you, Justin, what was
00:28:25.53\00:28:29.17
the biggest impact
of you going to Kenya?
00:28:29.27\00:28:32.67
- Like Venice said,
it was so amazing to see
00:28:33.61\00:28:35.84
how the people who lived
in such poverty could still
00:28:35.94\00:28:38.51
be happy and were
still able to find joy in the
00:28:38.58\00:28:42.58
super small things. And
in the States, you know,
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.72
we would feel like
we'd be miserable. But just-
00:28:44.79\00:28:47.56
it was extremely eye-opening
to see how content they were
00:28:47.66\00:28:50.49
there and how happy they were
there. And also, just doing the
00:28:50.59\00:28:53.46
medical clinics and the dental
clinics, just how- just a small
00:28:53.56\00:28:56.67
thing that in the
States, we take for granted, you
00:28:56.73\00:28:58.70
know, having good
dental care, good medical care,
00:28:58.80\00:29:01.00
how there, it's just
life-changing for them
00:29:01.10\00:29:03.47
to have a tooth pulled
or to have some medicine
00:29:03.54\00:29:07.31
given to them to help
with disease and stuff,
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.54
where, here in the States,
we just take it for granted;
00:29:09.61\00:29:12.25
but I think it really
helped me realize how thankful I
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.52
need to be for the medical
care that I have access to
00:29:15.62\00:29:20.96
here in the States. - Amen.
I remember my first mission
00:29:21.02\00:29:23.46
trip; that's how I
felt. We were preaching in
00:29:23.56\00:29:26.66
Mexico, and we went
to a dump area. And what
00:29:26.73\00:29:31.93
city was that? - I think
it was Monterrey. - Monterrey!
00:29:32.03\00:29:35.44
Monterrey, Mexico.
We went to- I'd preached
00:29:35.54\00:29:38.47
in several churches,
and the people were very
00:29:38.57\00:29:42.14
responsive. But then,
the city looked like Los
00:29:42.24\00:29:45.21
Angeles! I mean, I was
surprised; the city seemed
00:29:45.31\00:29:48.72
pretty modern. And
then, we went out to minister
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.82
at the dump, and
there was a whole community-
00:29:51.92\00:29:55.16
probably 60,000
people who lived in cardboard
00:29:55.26\00:29:58.89
lean-to's. They were so
happy and content and visiting
00:29:59.03\00:30:05.57
out in the streets,
and the kids were playing;
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.30
there weren't any
locks on the doors-and they
00:30:08.37\00:30:11.01
were very excited to
hear the Word of God. - It was
00:30:11.11\00:30:13.81
just amazing,
because some of the sponsors
00:30:13.88\00:30:18.71
said, "You need to take
some bags of candy, 'cause
00:30:18.85\00:30:21.02
the kids will love
it." We took some bags of
00:30:21.12\00:30:22.85
can- they'd never seen
candy before! - Oh, wow.
00:30:22.95\00:30:26.42
- Never seen candy
before, and we just give 'em-
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.42
they didn't know what to do
with it. Absolutely amazing!
00:30:28.49\00:30:31.79
Now, you talk about
feeling about this size, because
00:30:31.89\00:30:35.50
here, you just chomp all
the time. [laughter] - You're
00:30:35.56\00:30:39.50
telling on yourself. - I mean,
something so immature, just
00:30:39.57\00:30:42.07
so small. Yeah. One
thing that caught my attention
00:30:42.17\00:30:47.18
when you were speaking-
and I think this is something
00:30:47.28\00:30:49.64
that we all need to
be cognizant of-is that
00:30:49.74\00:30:52.18
divine appointments are
going on all the time. Lots
00:30:52.25\00:30:56.08
of times, we just
think it's an ordinary event
00:30:56.18\00:30:58.75
or an ordinary day or
something insignificant,
00:30:58.85\00:31:01.59
but it's a divine appointment.
So, we as being representative
00:31:01.69\00:31:05.59
for the kingdom-and
this is basically what Weimar
00:31:05.69\00:31:08.43
Academy...this is a start;
this is a training ground-
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.53
but if we just have that
reality that maybe this is
00:31:13.23\00:31:17.57
God's orchestra. And
so, we need to be alerted
00:31:17.64\00:31:21.41
all the time. Doing those
things that are Christlike.
