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, I'm Shelley
Quinn. I'm JD Quinn.
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And we are so glad that
you're joining us today.
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We've got some exciting news.
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It's really not that
new, but a lot of people
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don't know about it.
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So we're gonna
share that with you today.
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And I think you'll be inspired.
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I want to take this
opportunity on behalf of 3ABN
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to thank you for
your love and your prayers
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and your financial support
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because we certainly
couldn't do God's ministry
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at 3ABN without you.
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You're part of the family. Amen.
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And thank you. You know what?
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I wanna share
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one of my favorite
scriptures with you.
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Yes.
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I am always saying
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that God is the
God of new beginnings
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and people say,
"Well, what do you mean?"
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Well, let me read
from Isaiah 43:18-19.
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And I remember,
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when I first read this,
it was in the Amplified.
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I'm reading from the New King
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James Version right now,
in verse 18, Isaiah 43:18,
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he says, "Do not
remember the former things,"
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the way the
Amplified says it is,
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"Don't dwell on the past."
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And this is God speaking,
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"Nor considered
the things of old.
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Behold, I will do a new thing,
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now it shall spring
forth, shall you not know it?
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I will even make a
road in the wilderness
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and rivers in the desert."
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God is the God
of new beginnings.
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And sometimes
changes, new beginnings are,
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can be challenges.
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Be tough. They can be tough.
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But, you know,
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if we know that
God is there for us,
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walking us
every step of the way,
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I just want to talk to
somebody at home right now,
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you may be getting
ready to change the channel.
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And I wanna tell you something,
God has a plan for your life.
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He can give you a new beginning.
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And we've got
someone on the program today
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who's certainly
going to speak to that,
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a young man
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who was living in a junkyard.
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Yeah.
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And now is in
pastoral evangelism.
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It's so exciting.
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So let me introduce
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our special guests to you today.
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We have with us.
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And first let me
just kind of say this.
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You are with a
Christian missionary college
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that went through a
major change in 2014.
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And this was a doctrinal change,
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and attitudinal change,
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and a major
change, five years ago.
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Yes, just five years ago.
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But it's not all
that well known yet.
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And that's why
you're here with us today.
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So we have with
is Norbert Restrepo.
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And you are the
President of Hartland Institute.
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Yes.
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And it's a pleasure to be here,
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I thank 3ABN for
this wonderful opportunity
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to share with our
audience know the great things
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that God is doing on
behalf of Hartland Institute.
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And, you know, 3ABN
support your new direction.
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I mean, we're very
happy to see essentially,
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if I could just distill it down
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to say Hartland went
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from being an
independent ministry,
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to becoming a
supportive ministry
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And then we have Dr.
David Emerson with us.
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Dr. David, you are
the Medical Director
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as it were of
the Lifestyle Program
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at Hartland Institute.
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Is that correct?
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Yes, yes, we really, I'm
honored to be here and we,
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I really enjoy working
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with the patients
stand at Hartland.
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We move to this position
basically to be able to work
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with lifestyle
guests with a team.
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Yes.
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Individually, you
can't do all the things
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that a team can do.
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And the other
wonderful thing about Hartland
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is we get a chance
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to influence
young people teach them
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simple remedies and
more complex remedies.
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And these people,
these young people
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will be going all over the world
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as missionaries.
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We're gonna come back
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and get all of
that wonderful story
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in just a second.
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Then we have
also with is Rothy Et.
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And, Rothy, you
are from Cambodia.
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And literally when
you hear his story,
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you are going to be so amazed
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because he was
living in a junkyard.
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Left home at the age of 13
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because his parents
couldn't afford to keep him up.
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And they were Buddhists.
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Rothy became a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
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And now he is studying
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and his major is
pastoral evangelism.
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And he will be
returning to Cambodia
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when he graduates
from college in two years
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to evangelize there,
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and we're very
excited to have you, Rothy.
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So before we begin now,
you all like music I'm sure.
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And, as do our viewers,
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so honey, you
wanna introduce the song?
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Well, it's one of my
all-time favorite singers
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Miss Tammy Chance
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and Tammy is gonna be
singing "More Than Ever Before."
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Amen.
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You know it's true I love You
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More than words could ever show
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But forgive me,
Lord, for all the times
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I haven't told You so
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'Cause You mean everything to me
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Your pleasure I adore
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I want to live
each day in such a way
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You'll know I
love You more and more
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More than ever before
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Lord, I love You
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More than ever before
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Lord, I need You
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell You
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I love You now
more than ever before
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I loved You then
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I love You now
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But much more now than then
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And in the end between I find
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You became my dearest friend
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And with each
day You bring my way
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Joy I've never known before
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I want to live each day
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in such a way You'll know
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I love You more and more
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More than ever before
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Lord, I love You
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More than ever before
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Lord, I need You
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More than ever before,
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I've got to tell You
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I love You now
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell You
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I love You now
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More than ever before
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Man, my prayers that
whenever I get to be a big boy,
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I'd like to be
able to sing like that.
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She is just so anointed. She is.
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And, you know, one thing
that they heard ET Everett say
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is that Tammy never
has to be pitch corrected.
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She's just always
some perfect pitch.
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So, but we love her
dearly as our sister and to me,
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she's one of the best things
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that came out of
the Shelton family.
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Oh. Don't tell
him but I said that.
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Okay, well, if you're
just joining us today,
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we're very excited to be here
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to focus on some
important changes
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that have taken place
at Hartland Institute.
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Actually, five years ago,
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but I'm gonna I will
be the first to confess.
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I wasn't even aware of
them until I got the opportunity
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to meet these
wonderful gentlemen.
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So Norbert as President.
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Well, let's just back up.
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Tell us a little of
your own background?
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Did you grow up as a
Seventh-day Adventist
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or tell us your story?
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Yes, I had the
privilege of growing up
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in a Seventh-day
Adventist family.
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My dad grew up
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in a Seventh-day
Adventist family.
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His father and his
mother were amongst
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the first Seventh-day
Adventist in Columbia.
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My dad's uncle Jorge Rendon
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was one of the first
Adventist pastors native
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who work with Pastor Truman,
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when Columbia was just
been evangelized by missionary.
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So I had the
privilege of growing up
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in that type of a family.
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Okay, but when did you make
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that personal heart
connection with the Lord?
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When I was 22 years old,
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I remember it
was a Sunday evening
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and strange event,
the church was packed,
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even people standing in
the aisles and corridors.
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And there the message
was actually been delivered
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through a TV screen,
you know, we're on 3ABN,
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the power of the screen.
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The speaker was not there.
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But he shared from his heart,
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his belief in the soon
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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At the end of that message,
people started coming up.
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The first one was
the pastor's daughter,
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and just expressing
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how can I serve the Lord better?
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How that can I give my
life fully to the Lord?
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That night, I felt the
call to full time ministry.
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Praise God.
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So now you've
got a picture of you
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when you were a
little boy, I think,
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Norbert, you're the one in
the red cap in this picture.
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And this is your family, right?
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Where was this picture taken?
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This was in
front of Michigan Lake
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when my dad was
pursuing graduate studies
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at the seminary at
Andrews University.
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Okay.
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And my brother
and I and my sister,
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we were growing up
there, and learning English.
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And just life was so
special at that time.
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Amen.
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So now we're gonna fast forward,
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and you are married
and have two daughters.
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And I believe,
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we have a picture of
your beautiful family.
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Yes. So that's my family.
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My oldest daughter is 22.
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And our youngest daughter is 11.
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And it's a
privilege to be together
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in ministry as a family.
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Amen.
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Now tell us how you
started out in ministry?
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Well, shortly after I felt
the Lord's call in my life,
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the first thing I did
was to help my parents,
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they were missionaries
at that time in Venezuela.
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My mother is a
physician, medical doctor,
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my dad, a pastor,
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and they had a
mission school there
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and a lifestyle center.
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So my first step
was I will help them,
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I'll just be
available, you know, 24/7.