00:31:21.48\00:31:23.71
- This is a story from
when we were there in Kenya:
00:31:25.25\00:31:28.02
on our first Sabbath,
we got to a Maasai village.
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.89
We got to go to a one-day
church that Maranatha had
00:31:30.99\00:31:34.42
built there a couple
years before. When Maranatha
00:31:34.56\00:31:38.53
builds a one-day
church, they generally just put
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.73
up a roof. And if
the church wants to, they
00:31:40.80\00:31:43.43
can build the sides
to the church. After
00:31:43.50\00:31:47.04
we left there at the church,
the leader of our group found
00:31:47.14\00:31:50.11
out that, actually,
how they built the sides to
00:31:50.21\00:31:52.17
the churches for over a
year, every single family
00:31:52.27\00:31:55.81
that went to that
church would miss one meal a
00:31:55.91\00:31:58.41
week, and the money from
that meal went to pay for
00:31:58.51\00:32:02.25
the blocks to build
the sides of the church.
00:32:02.35\00:32:04.49
- Wow. - And it was
just so amazing to realize
00:32:04.59\00:32:07.02
that the church was
their life. They sacrificed so
00:32:07.12\00:32:11.13
much to build and complete
the church there. It just
00:32:11.23\00:32:15.36
really, really,
really impacted me in such
00:32:15.46\00:32:17.20
an amazing way. - And
it still had a dirt floor.
00:32:17.30\00:32:19.47
- Yeah, it still had a
dirt floor, and they're still
00:32:19.53\00:32:21.27
working on improving it
more and more by missing
00:32:21.37\00:32:24.37
out on one meal a week,
where, here in the States,
00:32:24.51\00:32:27.38
we just don't really
ever have to experience that,
00:32:27.48\00:32:29.54
and we're so
blessed. - Amen! - And what a
00:32:29.64\00:32:31.61
testimony that is. -
Yeah. - This reminds you of a
00:32:31.68\00:32:34.58
story, doesn't it? -
Yeah; two things. One thing was
00:32:34.65\00:32:37.19
about this church that
Maranatha tries to do is
00:32:37.29\00:32:39.29
they try to put a well
in each of these churches
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.89
they build, and this church
had a well. And one of the
00:32:41.99\00:32:44.89
biggest problems they
have in Kenya with health
00:32:44.99\00:32:47.36
is the lack of good,
clean water. You'll see people
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.67
getting water out of dirty
creeks and they're carrying
00:32:50.77\00:32:53.20
it on buckets on their
heads, and this is water
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.60
that they're
drinking. You wouldn't even want
00:32:55.70\00:32:57.54
to wash your clothes in it,
but yet this is what they're
00:32:57.64\00:32:59.54
using for drinking water.
- Bless their hearts. - But
00:32:59.64\00:33:02.08
there is a miracle
story that happened in Cuba-
00:33:02.14\00:33:05.25
and you mentioned
divine appointments-and it
00:33:05.38\00:33:07.08
shows you how God is
involved in everything.
00:33:07.15\00:33:10.35
And in one of the
cities in Cuba, there was a
00:33:11.02\00:33:14.82
group that was there,
and a man came by their house
00:33:14.92\00:33:18.96
and said, "You need
to leave tomorrow." He
00:33:19.06\00:33:21.63
said, "You're
violating our laws; what you're
00:33:21.70\00:33:23.63
doing is illegal. You
can't be holding meetings here;
00:33:23.70\00:33:25.77
you need to come to the
police station tomorrow,"
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.00
which would've been Sabbath.
"You need to come individually,
00:33:28.10\00:33:30.64
and we'll interrogate
each one of you individually."
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.21
- So this was not just
the hosts of the people
00:33:33.31\00:33:36.85
who owned the home, but
the people who were there
00:33:36.95\00:33:38.91
ministering. - For
our group that was there,
00:33:38.98\00:33:41.48
which was two staff and
three students. "Come to
00:33:41.55\00:33:45.75
the police station tomorrow.
You must come. I'm going to
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.06
call the central government,
and they're going to have
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.92
you leave. You will leave
tomorrow." So, they called
00:33:49.99\00:33:52.99
the leaders there in
Cuba, and one of the leaders
00:33:53.03\00:33:55.40
called a gentleman
and said, "You need to go
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.47
down there and take care
of this problem tomorrow."