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And shortly after that,
two or three years after that,
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the Lord called me
even into ministry on my own
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because someone who knew
what we were doing as a family
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in Venezuela told me
if you go to Colombia,
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and do the very same work
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your parents are
doing in Venezuela,
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I will donate a farm.
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And so that happened.
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And in 1996, July
18, with Yvonne, my wife,
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and four other team members,
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we pioneered this
institution in Columbia,
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where we worked for 15 years.
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How exciting.
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How did you get to Hartland?
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Well, the Lord
blessed in Colombia,
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and I think it was the
result of that efforts.
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That was the
connecting link with Hartland
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because as they were
looking for a new president,
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they were looking
for possibilities.
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Someone mentioned my name.
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And we had at
that time 85 students
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as a secondary and
post-secondary level
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at this mission school,
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we had a lifestyle center
with about 20 health guests.
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We had two
vegetarian restaurants,
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a publishing ministry, a farm,
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and a very active
community outreach.
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So Hartland reached out,
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they were
looking for candidates,
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and they asked if I
was willing to be nominated
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to that position in 2010.
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Okay, what was that
nomination process like?
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They sent us quite a
long list of questions,
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and I say sent us
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because there
were several candidates
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for that nomination process.
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It was about 83 questions,
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as some of them
very interesting.
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In fact, one of the
questionnaires asked,
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"Are there any things,
standards or points of Hartland
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that you disagree with?"
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And I wrestle with
that one in particular,
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then I decided to
answer it, honestly,
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because I did
have some concerns,
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in terms of the
stuffy environment
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you sometimes
felt in certain circles
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where I grew up as a missionary
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and also in
self-supporting work.
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Okay, so you were very honest
with them about the things
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that you felt should be changed
for the glory of the Lord.
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Yes.
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And even though
you were very honest
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about all of these,
you still got the position?
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Yes.
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Which was a, you know,
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an evidence that God was
leading in that direction.
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Amen.
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And even a greater evidence,
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something that Norbert
shared with us a little earlier
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when we were in the green room,
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is that once he
was there as president,
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it didn't just change overnight.
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No, it was a transitional
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and it kind of
getting everybody on board.
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But tell us what happened
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when you were
in Berrien Springs?
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Okay, Berrien
Springs, you referred to that?
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Yes, we do.
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Berrien Springs was, as
I was growing up as a child
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in Andrews University.
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Oh, no, no, I'm
sorry, I'm sorry.
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No, I'm talking about with Ted.
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Okay. Very well.
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That was
Triadelphia Adventist Church.
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Okay.
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And I was invited
there to a health summit,
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regional health summit.
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And when I went there,
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I realized that there were
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quite a number of
denominational leaders,
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high church officers there.
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And that's when I
learned that this was the church
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where Elder Wilson
had his membership.
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Yes.
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As I walked in, I said, "Lord,
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if you want me
to meet someone here
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that could help Hartland move
to be a supportive ministry,
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please do so."
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And, you know, I had
just prayed that prayer,
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and I sat down at church
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and Elder Wilson sits beside me.
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Oh, that's amazing.
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And my heart
just started throbbing
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because I thought this
is the answer to prayer.
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I greet, Elder Wilson, I
gave him my business card.
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He took a look
at it and he smiled.
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Then he had, he was
one of the presenters.
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And during his
presentation, he made an appeal,
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that the Lord's
work will not be finished
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until pastors, lay
people are working together.
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Total member
involvement isn't it,
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you know, but that's
supporting ministries
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needed to be supportive
and that insubordinate.
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When he finished, he
sat back, right where I was.
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And I asked him at
the end of the service,
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"Elder Wilson,
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how can Hartland be
a supportive ministry."
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And that started the process.
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He said, "Lord wants to do
great things through Hartland,
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there are a few things
that we need to look at."
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And he said, "I will
send someone to visit with you
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so we can start a
process of dialogue."
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Well, tell us
about some of the changes
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that Hartland has made
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to become a supportive ministry?
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Well, some of the
changes, it's quite a list,
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but I'll mention
some of the major ones.
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The one of the major
ones was that in 2014,
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our board of
directors made the decision
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to change our tithe policy,
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so that it
would be in conformity
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to church policy.
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And what's church policy that
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tithe should be
sent to the conference
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for the support of
the worldwide mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And that supportive ministry
should only use donations,
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freewill offerings,
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so that we're not
in that competition
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because we're all supportive
of the mission of the church.
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That was one of the
most significant changes.
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Another change
was in the attitude.
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Our focus was to
train missionaries.
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And to train them to do
evangelism to do soul winning,
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we still had the
strong biblical foundation.
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But rather than pointing at
errors, or perceived errors,
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the things that
the church was doing,
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that's no longer our calling,
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you know, that's the
Lord's responsibility,
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and He has His
stewards within the church
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that are taking care of that.
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Our responsibility is to
share the everlasting gospel
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and train young people.
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And then what I was
really pleased to learn
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is that the doctrinal focus
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became more on
righteousness by faith.
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Amen.
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To me that, you know,
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I believe with all of my heart,
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that's the most
important message.
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That's the covenant
that God made with Abraham.
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And that's the one
that has gone all the way
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throughout the Bible.
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Unless we understand
righteousness by faith,
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we really can't preach
the everlasting gospel.
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It's so important because
it's so easy to in that effort
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to live a life that is
correct, that is perfect.
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We fall into the trap of trying
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to pull ourselves
by our bootstraps,
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and do obedience
to all these standards
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on our own effort.
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And religion
becomes a burden. Yes.
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Now when you find in Christ,
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His righteousness
is His forgiveness,
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His justification
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and His power
through the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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Then obedience
becomes a natural result.
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That His gratitude is not
an effort to reach a standard.
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Amen.
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It's a response of
God's work in our lives.
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It's a different focus.
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As God works in us to will
and to do His good pleasure.
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Amen. And very well put.
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Yes, amen.
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Okay, so, Dr. David Emerson,
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did you grow up
in a Christian home?
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No.
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Mike is my father.
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He's a chemist
and he eventually,
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he was raised Methodist,
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but they kind of eventually left
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because it was in the 50s.
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And there wasn't,
they didn't feel a need
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for religion at that point.
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We were coming
out of World War II,
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people were
becoming more prosperous.
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My mother came over
from Italy when she was five,
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she had a Catholic background.
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And so we really
didn't have a religious
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orientation growing up.
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Okay.
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I think I first
felt my need in college,
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going to school, away from home,
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away from the support,
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.01
feeling a need
for something more
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and starting to search then.
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While going to college,
00:20:55.78\00:20:57.19
I rent a room in a
house with a lot of people
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and they were selling drugs.
00:21:01.22\00:21:02.66
And so I had to get
out of... that was raided
00:21:02.69\00:21:05.36
and that was one
history I got to see a change.
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What happened with
that kind of lifestyle
00:21:09.23\00:21:12.77
I lived a year with the Moonies,
00:21:12.80\00:21:14.67
Reverend Moon, Sun Myung Moon
00:21:14.70\00:21:16.54
got to see what
that was all about.
00:21:16.57\00:21:18.94
And as I started
reading the scriptures
00:21:18.97\00:21:21.28
to see if what
he's saying was really,
00:21:21.31\00:21:23.75
with what the Bible said.
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Just as conviction
that I needed to leave
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got stronger and stronger,
00:21:28.52\00:21:29.85
and pretty soon I just
said, "Hey, I got to go."
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I prayed and fasted
and asked, the Lord says,
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"You know, Lord, you know,
00:21:35.59\00:21:36.93
isn't there a
church that twists,
00:21:36.96\00:21:39.89
that doesn't twist the scripture
00:21:39.93\00:21:41.26
to fit their doctrine,
00:21:41.30\00:21:42.63
but twist their
doctrine to fit the scripture."
00:21:42.66\00:21:45.30
And an answer to that prayer.
00:21:45.33\00:21:47.04
My mom said, "You know, Dave,
00:21:47.07\00:21:49.07
I talked to
somebody and they said
00:21:49.10\00:21:50.44
that if you're
interested in medicine,
00:21:50.51\00:21:51.84
you should visit
the Adventist church
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'cause they have
churches all over the world."
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I never heard of
an Adventist Church.
00:21:54.88\00:21:56.75
I said, "Okay, I'll go visit."
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So I went there and
9:30, 10 o'clock, 11:00,
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nobody showed up.
00:22:01.58\00:22:02.92
I called my mom and
said, "Mom, nobody showed up."
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.29
She says, "What, Dave,
you got to go on Saturday,
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.22
can't go on Sunday."
00:22:06.25\00:22:07.66
You can be there.
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.26
So I got to meet them and then
00:22:09.29\00:22:11.63
through a long process
00:22:11.66\00:22:13.06
eventually came into the church.
00:22:13.09\00:22:14.66
Okay, so you went on
and got your medical degree
00:22:14.70\00:22:17.80
and tell us a little
bit about your service
00:22:17.83\00:22:20.57
as a medical doctor?
00:22:20.64\00:22:23.17
After residency
at Kettering in Ohio,
00:22:23.20\00:22:27.38
my wife and I went
immediately to Guam,
00:22:27.41\00:22:30.25
and we were able to settle
out there for about eight years,
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beautiful place.
00:22:32.31\00:22:34.32
But after World War II,
00:22:34.35\00:22:35.92
they didn't have
diabetes or heart disease.
00:22:35.95\00:22:37.82
But after World War II,
00:22:37.85\00:22:39.19
they adopted American lifestyle.
00:22:39.22\00:22:40.56
And now diabetes, number one,
00:22:40.59\00:22:41.96
heart disease,
number two problems.
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.16
So I was working
as an internist there
00:22:44.23\00:22:47.30
in internal medicine,
00:22:47.33\00:22:48.66
but we set up an
afterhours lifestyle program,
00:22:48.70\00:22:52.37
people would come after work
00:22:52.40\00:22:54.14
and they could come
'cause they're all local,
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.44
the island's only 30 miles
by 15 miles wide, tiny place.
00:22:56.47\00:22:59.11
Yes, yes.
00:22:59.14\00:23:00.68
And they'd be, you know,
they get a health nugget,
00:23:00.71\00:23:04.28
they get a cooking
class, food and all and then,
00:23:04.31\00:23:08.35
and then they would go
home for two weeks we do before
00:23:08.38\00:23:10.32
and after labs, and they would,
they would do that very well.
00:23:10.39\00:23:14.49
And so we saw
tremendous response...
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Let me hit the
pause button right there
00:23:17.26\00:23:18.79
'cause there's
probably a lot of people
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.60
who don't really understand
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.33
what lifestyle is
00:23:22.36\00:23:23.77
when we're talking
about lifestyle programs.
00:23:23.80\00:23:26.40
And when you said
they did very well,
00:23:26.43\00:23:28.94
you're talking about diabetics
and people with heart disease.
00:23:28.97\00:23:32.67
Who saw vast improvement
because of dietary changes,
00:23:32.71\00:23:38.18
and that's what we're talking
about here with lifestyle.
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And what kind of
diet were you suggesting?
00:23:40.85\00:23:44.19
Well, we do a plant-based diet,
00:23:44.22\00:23:46.86
eliminate the meat, the
dairy, and the free oils
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.52
that was very effective in
helping reduce blood sugars.
00:23:49.56\00:23:53.33
Blood sugars come down
usually in three to four days.
00:23:53.40\00:23:55.53
Blood pressure was usually
00:23:55.56\00:23:56.90
kind of the
last thing to change.
00:23:56.97\00:23:58.30
It was maybe one or
two weeks down the road.
00:23:58.33\00:24:00.07
We do before and after lab draws
00:24:00.14\00:24:01.57
and see dramatic
drops in cholesterol.
00:24:01.60\00:24:04.21
Weight would drop usually,
the first week they would
00:24:04.24\00:24:07.98
maybe lose 8 to 10 pounds,
but most of that was water.
00:24:08.01\00:24:11.11
Then after that it was
about one to two pounds a week
00:24:11.15\00:24:13.55
and dramatic responses.
00:24:13.62\00:24:16.35
Yes.
00:24:16.38\00:24:17.72
So people, did you have anybody
00:24:17.75\00:24:19.22
that actually
reversed their diabetes?
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.79
Yes, yes, many people.
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.63
We would be able
to taper them off
00:24:23.66\00:24:25.43
their medications.
00:24:25.46\00:24:27.93
One case
actually was in Oklahoma,
00:24:27.96\00:24:30.87
diabetic she was like 350 pounds
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.67
and 5 foot 3 and diabetic,
00:24:33.74\00:24:37.01
blind from her diabetes
00:24:37.04\00:24:38.84
and high blood pressure and all
00:24:38.87\00:24:41.88
and we shared these
principles with her,
00:24:41.91\00:24:44.15
explained about
insulin resistance
00:24:44.18\00:24:45.85
and plant-based
diet, how it would work.
00:24:45.88\00:24:48.15
And she had a very
supportive husband.
00:24:48.18\00:24:50.12
She did something
totally unheard of.
00:24:50.19\00:24:52.69
Never dreamed you do.
00:24:52.72\00:24:54.06
She actually did
what we asked her to do.
00:24:54.09\00:24:56.39
So it's pretty exciting.
00:24:56.42\00:24:58.23
In two years, she
lost about a pound a week,
00:24:58.26\00:25:01.26
she lost about 100 pounds
in a wheelchair, no exercise.
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.87
She was in a wheelchair,
her knees are hurting,
00:25:04.90\00:25:07.67
blood sugars came down,
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.07
we were able to get her
off her insulin about a year,
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.94
off her cholesterol medicines
and a blood pressure medicines
00:25:11.97\00:25:14.28
we took, got her off those.
00:25:14.31\00:25:16.01
And as soon as
she lost the weight,
00:25:16.04\00:25:17.85
the orthopedic surgeon said,
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.21
yeah, we can do
surgery on her now,
00:25:19.25\00:25:20.62
her weight's down.
00:25:20.65\00:25:21.98
They replaced her knee
and she started walking again.
00:25:22.02\00:25:23.79
Praise God. Praise God.
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.82
So you went from
Guam to Oklahoma.
00:25:25.85\00:25:28.39
You were actually
in the private practice
00:25:28.42\00:25:30.43
in Oklahoma.
00:25:30.46\00:25:31.79
How did you end up at Hartland?
00:25:31.83\00:25:34.20
Well, we worked at in
Oklahoma for about eight years.
00:25:34.23\00:25:39.73
And we got called to
another lifestyle center.
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.30
We worked there
for about three years.
00:25:42.34\00:25:43.71
And then our parents were aging.
00:25:43.74\00:25:45.37
And so we came to
our ancestral home,
00:25:45.41\00:25:47.68
which how I guess my
ancestors came over in 1700s
00:25:47.71\00:25:51.45
from Austria and had a farm
00:25:51.48\00:25:54.15
and so we started
taking care of my mom and dad.
00:25:54.22\00:25:56.82
He was a chemist for DuPont
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.02
and he's retired
now and they passed away
00:25:59.05\00:26:03.06
and we started
fixing up the farm
00:26:03.09\00:26:04.96
and trying to get a home office
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.59
to do lifestyle
ministry out of our home.
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.73
And then I got a call
from Dr. John Kelly inviting me
00:26:09.76\00:26:12.83
to come down and
help out at Hartland.
00:26:12.87\00:26:15.07
They were about two
and a half hours away.
00:26:15.10\00:26:17.01
So we would commute,
00:26:17.04\00:26:18.37
we'd see the
patients do the histories
00:26:18.41\00:26:19.74
and physicals and then
do the health cultures.
00:26:19.77\00:26:21.11
What year was this?
00:26:21.14\00:26:22.48
2013. 2013.