00:33:57.53\00:33:59.50
And he said, "I can't
go; I don't have a car. My
00:33:59.60\00:34:01.54
car's broken." He said,
"Rent a car. I'll pay for
00:34:01.64\00:34:04.21
it; you must go. You
must not delegate this
00:34:04.27\00:34:06.57
to anybody else. You
have to take care of it."
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.28
So this man rented a car,
went there the next morning,
00:34:09.41\00:34:12.95
and as he walked up to
this government building,
00:34:13.05\00:34:15.48
another official walked
up, walked in beside him, and
00:34:15.55\00:34:18.89
he looked at this pastor
and he said, "I know you!"
00:34:18.95\00:34:22.52
And the pastor said,
"I don't think I know
00:34:22.59\00:34:24.49
you." He says, "Oh,
no- I know you." He says,
00:34:24.59\00:34:26.93
"Well, how do you
know me?" He said, "Well,
00:34:27.00\00:34:28.56
many years ago in this
one city, we had come to
00:34:28.66\00:34:32.27
this house for a
vacation, and all the rooms were
00:34:32.33\00:34:34.77
rented except for one.
That one was not rented
00:34:34.90\00:34:36.97
because I had rented
it from my family and my
00:34:37.04\00:34:38.91
15-year-old daughter's
birthday. And while we
00:34:38.97\00:34:42.18
were in that house,
you preached meetings, and
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.81
the meetings were on
relationships, on marriage,
00:34:44.91\00:34:47.02
and all of these meetings
I listened to..." And he
00:34:47.08\00:34:51.12
said, "It changed my
life. And because of those
00:34:51.22\00:34:54.06
meetings," he said, "I
have practiced everything."
00:34:54.12\00:34:56.62
- Praise God. - And
he said, "You know what?
00:34:56.73\00:34:58.83
If this is your
people that are here that I'm
00:34:58.93\00:35:01.63
coming down to check
on," he said, "there'll be no
00:35:01.70\00:35:04.37
problem here today." He
said, "I will call back the
00:35:04.47\00:35:06.80
central government and I
will tell them there is no
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.20
issue here." And he
said, "These people, if they're
00:35:09.30\00:35:12.84
you're people," he said,
"you always pick the worst
00:35:12.94\00:35:15.84
in our communities
and you change our people
00:35:15.94\00:35:18.71
that are thieves and people
that are bad into good people."
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.82
- Oh, wow... - He
said, "What you have to do,
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.89
going forward, is not
only preach, but preach
00:35:23.99\00:35:26.79
as bold as you've ever
preached before, so you
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.42
can change lives in
this town." He said, "I came
00:35:29.52\00:35:32.03
here, but I came here as
your protector." - Praise
00:35:32.09\00:35:34.96
the Lord! - "From thereforth,"
he said, "there'll be no issues
00:35:35.03\00:35:36.87
in this town." So,
it shows you how God
00:35:36.97\00:35:39.60
and divine appointments
God gives. He also said,
00:35:39.70\00:35:42.30
"When I walked up
this morning, when I walked
00:35:42.40\00:35:44.54
in beside you, I felt
a peace like I'd never
00:35:44.64\00:35:46.57
felt before. And
then when I saw your face,
00:35:46.64\00:35:48.64
I knew why I had that
peace, because you were
00:35:48.74\00:35:51.41
this man that had
changed my life." - Praise God.
00:35:51.48\00:35:54.18
- So, it was just-
well, I told her that story.
00:35:54.25\00:35:56.52
I was like, that is
a God thing, because
00:35:56.58\00:35:58.85
there's no way that could've
been orchestrated to walk
00:35:58.95\00:36:01.06
up at the exact time,
and the exact people. I mean,
00:36:01.12\00:36:04.79
you could not even recreate
it. It's just a miracle.
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.93
- Absolutely. We hear
these stories, especially
00:36:08.06\00:36:10.80
from people who are
going on mission trips. We hear
00:36:10.90\00:36:13.97
so many miracle stories.
God is still in the miracle-
00:36:14.07\00:36:18.34
working business. But
you know, you're talking
00:36:18.41\00:36:21.18
about how the things,
the mission trips, and
00:36:21.28\00:36:25.81
the ministry you're
doing, how God uses your efforts
00:36:25.91\00:36:29.18
to change lives, but I'm
sitting here thinking about
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.72
the lives that are changed
just by gaining this experience.
00:36:32.82\00:36:38.79
This is amazing to
me, you know? If I had a
00:36:38.89\00:36:42.10
child- and unfortunately,
we were not able. I wanted
00:36:42.20\00:36:45.23
6! JD thought I was
crazy, but... [laughter] But!
00:36:45.33\00:36:49.70
If I had a child,
the two most important
00:36:49.84\00:36:53.31
things, I think, that
you can teach a child:
00:36:53.38\00:36:55.74
#1, I would teach them
to the love of the Lord and
00:36:55.84\00:37:00.42
how to have a personal
relationship with the Lord.
00:37:00.52\00:37:03.12
But the second thing
is, teach them a good work
00:37:03.25\00:37:08.36
ethic, because you can
be brilliant and fail at
00:37:08.46\00:37:12.06
life if you don't have
a good work ethic. Your
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.93
daddy... - Yeah. My
dad, he certainly taught us a
00:37:15.06\00:37:19.17
good work ethic. There
are three of us kids, and
00:37:19.27\00:37:21.44
all three are very productive
people, because we learned
00:37:21.54\00:37:24.61
early how to work and that
that was just part of life.
00:37:24.74\00:37:28.98
I remember, my goodness,
he'd make us go out there
00:37:29.11\00:37:32.08
and dig holes and
just cover the holes back
00:37:32.21\00:37:34.05
up! [laughter] Now,
you make some sense out of
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.05
that! But today...
You know, none of us are
00:37:36.12\00:37:39.85
lazy, and we kind of
look for things to do.
00:37:39.95\00:37:43.46
- You know, I think
that's so important-having a
00:37:43.56\00:37:45.79
good work ethic. In
fact, my girls, when they were
00:37:45.89\00:37:47.53
at Weimar, they were
out working one day on the
00:37:47.63\00:37:50.87
grounds. And one of the men
said, "Your daughters know how
00:37:50.97\00:37:52.93
to work!" And you know
what? That makes you so
00:37:53.03\00:37:54.64
proud when your kids know
how to work. And they came
00:37:54.77\00:37:57.47
home and I said, "Somebody
said you know how to work."
00:37:57.54\00:37:59.41
And they said, "Dad,
we don't work that hard."
00:37:59.47\00:38:01.18
So, the fact that
they know how to work is a
00:38:01.28\00:38:03.18
blessing-just an amazing
blessing just to know how
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.35
to work. You're
absolutely right. - And as we're
00:38:06.45\00:38:07.88
listening here, not only
are you learning bookwork,
00:38:07.95\00:38:11.15
but you're learning how
to sweat, also. Perspire,
00:38:11.25\00:38:14.89
perhaps, is a better
word. But in our days, it was...
00:38:14.96\00:38:18.63
But anyway, I think
it's so important that you do
00:38:20.10\00:38:23.63
have a vocational
program available. Now, how does
00:38:23.70\00:38:28.60
that work? You get up
at 8 o'clock- you start
00:38:28.70\00:38:31.17
your classes at 8 o'clock...
Is that right? - Yes. We
00:38:31.27\00:38:34.81
start our classes at
8, and we have our morning
00:38:34.88\00:38:36.91
worship, and then we go
till 1 in our classes. And
00:38:36.98\00:38:39.41
then, we have vocational
classes in the afternoon
00:38:39.48\00:38:42.48
if you signed up for that
in the beginning of the year.
00:38:42.65\00:38:44.52
But everyone has a
work education program; just
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.26
some of them are focused
on more like one task. Like
00:38:47.36\00:38:49.82
for me, it's just
flooring, so I'm not doing more
00:38:49.92\00:38:52.16
things in just flooring;
I'm just doing flooring
00:38:52.26\00:38:54.70
so I can learn that trade
for later on in life. - Amen.
00:38:54.80\00:38:57.73
- And everyone has a work
program, so at Weimar, the
00:38:57.83\00:39:01.34
students all learn how
to work and how to work hard
00:39:01.44\00:39:04.31
and get a good work ethic.
- Amen. So in other words,
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.21
you're good to go to
school, you get to work,
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.44
you get to go on mission
trips, you get to be involved
00:39:09.54\00:39:12.88
with the neighborhood... -
Yes. - What's the downside?