00:26:22.51\00:26:23.85
Okay.
00:26:23.88\00:26:25.21
So this is just about the time
00:26:25.25\00:26:26.58
all of this
transition is taking place.
00:26:26.61\00:26:28.82
Definitely. It's
around that time period.
00:26:28.85\00:26:30.19
All right.
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.55
And then when did you
actually come on board?
00:26:31.59\00:26:34.29
Well, about 2014, probably.
00:26:34.32\00:26:38.26
We were there
fairly consistently
00:26:38.29\00:26:40.80
seeing the patients,
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.16
we're there for much of the time
00:26:42.20\00:26:43.67
and then the time
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.03
that we're at
home up in Maryland,
00:26:45.07\00:26:47.37
we do video conference,
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.77
we do this lectures
over zoom conference.
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.61
And...
00:26:50.64\00:26:51.97
Okay, well, we're
gonna come back and hit that
00:26:52.01\00:26:53.38
and, Rothy, I'm
gonna save your story
00:26:53.41\00:26:55.78
because you don't
wanna miss Rothy story
00:26:55.81\00:26:58.65
when he was
living in a garbage dump.
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.78
But it's so good.
00:27:01.82\00:27:03.15
I'm gonna save it a
little bit toward the last
00:27:03.18\00:27:04.85
as we talk about
the missionary focus.
00:27:04.89\00:27:07.82
Let's look at, you brought
a little video about Hartland.
00:27:07.86\00:27:12.56
We want to talk about all
that Hartland is offering.
00:27:12.59\00:27:16.77
So we're gonna
start off with this video.
00:27:16.80\00:27:19.27
Hartland College is a
different kind of school.
00:27:19.30\00:27:22.04
It's a special place
with a special purpose
00:27:22.07\00:27:24.57
and a special kind of training.
00:27:24.61\00:27:26.51
Students come to
Hartland from all over the world
00:27:26.54\00:27:29.11
to receive hands-on
health and evangelism education
00:27:29.14\00:27:33.08
that prepares them to
serve in the most ordinary
00:27:33.11\00:27:36.38
to the most
difficult situations.
00:27:36.42\00:27:39.19
Hartland offers five
majors and the number of degree
00:27:39.22\00:27:43.06
and certificate options
00:27:43.09\00:27:44.93
including online
distance learning.
00:27:44.96\00:27:47.50
Our motto is educating
for eternity serving today.
00:27:47.53\00:27:51.70
For qualifying students
00:27:51.73\00:27:53.34
who desire to be
trained to serve the Lord
00:27:53.37\00:27:55.50
but cannot
afford to pay tuition,
00:27:55.54\00:27:57.61
Hartland offers a Missionary
Training Fund called MTF.
00:27:57.64\00:28:01.71
This fund
sponsors student candidates
00:28:01.74\00:28:04.45
who make a commitment
00:28:04.48\00:28:05.81
to serve as missionaries
00:28:05.85\00:28:07.32
in their country of origin
00:28:07.35\00:28:08.82
for at least three
years upon graduation.
00:28:08.85\00:28:11.85
Each year a number of students
are able to enroll for classes.
00:28:11.89\00:28:15.66
Thanks to the investment
made to MTF by people like you.
00:28:15.69\00:28:19.69
Hi, my name is Lanardo
Rolle, and I'm from the Bahamas
00:28:19.73\00:28:22.83
and I came to Hartland
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.20
to study the
Health Ministry major,
00:28:24.27\00:28:25.63
so I can return
back to my country
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.34
and help those in need.
00:28:27.37\00:28:29.07
I'd like to say
thank you to the donors
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.34
of the Missionary Training Fund.
00:28:31.37\00:28:33.38
You have made it possible
for me to come here to study.
00:28:33.41\00:28:35.81
Thank you very much.
00:28:35.84\00:28:37.18
Hello, my name
is Alyona Vlasova,
00:28:37.25\00:28:39.31
and I'm student from Russia
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.15
and I'm studying
the media ministry
00:28:41.18\00:28:42.98
at Hartland College.
00:28:43.02\00:28:44.35
I came to Hartland to discover
how can I develop my art skills
00:28:44.39\00:28:50.13
and media was a
great option for that.
00:28:50.16\00:28:53.73
I think MTF for helping me
to study at Hartland College.
00:28:53.80\00:28:57.67
My name is Kevin Condori.
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.53
I am from Argentina.
00:28:59.57\00:29:01.30
And my major is
pastoral evangelism.
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.74
The reason why
I came to Hartland
00:29:03.81\00:29:06.11
is because
Hartland train missionaries
00:29:06.14\00:29:08.54
and I wanna be a missionary.
00:29:08.58\00:29:10.88
And thanks to MTF, my
dreams are coming true.
00:29:10.95\00:29:14.78
Hello my name is Soriya
Sem, and I came from Cambodia
00:29:14.82\00:29:18.82
and I came here to
Hartland to take education major
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.79
and teaching is
my aim and my goal
00:29:21.82\00:29:23.73
to bring them to God
00:29:23.76\00:29:25.09
and specially to see
them with a future life.
00:29:25.13\00:29:29.03
And last point I
thank you for MTF
00:29:29.06\00:29:31.53
that I can be here
because they sponsored me.
00:29:31.57\00:29:34.94
You are invited to help
00:29:34.97\00:29:36.37
transform the
life of a young person
00:29:36.40\00:29:38.34
and those they will
touch with the love of Jesus
00:29:38.37\00:29:41.31
by investing in
practical evangelistic education
00:29:41.34\00:29:44.58
for a student who
wants to be a missionary,
00:29:44.61\00:29:47.68
but cannot afford
tuition at Hartland College.
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.79
Visit our donation page
00:29:50.82\00:29:52.45
to help more young
people study at Hartland College
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.79
through MTF funding.
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.83
Thank you for your support.
00:29:57.86\00:30:00.53
You know, it's a
beautiful location here.
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.57
And certainly
there's, they offer so much.
00:30:09.60\00:30:12.37
But we just wanted to emphasize
00:30:12.41\00:30:15.01
because of the changes
that have happened at Hartland.
00:30:15.04\00:30:18.48
They are now members of OCI,
00:30:18.51\00:30:20.82
which is Outpost
Centers International.
00:30:20.85\00:30:24.95
And Steven Grabiner,
who is President of OCI
00:30:24.99\00:30:30.33
actually serves
on your board now,
00:30:30.36\00:30:32.73
as does Elder Jay
Gallimore, who is someone
00:30:32.76\00:30:37.57
who's recently
joined your board.
00:30:37.60\00:30:39.70
And you all know
00:30:39.73\00:30:41.20
what a wonderful
man of God Jay is.
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.61
So we see that just
the board of directors,
00:30:43.64\00:30:48.11
the whole leadership,
the focus has changed.
00:30:48.14\00:30:51.41
Tell us a little
more about the college?
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.28
We thank the Lord
for that transition,
00:30:53.31\00:30:55.05
which was led by His providence.
00:30:55.08\00:30:57.42
I remember early
in 2011, three months
00:30:57.49\00:31:00.19
after I was in this
position of responsibility
00:31:00.26\00:31:03.63
that Dr. Agatha Thrash came by,
00:31:03.66\00:31:05.69
and she wanted to visit with me,
00:31:05.73\00:31:07.20
she was still alive.
00:31:07.23\00:31:08.56
She has been a
very influential person
00:31:08.60\00:31:10.17
in my life and our family.
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.00
And she said, "Hartland
is a wonderful ministry
00:31:12.03\00:31:15.30
serving young people,
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.84
but it would be so
much more effective
00:31:16.91\00:31:18.64
if it was working
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.01
with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:31:20.08\00:31:21.88
Please pray about this
00:31:21.91\00:31:23.38
and see what you
can do about it."
00:31:23.45\00:31:24.95
Bless her heart.
00:31:24.98\00:31:26.31
And shortly afterwards,
00:31:26.35\00:31:27.68
Amazing Facts
evangelist came to visit us.
00:31:27.72\00:31:30.09
And he said the
very same things.
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.25
So I started praying about this
00:31:32.29\00:31:33.86
and shortly
afterwards was the encounter
00:31:33.89\00:31:35.82
that I mentioned previously.
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.63
So that, you know...
00:31:37.66\00:31:38.99
And I forgot to mention
earlier when you were talking
00:31:39.03\00:31:41.20
about Elder Wilson
sat down next to you,
00:31:41.23\00:31:43.67
for those of you
00:31:43.70\00:31:45.03
who are not Seventh-day
Adventist Christians,
00:31:45.07\00:31:47.24
Elder Wilson is the President
of the General Conference.
00:31:47.27\00:31:52.24
And I mean, that's
the World Conference
00:31:52.27\00:31:55.01
for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:31:55.04\00:31:57.25
and we have like 19
million plus members now.
00:31:57.28\00:32:01.08
So go ahead.
00:32:01.12\00:32:03.39
So Elder Wilson encouraged
us to dialogue at all levels,
00:32:03.42\00:32:06.49
which we were doing, we
were dialoguing with OCI,
00:32:06.52\00:32:09.19
with ASI, with
our local conference,
00:32:09.22\00:32:11.76
with Elder Bill Miller,
00:32:11.79\00:32:13.29
we've had several conversations,
00:32:13.33\00:32:15.83
just trying to change
the negative perception
00:32:15.86\00:32:19.00
that was there
because of a past history.
00:32:19.03\00:32:22.14
And it has been a great blessing
00:32:22.17\00:32:24.41
to be able to show
our local churches,
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.84
local conference,
and union and so forth
00:32:27.88\00:32:31.08
that our focus has changed.
00:32:31.11\00:32:34.12
And it has
changed in a positive way,
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.08
in a positive way.
00:32:36.12\00:32:37.49
We're not straying away
00:32:37.52\00:32:38.85
from the
fundamental biblical beliefs
00:32:38.89\00:32:40.56
that bring us together.
00:32:40.59\00:32:41.92
But our focus on
Christ's righteousness,
00:32:41.96\00:32:44.43
and on serving the world church
00:32:44.46\00:32:46.23
in a supportive way
has definitely changed.
00:32:46.26\00:32:48.43
Amen. Glory to God.
00:32:48.46\00:32:50.10
So tell us a little bit more
00:32:50.17\00:32:51.53
'cause the
video went by so fast,
00:32:51.57\00:32:53.37
you have the college,
you have the lifestyle,
00:32:53.44\00:32:57.11
you've got so many
different programs.
00:32:57.14\00:32:58.84
Tell us about that,
00:32:58.87\00:33:00.21
kind of
elucidate on that a little?
00:33:00.28\00:33:02.21
Yes, our two main programs
on our campus are the college,
00:33:02.24\00:33:06.82
the missionary college
and the lifestyle center.
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.98
We do run a
number of other programs,
00:33:09.02\00:33:11.49
we have a total
of 18 departments
00:33:11.52\00:33:13.76
that range from a day academy,
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.82
evangelistic
magazine, a farm, a youth camp
00:33:15.86\00:33:20.23
that goes once a
year in the month of June
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.50
and great exciting things.
00:33:22.53\00:33:24.17
But the missionary college
00:33:24.20\00:33:25.53
and the lifestyle
center are our main focuses.
00:33:25.57\00:33:28.44
With the missionary
college, we also found something
00:33:28.47\00:33:30.94
that has led us to a
major change recently,
00:33:30.97\00:33:34.11
which is that now we
are seeking accreditation.
00:33:34.18\00:33:36.98
And the reason
for that is because
00:33:37.05\00:33:38.81
we want to equip our
youth to be able to serve.
00:33:38.85\00:33:43.28
And in our modern
society, you have to be licensed
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.35
to be able to perform
in the medical professions,
00:33:46.39\00:33:49.46
even as an educator
you have to be certified.
00:33:49.49\00:33:51.96
So we found that
this was hindering
00:33:51.99\00:33:54.03
the
effectiveness of our graduates
00:33:54.10\00:33:56.80
in terms of the
sphere of influence
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.17
where they could work at.
00:33:59.20\00:34:00.57
So in October of last year,
our board voted unanimously
00:34:00.64\00:34:05.37
to seek accreditation.
00:34:05.41\00:34:06.78
So please pray for that.
00:34:06.81\00:34:09.51
I know that a lot of
people see accreditation
00:34:09.54\00:34:11.65
as synonymous of compromise.
00:34:11.68\00:34:13.52
But it doesn't have to
be that way, it doesn't.
00:34:13.55\00:34:15.08
You know, Weimar was just
accredited by the same people
00:34:15.12\00:34:19.52
who gave accreditation
to Harvard University,
00:34:19.55\00:34:24.76
and, you know what?
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.13
Stanford. Oh, Stanford.
00:34:26.16\00:34:27.50
And you know what?
00:34:27.53\00:34:28.86
The people who came out
to do the accreditation,
00:34:28.90\00:34:32.33
marveled at the gospel influence
00:34:32.37\00:34:36.50
in how they worked in
the community and said,
00:34:36.54\00:34:39.31
"You all really
practice what you preach."
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.68
And I know you all do as well.
00:34:41.71\00:34:43.55
So I don't see it
as a compromise at all.
00:34:43.58\00:34:46.41
I see it as some way
00:34:46.45\00:34:48.62
that we can expand our influence
00:34:48.65\00:34:52.02
in many areas.
00:34:52.05\00:34:53.99
And I just have
to give a shout out
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.83
if I imagine Patti Barnes,
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.96
is she the director of
your Midwifery program?
00:34:58.99\00:35:01.63
She is the director
of our Midwifery program.
00:35:01.66\00:35:03.87
And we're so thankful as well
for the divine design programs
00:35:03.90\00:35:08.57
that she's, you know,
00:35:08.60\00:35:09.94
the host of those programs
and have been a blessing.
00:35:10.01\00:35:12.27
And that's one of
the unique programs
00:35:12.31\00:35:13.98
that we have at Hartland
00:35:14.01\00:35:15.34
that also was crucial
in seeking accreditation
00:35:15.38\00:35:19.48
because midwives need to
be accredited because that's,
00:35:19.51\00:35:23.39
basically it's a
clinical practice
00:35:23.42\00:35:24.92
even though it's
not done at homes.
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.96
Well, we just Patti, you know,
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.56
we love you here
and divine design,
00:35:28.59\00:35:31.06
if you haven't
seen it yet it is,
00:35:31.09\00:35:33.53
we get calls from
doctors and people, clinics.
00:35:33.60\00:35:39.43
People love that.
00:35:39.47\00:35:40.84
I mean, I don't
know how anybody,
00:35:40.87\00:35:42.97
the first time I saw
a couple of episodes,
00:35:43.00\00:35:45.31
she sent us samples.
00:35:45.34\00:35:46.88
And I said, "I don't know
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.24
how anybody
couldn't believe in God
00:35:48.28\00:35:50.55
as the creator as she takes you
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.78
through the development
of the baby in the womb
00:35:52.81\00:35:56.28
and all of the
things that God is done."
00:35:56.32\00:35:58.85
She's an amazing
person, we love her.
00:35:58.89\00:36:01.49
So your school,
00:36:01.52\00:36:04.16
one of the things that you
have is the pastoral evangelism,
00:36:04.23\00:36:08.96
tell us about the missionary?
00:36:09.00\00:36:12.67
I guess
scholarships that you have?
00:36:12.70\00:36:16.00
The first thing I would
like to emphasize is that
00:36:16.04\00:36:18.21
every single student,
00:36:18.24\00:36:19.87
no matter what major they take,
00:36:19.91\00:36:22.24
will receive deep
biblical knowledge.
00:36:22.28\00:36:25.38
Amen. And also
outreach experiences.