00:39:12.95\00:39:16.52
- I haven't found one
yet. - You probably sleep good
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.22
at night, because
you're tired. - Yeah. I haven't
00:39:20.32\00:39:23.59
found a downside yet. - Amen!
- Well, you know, you're getting
00:39:23.69\00:39:26.53
a spiritual education,
the academic education, and
00:39:27.86\00:39:31.63
then you're getting that
good work ethic and learning
00:39:31.70\00:39:33.64
how to minister. But now,
I don't think we've talked
00:39:33.74\00:39:36.67
about your choir
tours yet. Tell us-somebody
00:39:36.77\00:39:39.37
jump in and tell me about
that. - Well... [laughter]
00:39:39.54\00:39:44.31
Choir tour, we do it
every year. Usually around
00:39:44.41\00:39:47.68
Christmas time, we'll
plan to have a nice concert,
00:39:47.78\00:39:51.59
Christmas concert, and
we'll go... Last this year
00:39:51.69\00:39:56.69
of 2018, we went down
to SoCal, and we toured
00:39:56.79\00:40:03.47
all of the different churches
down there. It was really
00:40:03.57\00:40:05.87
a blessing to sing to them.
I love choir tours; I like to
00:40:05.93\00:40:09.44
sing, so it's just a blessing
to bless others with our
00:40:09.54\00:40:13.34
singing. - Amen! There's
a lot going on. You said...
00:40:13.44\00:40:17.78
- There IS a lot going
on. - You said that the motto
00:40:17.91\00:40:20.98
for the academy was proving
God right. Explain your motto.
00:40:21.08\00:40:27.52
- Well, I think that,
kind of, the story is by when
00:40:27.62\00:40:31.79
we enter into a relationship
with Christ, we see by following
00:40:31.86\00:40:35.56
what he's asked us to do
that there are those divine
00:40:35.66\00:40:38.57
appointments as He leads
our life. It's proving God
00:40:38.67\00:40:42.30
right, but it's basically-
it's just experiencing what
00:40:42.40\00:40:45.37
God has in store for
you... you know? I mean, when we
00:40:45.51\00:40:50.38
choose, like I mentioned,
you know, when we have
00:40:50.48\00:40:53.31
a trial in our life,
it's saying, "Lord, I'm going
00:40:53.38\00:40:56.55
to prove You through this
trial. You said you want the
00:40:56.65\00:40:58.92
best good for me. I
want to see what you have in
00:40:59.02\00:41:02.32
store for me to learn
through this trial. So
00:41:02.42\00:41:04.79
even the trials can
be such a great blessing.
00:41:04.89\00:41:07.66
Some of the biggest
trials in my life have seen God,
00:41:07.76\00:41:10.53
and I'm saying, "God, I
can trust You. I can trust
00:41:10.60\00:41:13.64
You through the
trials." And that's what proving
00:41:13.74\00:41:15.44
God right's all
about is experiencing that
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.04
He's good and that He
has your best interest
00:41:18.17\00:41:20.04
at heart, even when
it doesn't seem that way.
00:41:20.18\00:41:22.74
- He always has your
eternal benefit in mind,
00:41:22.81\00:41:25.01
too. That's the
most important thing. And
00:41:25.11\00:41:27.55
you know, that's something
good, because I think you
00:41:27.65\00:41:30.45
are, as proving God
right being the motto, it's so
00:41:30.55\00:41:35.06
important that you
learn to experience what Kirk
00:41:35.16\00:41:39.03
was just saying is
that- 'cause you know, you
00:41:39.13\00:41:41.50
see sometimes people whose
faith you think is okay until
00:41:41.60\00:41:46.84
they have a major
trial in their life, and then
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.07
they're like
Chicken Little. "Oh, the sky
00:41:50.14\00:41:51.84
is falling; the sky is
falling!" And you know,
00:41:51.91\00:41:55.28
this is when you got
to- when trials come your
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.81
way, I know that God
sees potential in us;
00:41:57.91\00:42:01.48
He allows us to go through
trials. He doesn't stop them
00:42:01.58\00:42:04.22
all, because He kind
of polishes the potential
00:42:04.32\00:42:07.16
in us, and we learn
faith and trust and we grow!
00:42:07.22\00:42:12.39
But always remember
Isaiah 26:3 that says-and God
00:42:12.46\00:42:18.67
says-that those who keep
their eyes focused on Him,
00:42:18.73\00:42:23.47
trusting in Him, He
will give perfect peace, even
00:42:23.54\00:42:27.04
in the midst of the
trial! But now, you've got...
00:42:27.14\00:42:30.88
I don't know if you
have a media department, but
00:42:31.01\00:42:34.48
I know that you guys
are posting on YouTube. Tell
00:42:34.55\00:42:36.99
us about your
YouTube channel. - Yeah, so
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.32
earlier in the year,
we went on a men's and
00:42:39.42\00:42:41.72
women's retreat. And
so the men, we went on a
00:42:41.82\00:42:44.89
rafting trip, and so we got
to go down one of the rivers
00:42:45.03\00:42:48.83
there near Weimar and
we... I think it was a
00:42:48.90\00:42:51.90
Class III rapids, and
we went down there. It
00:42:51.97\00:42:54.20
was really fun. We got
to... - Oh, call me next
00:42:54.30\00:42:56.30
time. I can't talk
him into it. [laughter]
00:42:56.40\00:42:59.21
- We have some...
We're in a beautiful area of
00:42:59.27\00:43:01.71
California. We have
three rivers... Well, three
00:43:01.81\00:43:04.51
branches of the
American River: the north, the
00:43:04.58\00:43:07.52
middle, and the
south fork of the American
00:43:07.58\00:43:09.08
River. And the world-class
rivers that are within
00:43:09.15\00:43:11.55
starting 15 minutes
from Weimar Academy. - Wow.
00:43:11.65\00:43:14.92
- And so we have five
rafts- six rafts at the academy?
00:43:15.02\00:43:18.53
we took the men and
their fathers on a...
00:43:18.66\00:43:20.70
It was a great trip. -
Yeah, it was a great bonding
00:43:20.80\00:43:23.00
experience; you
know, we had to learn how
00:43:23.10\00:43:24.43
to work together, to
maneuver the raft down
00:43:24.47\00:43:26.97
the rapids so you
don't hit a rock or get stuck
00:43:27.04\00:43:30.34
in the middle of the river.
[laughter] - Mention about
00:43:30.47\00:43:33.91
your GoPro. - Oh, yeah.
So... - And how you found
00:43:33.98\00:43:36.81
it. That was a miracle
in itself, to me. - Yeah.
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.28
So, when we were going
down this river- no, the...
00:43:39.41\00:43:43.45
Yeah, so I was- not a
GoPro, it's a drone. So,
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.12
I was filming the
men's retreat with my drone,
00:43:46.22\00:43:49.72
and I was flying it,
and I guess there was some
00:43:49.82\00:43:52.79
malfunction in the controls
and it ended up going and
00:43:52.86\00:43:55.36
crashing into a tree
on the side of the river.
00:43:55.46\00:43:57.50
We're going down this
road and we can't just
00:43:57.60\00:43:59.10
stop and get it,
because it wasn't... - Can't put
00:43:59.20\00:44:02.34
the breaks on! - Yeah,
exactly. [laughter] The
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.67
water takes you where
it wants to go. So, the
00:44:04.77\00:44:07.91
next day, I'm like,
"Man, I probably won't be able
00:44:08.01\00:44:10.25
to find this drone."
But the next day, a group
00:44:10.31\00:44:13.21
of guys and myself, we
went out and... - Well,
00:44:13.31\00:44:16.08
Gary said, "I know
the tree where it was in!"
00:44:16.18\00:44:18.42
- Yeah. So thankfully,
one of the guides of one
00:44:18.52\00:44:21.46
of the boats there
saw the drone crash, and
00:44:21.56\00:44:23.12
he knew exactly where
it was. He's done this
00:44:23.22\00:44:24.73
river thousands of
times, so he thought he knew
00:44:24.83\00:44:27.70
exactly where it was, but I
was still kind of skeptical.
00:44:27.80\00:44:29.56
We went out there, and
we prayed before we went and
00:44:29.66\00:44:31.93
tried to look for the
drone. And we immediately- the
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.70
first tree we looked
at, the drone was just right
00:44:34.80\00:44:36.74
there, and we were able
to get it. It was just a
00:44:36.87\00:44:39.27
miracle. - That IS
a miracle! [laughter]
00:44:39.37\00:44:41.74
- Yeah, I thought so,
too. They said, "Can we go?"