00:36:25.41\00:36:27.68
So all of our students,
regardless of their major,
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.09
will know how
to study the Bible,
00:36:30.12\00:36:32.09
how to give Bible
studies, how to knock on doors,
00:36:32.12\00:36:34.59
how to be medical missionaries,
comprehensive health ministry.
00:36:34.62\00:36:38.26
You know, they're going to
be developed in all those areas.
00:36:38.29\00:36:41.10
On a weekly basis
they have to do outreach.
00:36:41.13\00:36:43.70
On a weekly basis
they're studying the Bible
00:36:43.77\00:36:45.87
as one of the core
courses in their program.
00:36:45.90\00:36:49.64
Amen.
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.01
And then they
have their academics
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.37
in the specific field
where they're being trained.
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.38
Now, the Missionary
Training Fund is a scholarship
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.88
that is offered to young people
00:36:56.95\00:36:58.65
who can't afford to pay
tuition is a 50% scholarship,
00:36:58.68\00:37:03.22
but the other part they can pay
00:37:03.25\00:37:04.59
as they're participating
of the vocational training.
00:37:04.62\00:37:08.39
And through that program,
00:37:08.42\00:37:10.06
students like Rothy
can come and be blessed
00:37:10.13\00:37:13.26
so they can go back
and spread the gospel
00:37:13.29\00:37:16.46
in their home country,
00:37:16.50\00:37:17.83
which goes perfectly
well with our vision,
00:37:17.87\00:37:20.14
which is Hartland
alumni serving in every nation
00:37:20.17\00:37:23.51
in support of the
mission and ministry
00:37:23.54\00:37:26.14
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:37:26.17\00:37:28.01
to prepare a world for
Christ's Second Coming.
00:37:28.04\00:37:30.75
Only that way, by
training young people to go back
00:37:30.78\00:37:34.22
and share the
gospel can we further
00:37:34.25\00:37:36.35
and fulfill that vision.
00:37:36.38\00:37:37.89
All right, Rothy, I
know that you were born
00:37:37.92\00:37:42.39
into a large Buddhist family.
00:37:42.42\00:37:45.36
And when you
were just a 13 was it
00:37:45.39\00:37:48.06
that your mother and
your parents lost their job
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.87
and you went out on your own
00:37:50.90\00:37:52.73
because they
couldn't support you.
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.67
You ended up at a garbage dump.
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.74
Tell us about that?
00:37:56.81\00:37:58.81
Yeah.
00:37:58.84\00:38:00.18
So first I wanna tell you
about little bit my background.
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.55
So I grew up with a big family
00:38:03.58\00:38:06.35
and also with a Buddhist family.
00:38:06.38\00:38:09.15
And I remember that
time when I was like 13, 12,
00:38:09.18\00:38:12.42
or 13 years old,
00:38:12.45\00:38:13.86
I left my family
because that time my parents
00:38:13.89\00:38:16.59
they lost their job
00:38:16.62\00:38:17.99
and my family getting poor
and nobody support the family.
00:38:18.03\00:38:21.43
And this is in Cambodia?
00:38:21.46\00:38:22.93
Yeah, in Cambodia.
00:38:22.96\00:38:24.30
So I decided to leave
home not because I hate them
00:38:24.33\00:38:26.57
but because I
wanted to help them
00:38:26.60\00:38:28.64
even though I'm still young.
00:38:28.67\00:38:30.31
So, and I decided to go
00:38:30.34\00:38:34.28
because I didn't
know where I'm going
00:38:34.31\00:38:35.91
and what I'm going to do because
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.75
I just wanna go and
find some jobs to do
00:38:37.78\00:38:40.72
so they can get
some little monies
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.95
to help my parents.
00:38:42.98\00:38:44.32
So the way that I
live, the way that it is,
00:38:44.35\00:38:47.56
I just live on the
street and I didn't buy one time
00:38:47.59\00:38:51.49
when I get really
hungry because I'm so hungry
00:38:51.53\00:38:55.26
that time so I don't
know what I'm gonna do so
00:38:55.30\00:38:57.57
I just go to the
trashcan and get some food
00:38:57.60\00:39:01.97
and some things
to eat from that.
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.21
And at night I don't know
00:39:04.24\00:39:06.14
because in
Cambodia is like rain a lot
00:39:06.17\00:39:09.31
so I don't know
where I'm gonna sleep
00:39:09.34\00:39:10.85
so I just live under the
tree and some time I sweat.
00:39:10.88\00:39:14.92
And I just live there.
00:39:14.95\00:39:18.42
Which you ended up
at the garbage dump
00:39:18.45\00:39:20.79
and some Korean missionaries
00:39:20.86\00:39:23.16
they were
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:39:23.19\00:39:26.23
who were missionaries from Korea
00:39:26.26\00:39:28.96
and they came
to the garbage dump
00:39:29.00\00:39:31.57
and you met them tell us
what happened after you met?
00:39:31.60\00:39:34.64
Yeah.
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.00
So I spent like
five to six years
00:39:36.04\00:39:38.34
in the garbage dump.
00:39:38.37\00:39:39.77
So I lived there
not like many people,
00:39:39.81\00:39:43.11
many kids they lived
there because a lot of kids
00:39:43.14\00:39:46.35
they left their family
00:39:46.38\00:39:47.78
and also some
time their family dies
00:39:47.82\00:39:50.39
so they just go
there and stay there.
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.19
So I'm one of them.
00:39:52.22\00:39:53.69
So we live there like mostly
00:39:53.76\00:39:57.73
we get up very early
00:39:57.76\00:39:59.09
because all the
truck they go there
00:39:59.13\00:40:01.46
to dump the trash
in that like that.
00:40:01.50\00:40:04.77
So around 1 or 2
o'clock midnight still
00:40:04.80\00:40:08.60
need to get up early
to collect all the can
00:40:08.64\00:40:11.71
and all the plastic to sell.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.68
And I remember a time
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.84
I get like less than $1 per day.
00:40:15.88\00:40:18.85
So it's not a lot of money
00:40:18.88\00:40:20.62
but because the
thing is I need to
00:40:20.65\00:40:23.28
and that money I
didn't spend it all,
00:40:23.32\00:40:25.29
I just keep all of them
00:40:25.32\00:40:26.65
to save it until
the end of the month,
00:40:26.69\00:40:28.79
so that I can
send it to my family.
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Amen. Oh, how precious.
00:40:30.66\00:40:32.39
The food and also
the place that I stay,
00:40:32.43\00:40:34.60
like I told you already
that the food that I get
00:40:35.63\00:40:38.50
from the trash can and eat it
00:40:38.53\00:40:39.93
and also the place I stayed
00:40:39.97\00:40:42.00
and have like a big
apartment or something to stay,
00:40:42.04\00:40:45.47
I just make my own,
00:40:45.51\00:40:46.98
my own like my own
small cottage to stay.
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.81
So I make from the bamboo stick
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.45
and also the
plastic I sew to make a roof
00:40:51.48\00:40:54.22
and I stayed under it.
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.65
Did t the roof stay up
during the heavy rains though?
00:40:55.68\00:40:58.09
As this day there and
if the heavy rain come
00:40:58.12\00:41:00.69
which I have to find a big tree.
00:41:00.76\00:41:03.56
And they have the hole to that
00:41:03.63\00:41:05.39
I can go inside the
tree and sleep there.
00:41:05.43\00:41:07.13
Okay.
00:41:07.20\00:41:08.53
So when you met this missionary,
00:41:08.56\00:41:10.07
what did he say to you?
00:41:10.10\00:41:11.83
And he told me that,
"You wanna go to study?"
00:41:11.87\00:41:14.50
I said, "Yes, I
wanna go to study."
00:41:14.54\00:41:15.90
But I told him that about
I told him about my family
00:41:15.94\00:41:18.51
and also by myself.
00:41:18.54\00:41:19.87
And then he said that,
00:41:19.91\00:41:21.24
"Don't worry I'll pay for
your school and everything.