00:44:41.84\00:44:43.45
and I'm like, I'm thinking,
"You're wasting your time."
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.98
There's lots of trees,
and these trees are bigger
00:44:47.42\00:44:48.95
trees, like maybe 80 ft
tall, and there's lots of
00:44:49.05\00:44:52.05
trees; it's not like,
just two or three trees; it's
00:44:52.12\00:44:54.52
lined with trees. - Yeah,
so with the video: there's
00:44:54.62\00:44:58.53
a video about our motto and
proving God right, and that's
00:44:58.59\00:45:01.46
on our YouTube
channel. It's Weimar Academy.
00:45:01.53\00:45:04.77
If you search on
Weimar Academy, "Proving God
00:45:04.87\00:45:07.14
right," the video
is about what Weimar is
00:45:07.24\00:45:10.94
about, you know?-about
proving God right, how we
00:45:11.04\00:45:13.48
can trust God through
the trials and everything and
00:45:13.58\00:45:15.54
about the whole experience
at Weimar Academy. - Okay,
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.55
so if we go to
YouTube, then we search Weimar
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.12
Academy, do we need to
put in "proving God right,"
00:45:22.18\00:45:24.79
as well, or just...Weimar
Academy? - You can put
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.12
Weimar Academy, and it
should be the first video
00:45:27.19\00:45:28.72
to pop up there-under
Weimar Academy. - Okay,
00:45:28.82\00:45:31.33
and that's W-E-I-M-A-R-
Weimar Academy. - Yes.
00:45:31.39\00:45:35.66
- Where did the name
come from? - Came back from
00:45:35.76\00:45:39.53
a group that was
Weimar Indians- what is it?
00:45:39.63\00:45:41.74
- Yeah, there were
some Indians there that went
00:45:41.84\00:45:43.64
by the name Weimar,
and so when the Adventists
00:45:43.74\00:45:46.68
bought the property there,
they wanted to keep the name
00:45:46.78\00:45:48.68
of the Native Americans
and stuff. So, that's how
00:45:48.74\00:45:51.98
the name Weimar was
established. It's not
00:45:52.11\00:45:54.85
named after Weimar, Germany;
it's American Weimar there
00:45:54.92\00:45:59.55
in California. -
While the guys were doing
00:45:59.65\00:46:01.96
this trip, we had set
this up after the week
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.03
of prayer the
following weekend at the fall
00:46:04.09\00:46:05.99
week of prayer of 2018.
You might ask these young
00:46:06.06\00:46:08.90
ladies what they thought,
'cause we had them go on
00:46:08.96\00:46:10.77
a women's retreat. - And
what did y'all do? - Well,
00:46:10.83\00:46:14.64
we had Amanda Anguish
(she is a psychologist).
00:46:14.74\00:46:18.97
She came and talked to
us about, kind of like,
00:46:19.07\00:46:21.44
relationships and how we
should focus on a relationship
00:46:21.54\00:46:25.45
with God right now in
our lives. We also had
00:46:25.51\00:46:30.79
a fun thing that we
did; we had a tea party! So,
00:46:30.92\00:46:34.82
it was like the girl thing,
and the guys went rafting.
00:46:34.89\00:46:37.33
So, it was fun! - That
sounds just exactly the
00:46:37.43\00:46:42.03
difference between
boys and girls, doesn't it?
00:46:42.16\00:46:44.60
[laughter] - We had a
lot of girls that wanted
00:46:44.67\00:46:46.03
to take rafting. [laughter]
- That's so wonderful.
00:46:46.10\00:46:51.17
- One thing that's
caught my attention and that I
00:46:51.27\00:46:54.41
know here at 3ABN we
appreciate so much is
00:46:54.51\00:46:56.95
that we start every
day off with prayer. Prayer
00:46:57.05\00:46:59.55
is so important to our
lives here at 3ABN, and
00:46:59.65\00:47:05.49
the first thing that you
said- "This is the way we start
00:47:05.62\00:47:07.76
our day off; we start
our day off with praying"-
00:47:07.86\00:47:10.46
and then, we slip
in. Now, we've lost our
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.93
drone! First thing
you do is you pray. I know
00:47:14.03\00:47:17.70
that there's many parents
out there, that they would love
00:47:17.80\00:47:21.50
to hear that this is
a praying school-to hear
00:47:21.60\00:47:25.04
the motto. Do you
have a housing there, or is
00:47:25.11\00:47:31.31
this mostly for local-
the high school... - It's
00:47:31.41\00:47:35.88
a boarding and a day
school. So, we had 77
00:47:36.02\00:47:39.79
students, and I think
it's split down the middle;
00:47:39.89\00:47:42.99
about half is boarding
and about half is village. We
00:47:43.09\00:47:47.13
can accommodate, probably,
I guess 45 students in the
00:47:47.23\00:47:50.37
dorms, and the rest
is a lot of people in the
00:47:50.47\00:47:53.64
area, 'cause California-
there's a lot of Adventists
00:47:53.74\00:47:55.07
in the area, so there
are a lot of people who do
00:47:55.17\00:47:56.84
commute. - Okay, and I
want to get one thing in. Our
00:47:56.94\00:47:59.57
time is beginning to
run down. I know that when
00:47:59.67\00:48:02.64
you do these choir
tours and things, you've got
00:48:02.74\00:48:06.18
a nice bus that you
use! Relatively, a new bus-
00:48:06.21\00:48:12.49
newer than many
places', and this would be a bus
00:48:12.62\00:48:15.72
that would be good anywhere
in the United States except
00:48:15.79\00:48:19.69
California, because
California's got some
00:48:19.83\00:48:22.76
very, very tight regulations.
So, you're going to be forced
00:48:22.86\00:48:28.10
to sell this bus and purchase
a new one in the next year
00:48:28.17\00:48:31.94
or so. - Yes, ours is
a diesel bus, and it's a
00:48:32.04\00:48:35.91
Coach, but it will
not comply with California
00:48:35.98\00:48:38.78
regulations in the
next two years. So, we need
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.55
to sell that one to
another state and purchase one
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.75
that will abide by California
regulations. - Okay. And so,
00:48:43.85\00:48:47.79
there's going to be some
kind of a fundraising effort
00:48:47.92\00:48:50.76
for that, I'm
assuming, 'cause what is that-
00:48:50.86\00:48:53.13
about another 60,000
chunk of change? - It's
00:48:53.19\00:48:56.67
about $60,000, depending
on, also, what we could
00:48:56.77\00:48:59.53
sell our old bus for. - Sure.
- But that's probably about
00:48:59.60\00:49:03.57
a fair number. -
Okay. Well, I know that we
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.31
want to give the opportunity.
if you want to get in touch
00:49:06.37\00:49:10.41
with Weimar
Institute, you can call them or
00:49:11.21\00:49:15.38
email them or, you know,
maybe the Lord is impressing
00:49:15.48\00:49:19.82
you that "This is where
I'd like to send my child,"
00:49:19.92\00:49:23.06
or maybe YOU are a youth
who's watching and saying,
00:49:23.12\00:49:26.59
"Hey, I wanna go to
school here," because it is such
00:49:26.70\00:49:29.76
a great place. Or, perhaps
the Lord is impressing you
00:49:29.86\00:49:33.54
that maybe that you'd
like to make a donation to
00:49:33.64\00:49:37.47
this bus fund, here's
how you can get in touch with
00:49:37.57\00:49:40.34
them. - If you would
like to find out more about
00:49:40.41\00:49:44.41
Weimar Academy, their
evangelistic emphasis,
00:49:44.51\00:49:47.62
excellent academics,
health education, and
00:49:47.68\00:49:50.55
practical training,
just visit their website:
00:49:50.65\00:49:53.32
WeimarAcademy.org.
You'll find all sorts of
00:49:53.42\00:49:56.83
information, including
blogs from their mission trips,
00:49:56.93\00:49:59.69
how to apply for
school, and many ways to support
00:49:59.79\00:50:02.73
them. That website,
again, is WeimarAcademy.org.
00:50:02.83\00:50:07.10
You may also call them
at area code (530) 422-7947,
00:50:07.20\00:50:13.14
or write to them at
Weimar Academy, Post Office Box
00:50:13.24\00:50:16.71
486, Weimar, California 95736.
00:50:16.81\00:50:22.05