00:41:21.28\00:41:24.55
Just come and follow me."
00:41:24.58\00:41:25.98
So I just follow
him without knowing
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.62
I didn't know who is he
but I just go and follow him.
00:41:28.65\00:41:31.25
Glory to God that he
was a true Christian.
00:41:31.29\00:41:33.76
So you ended up
graduating from high school.
00:41:33.79\00:41:37.93
How did you go from
high school in Cambodia
00:41:37.96\00:41:41.80
to Hartland in Virginia?
00:41:41.83\00:41:46.00
So first of all,
I wanna thank you
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.37
for the MTF like the fund,
00:41:47.44\00:41:49.57
the scholarship from the school.
00:41:49.60\00:41:51.31
And also the thing
that I know about...
00:41:51.34\00:41:53.07
And that's MTF stands for what?
00:41:53.11\00:41:55.61
Missionary...
Missionary Training Fund.
00:41:55.64\00:41:56.98
Missionary
Training Fund, okay. Yeah.
00:41:57.05\00:41:58.81
So I get that
fund from the school.
00:41:58.85\00:42:01.42
And also, before that
I know one of my friend,
00:42:01.45\00:42:04.29
she's from Cambodia,
00:42:04.32\00:42:05.75
and also I'd have
another friend from Korea
00:42:05.79\00:42:08.89
said that her parents
used to go to Cambodia
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.86
to make like a
mission trip there.
00:42:11.89\00:42:13.80
So I used to be a translator
00:42:13.83\00:42:15.33
and also have the
missionary work there
00:42:15.36\00:42:18.50
in Cambodia.
00:42:18.53\00:42:19.87
So they introduced me about
00:42:19.90\00:42:21.44
Hartland or something like that.
00:42:21.47\00:42:22.80
And they told me that
just keep praying about that
00:42:22.84\00:42:24.94
because they want to have me
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.51
to come to studying in Hartland.
00:42:27.58\00:42:30.55
So when you got to Hartland,
Rothy, did you speak English?
00:42:30.58\00:42:35.55
I speak a little bit.
00:42:35.58\00:42:36.92
A little bit. Well,
you speak very well now.
00:42:36.99\00:42:39.72
And I'm excited you
have two more years, right?
00:42:39.75\00:42:43.16
And you will graduate.
00:42:43.19\00:42:45.06
He is studying the
pastoral evangelism.
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.03
And Rothy will be returning
to Cambodia as a pastor,
00:42:48.06\00:42:53.84
as an evangelist,
to spread the gospel
00:42:53.87\00:42:57.67
and that is the
mission of Hartland,
00:42:57.71\00:43:02.28
but, Rothy, I have to say,
00:43:02.31\00:43:05.08
you know, when I
read that scripture
00:43:05.11\00:43:07.65
about God is saying do not
00:43:07.68\00:43:11.22
just don't dwell on the past.
00:43:11.25\00:43:12.92
But look at what I've
done this new beginning,
00:43:12.95\00:43:15.56
He's doing a new thing.
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.53
I cannot imagine at 13 years old
00:43:17.56\00:43:20.90
living in a
garbage dump and trying to,
00:43:20.93\00:43:24.27
not only were you
having to make your own way
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.67
but saving what little money
00:43:26.74\00:43:28.27
you could make to
send to your family.
00:43:28.30\00:43:30.51
You must have felt
like you'd gone to heaven
00:43:30.54\00:43:33.61
when you arrived
in beautiful Virginia
00:43:33.68\00:43:35.88
and walked and saw that mansion.
00:43:35.91\00:43:38.25
What was that like for
you when you first arrived?
00:43:38.28\00:43:41.85
Yeah, absolutely,
it's like a heaven for me
00:43:41.88\00:43:43.92
because I never
live in a big apartment
00:43:43.99\00:43:46.05
like because in Hartland
they have beautiful dorm,
00:43:46.09\00:43:50.33
and beautiful people,
and also beautiful campus.
00:43:50.36\00:43:53.33
And I feel like very
00:43:53.40\00:43:54.73
because Hartland
give me like more,
00:43:54.76\00:43:56.56
more like a family
00:43:56.60\00:43:58.27
because I left my home
is like almost 10 years.
00:43:58.30\00:44:02.07
So I never feel
like love for my family,
00:44:02.10\00:44:05.37
like carry something like that.
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.78
But when it comes to Hartland,
00:44:06.81\00:44:08.14
people, they are so
nice, and they are caring,
00:44:08.18\00:44:11.45
and they are loving.
00:44:11.48\00:44:12.81
And I wanna thanks God for that.
00:44:12.85\00:44:14.58
Amen.
00:44:14.62\00:44:15.95
That's what he says,
00:44:15.98\00:44:17.32
"I will even make
rivers in the desert."
00:44:17.39\00:44:18.89
Right?
00:44:18.92\00:44:20.26
And in talking with
Rothy, I was asking him
00:44:20.29\00:44:22.99
and what specific type
of work do you want to do
00:44:23.02\00:44:25.76
when you go back to Cambodia?
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.63
And his answer
really, really surprised me.
00:44:27.66\00:44:30.77
I would like Rothy to
share it because he said,
00:44:30.80\00:44:33.34
"I want to serve my family."
00:44:33.37\00:44:35.14
And I said, "Your family?"
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.71
He was referring to those people
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.61
that he left behind in the dump,
00:44:38.64\00:44:41.01
the garbage dump.
00:44:41.04\00:44:42.41
He wants to reach out to them.
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.15
You will make me cry. Yes.
00:44:44.18\00:44:46.35
So yeah, they are
my family as well.
00:44:46.38\00:44:48.85
Because as I remember
that a lot of kids there
00:44:48.88\00:44:53.22
they left their parents
and also they feel like...
00:44:53.25\00:44:55.79
Oh, Rothy, it's precious.
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.16
They lost their, I
mean, sometimes they feel like
00:44:57.23\00:45:00.00
nobody care about them.
00:45:00.03\00:45:01.36
Yeah.
00:45:01.40\00:45:02.73
But because I am one
of them, it can feel like
00:45:02.76\00:45:04.20
I have that kind of burden
00:45:04.27\00:45:05.60
because I can see
how much they need
00:45:05.63\00:45:07.90
and how much they
need somebody to lead,
00:45:07.94\00:45:11.07
to care something like that.
00:45:11.11\00:45:12.51
So this is my vision is
that when I finish at Hartland,
00:45:12.54\00:45:15.71
I'll go back to Cambodia.
00:45:15.74\00:45:17.45
I will become the
real family for them.
00:45:17.48\00:45:21.05
If possibility I will make some
a small school like a small,
00:45:21.08\00:45:25.75
like yeah, like a
small schools to open it up
00:45:25.79\00:45:28.26
for them to come
and to study and also,
00:45:28.29\00:45:31.93
I will provide them like food
00:45:31.96\00:45:34.43
and some place to
stay for them is like,
00:45:34.46\00:45:36.67
I kind of like,
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.03
that's my real
burden for them as well.
00:45:38.07\00:45:39.93
God bless you.
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.30
One of the most important
things in life is hope.
00:45:41.34\00:45:44.44
And that's one thing
that you're able to take back.
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.38
You know, I came
from where you are today.
00:45:47.41\00:45:51.35
And, you know,
because of only the way
00:45:51.38\00:45:54.72
the mystery of God works.
00:45:54.75\00:45:56.89
He led me through all this
00:45:56.92\00:45:58.95
and to the
mansion here on earth.
00:45:58.99\00:46:01.46
Just imagine what it's gonna be
00:46:01.49\00:46:02.96
like whenever we
get home in heaven.
00:46:02.99\00:46:06.46
He's promised us
that He's working now
00:46:06.49\00:46:09.66
to fashion a mansion for us.
00:46:09.70\00:46:13.17
That's such a precious story.
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.74
I mean, I hear so
many wonderful stories.
00:46:14.77\00:46:18.34
I usually don't
break out in tears,
00:46:18.37\00:46:20.38
but that was very
unexpected, very precious.
00:46:20.41\00:46:23.85
Dave, we're getting down
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.75
to the last few
minutes of the program
00:46:25.78\00:46:27.85
and we want to hear
about the lifestyle program
00:46:27.88\00:46:30.79
because I know you're
running 12 programs a year.
00:46:30.82\00:46:33.96
They've run a
lifestyle program every month.
00:46:33.99\00:46:37.13
Tell us about that?
00:46:37.16\00:46:40.00
Well, we treat a lot
of the common problems
00:46:40.03\00:46:43.57
like diabetes, hypertension,
00:46:43.60\00:46:45.30
weight, reversing heart disease,
00:46:45.33\00:46:47.24
those are fairly
consistently responsive.
00:46:47.27\00:46:50.14
We also have a
lot of cancer patients
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.17
and for those patients,
00:46:52.21\00:46:53.71
we try to
strengthen the immune system
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.61
with vegan diet,
00:46:55.64\00:46:58.15
eliminating the animal proteins.
00:46:58.18\00:46:59.95
China study
showed animal proteins
00:47:00.02\00:47:01.58
can turn on cancer growth.
00:47:01.62\00:47:04.55
We do a lot of juicing,
00:47:04.59\00:47:06.32
getting a lot of phytochemicals.
00:47:06.35\00:47:08.09
Gerson since the 30s
and 40s has used juicing
00:47:08.12\00:47:10.93
to help strengthen immune system
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.29
to fight cancers effectively.
00:47:12.33\00:47:14.66
We also do, of
course, the exercise,
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.50
we do hydrotherapy,
00:47:16.53\00:47:18.37
where we bring up
the body temperature
00:47:18.40\00:47:20.87
to simulate a
fever, turns out fevers
00:47:20.94\00:47:23.24
turn on your immune system
and help you fight cancer.
00:47:23.27\00:47:26.04
God put it there for a reason
00:47:26.07\00:47:27.51
to protect us in
this fallen world.
00:47:27.58\00:47:30.75
And so we do fever treatments.
00:47:30.78\00:47:33.82
It was used successfully
to treat neurosyphilis,
00:47:33.85\00:47:36.45
the turn of the century.
00:47:36.48\00:47:37.89
They had about
a 33% success rate
00:47:37.92\00:47:40.46
by inducing fevers
00:47:40.49\00:47:41.92
and people
paralyzed from syphilis.
00:47:41.96\00:47:44.56
In fact, the
fellow got the Nobel Prize
00:47:44.59\00:47:46.43
for doing this
Wagner-Jauregg in 1927,
00:47:46.46\00:47:49.03
using fever
treatments for syphilis,
00:47:49.06\00:47:52.23
and it is now used
in an alternative form.
00:47:52.27\00:47:55.34
MRIs are now localizing tumors
00:47:55.37\00:47:58.61
locally and microwaves are used
to heat up the tumor locally.
00:47:58.64\00:48:02.51
But we can also do it with
whole body hyperthermia as well
00:48:02.54\00:48:05.81
with just simple
bathtub in your own home.
00:48:05.85\00:48:08.85
We like to train
people how to do this,
00:48:08.88\00:48:11.69
not just at
Hartland but at home.
00:48:11.72\00:48:13.56
So they can continue the process
00:48:13.59\00:48:15.06
when they return home.
00:48:15.09\00:48:17.63
And do you have students,
00:48:17.66\00:48:19.03
I mean, you do some
one year certificates,
00:48:19.06\00:48:21.00
you're teaching
some of these things.
00:48:21.03\00:48:22.60
So your students can
actually be part of your staff
00:48:22.63\00:48:26.10
and working with people
00:48:26.13\00:48:27.47
who are coming
for the lifestyle?
00:48:27.54\00:48:28.87
They are part of the program.
00:48:28.90\00:48:30.34
They do a lot of the work
00:48:30.41\00:48:32.14
and they get to
learn the process.
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.98
We also do intravenous vitamin C
00:48:35.01\00:48:37.05
which Linus
Pauling used in 1978,
00:48:37.08\00:48:39.48
to prolong
terminal cancer patients
00:48:39.51\00:48:41.88
average lifespan of
50 days to over 300 days
00:48:41.92\00:48:45.32
with just intravenous vitamin C.
00:48:45.35\00:48:47.66
And we also use ozone therapy,
00:48:47.69\00:48:49.96
which has been shown to
increase the amount of ATP
00:48:50.03\00:48:54.13
that the cells can produce.
00:48:54.20\00:48:55.96
ATP is the high energy molecule,
00:48:56.00\00:48:58.47
which cells used
to do all the work
00:48:58.50\00:49:00.24
whether it's
contracting a muscle
00:49:00.27\00:49:01.60
or sending a nerve signal
00:49:01.64\00:49:02.97
or making proteins in the liver.
00:49:03.00\00:49:05.04
So those are things
that we're using at Hartland
00:49:05.07\00:49:07.94
in addition to the simple cures
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.08
to try to
accelerate the healing process
00:49:10.15\00:49:13.01
for cancers.
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.38
And I've seen
miraculous results,
00:49:14.42\00:49:16.35
especially with cancer patients,
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many of them responding
very well to the program.
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Praise God. How exciting.
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So you have
been, you came in 2011,
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what are some of
the future things
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for Hartland?
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Some of the future things
that we have for Hartland,
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you know, as the Lord is
opening these opportunities,
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as I mentioned before,
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we're in the
accrediting process,
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we're in the early
stages, that is a big task.
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But the Lord is
opening doors and that scenario
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where our viewers can help
us to be able to achieve that.
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Just recently, I was at
Weimar visiting with them,
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learning from their experience.
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We want to cooperate
as sister institutions
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in this mission of education.
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And they were sharing with
me some the challenges they had,
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how the Lord
brought them through,
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and, you know, some
of the costs involved
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with that whole process.
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So that's a major goal.
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We also have a beautiful campus
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and we want to turn that
campus into a school itself,
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a lot of outdoor activities,
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we wanted to turn
our forests into a place
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where people can visit
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and be blessed from
seeing the different trees,
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that different
nature that's out there
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and have an outdoor
education experience.
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So that's the goal that we have.
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I recently came from
Cambodia, Rothy's country,
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and I was so surprised
to see a ministry there,
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an orphanage, a school,
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and they also have
a butterfly paradise.
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So we have a similar vision
that of a butterfly paradise,
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but of turning our
grounds and our forests
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into a nature
school for visitors
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and also for our students.
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So that's a major
goal we have there.
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Of course, we want to
strengthen our agriculture.
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We want to
offer pre-professional
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in our health
ministry department
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and also credentialing
for education majors
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and the Midwifery
program and the media department
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and the pastoral evangelism.
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So those are some
of the short term goals
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that we have to
bless our young people.
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You got plenty of them,
you're staying very busy.
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Well, we just
believe that these changes
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that are happening
where 3ABN is very supportive,
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the direction
that you are going now
00:51:20.31\00:51:22.34
and we're so
pleased to hear this.
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And perhaps the Holy
Spirit is impressing you
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that you would like
to support these changes,
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and see them work together
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with other Seventh-day
Adventist Institutions.
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Or maybe you would like to
go to their lifestyle program.
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We want to put up
their address role
00:51:39.93\00:51:41.93
so you'll know how to
get in touch with them.
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If you would like
to find out more about
00:51:46.77\00:51:48.90
Hartland
Institute's Lifestyle Program,
00:51:48.94\00:51:51.81
Hartland College, or
if you feel impressed
00:51:51.84\00:51:54.74
to support the
Christian men and women
00:51:54.78\00:51:56.78
who are seeking
training to become missionaries.
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.28
Please visit their
website Hartland.edu.
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That's Hartland.edu.
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You may also call them
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at area code (540) 672-3100
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or write to them
at Hartland Institute,
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444 Hartland Oak Drive,
Rapidan, Virginia 22733.
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