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
another 3ABN Today program.
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I'm Jill Morikone
and I'm with my sister.
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Angela Lomacang,
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and we're so glad
to be here, aren't we?
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It's gonna be a
great program. I'm excited.
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I always loved the
Today program, Angela,
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because we have the opportunity
to find out what God is doing
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in ministries around the world.
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Yes.
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And this particular ministry,
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I'm personally
very excited about.
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We heard about it years ago...
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Yes we have.
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When God inspired
the CEO and co-founder
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to launch this ministry.
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And it's a ministry
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specifically for young children,
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we could say in Africa.
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Oh, Africa is one
of my favorite places
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to travel to.
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Almost every year
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we go to different
parts of Africa and children,
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that's where my heart beat,
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when I see the children,
and the needs that they have.
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When I go,
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I always bring
gifts for these kids.
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I always bring,
children from my church,
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I bring clothes,
half my suitcases.
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One suitcase is
packed with giveaways.
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I go to the Dollar
store, get balloons and whatnot.
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So I'm excited
about this program.
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I'm excited too.
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And we are
going to introduce you
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to our special guests right now.
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Cynthia Prime is the
CEO and co-founder of SOHO,
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which stands for Saving Orphans
Through Health Care Outreach.
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Did I get that right?
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Yes, Saving Orphans
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Through Health
Care and Outreach.
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Yes. Outreach.
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Amen.
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So, Cynthia, you are
not a stranger to 3ABN.
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I remember programming
that you did for us and...
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Praise the Lord.
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When God called
you to this ministry,
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and then we really
wanted to hear an update.
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We want to hear
what God is doing
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in and through this ministry
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and we are excited
to partner together
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and helping get
this message out.
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So tell us just a little
bit what is SOHO all about?
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Okay.
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SOHO began with a call from God,
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to be camp meeting
speaker in Swaziland
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at that time it was named,
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and had no idea
what I was getting into.
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But as you will see,
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we raised enough
to feed 1000 children
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three meals a day for one week.
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And God said, Cynthia,
these are the least of these,
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and that was the beginning,
that was the beginning,
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I've watched God work
miracles with nothing,
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starting with nothing.
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So we've got schools,
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we've got programs
that minister to children
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who are indeed
the least of these,
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and we look at the, you know,
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health
education, feeding, nurture,
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empowerment of those
children in Southern Africa.
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Amen.
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It's the hands
and feet of Jesus.
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Oh, yes. Amen.
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So, we're going to introduce
the rest of our guests here
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and want to make sure we
hear from each one of you.
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But next to you
is Andrew Von Maur.
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You are a professor
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at the Andrews University
School of Architecture
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of Interior Design.
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That's a mouthful.
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Did I get all that? Right.
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The School of Architecture
and Interior Design.
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And interior design.
Okay. At Andrews, yes.
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How long have you
been there at Andrew?
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Sixteen years.
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Wow, long time.
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As professor the whole time or?
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As professor, yes.
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I also finished my
undergraduate work there.
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Okay.
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So my first question
and I know this comes later,
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but what in the world
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does Andrews
have to do with SOHO?
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Yeah.
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Well, we see
architecture as a ministry.
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And so God uses
all kinds of people
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in all kinds of disciplines.
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And, you know, God
is also an architect.
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And so, we see
opportunities to uplift
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His work and to assist
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with different
projects around the world.
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And in this case,
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God led us to
Cynthia and her ministry,
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and we saw an
opportunity to be of assistance.
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Amen, we're going to
hear about that partnership,
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I'm excited. Yeah, me too.
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Sitting next to
you is, Gwen Albright,
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and you're a student,
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is that correct at
the Andrews University
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School of Architecture
and Interior Design?
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And how long
have you been there?
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Where are you from?
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So, I'm originally from Burundi.
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But I also grew up in Rwanda.
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So I claim both countries.
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And I've been to Andrews,
at Andrews for five years now,
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this is my fifth year, yeah.
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Very exciting.
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And sitting next to
you last but not least.
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No, not at all.
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Stephanie Davis,
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and you're a student as well
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at the School of Architecture
and Interior Design.
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And tell us a little
bit about your background?
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Well, I was born in the States,
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but raised in
Honduras for my whole life.
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So I claim Honduras.
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I have also been
in school, since 2015.
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So we're classmates and
we're on our graduate year.
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Wow. Beautiful.
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Praise the Lord.
That's wonderful.
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It's nice to have young
people a part of this ministry.
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It's beautiful. Absolutely.
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Yeah. Absolute.
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I believe that's the way
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that you reach
them and keep them.
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Yes. They want
to change the world.
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Yes, they do.
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So, Let's talk about that,
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and how SOHO is
changing the world too.
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So I'm excited.
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But, you have a scripture
for us first, don't you, Angie?
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Yes, absolutely.
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This is from Psalm 121:1-2.
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And I love this scripture,
it's absolutely beautiful.
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It says, "I will lift
up my eyes to the hills,
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from whence comes my help.
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My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth."
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Beautiful and it's true.
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And we're going to talk
about hills today, aren't we?
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We are.
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Oh, you're gonna
see some beautiful hills
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on this program.
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So stay tuned.
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There's a lot to come.
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Amen.
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But first we're going to
hear from Angie's husband,
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Pastor John Lomacang.
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Yeah. He's
gonna bring us a song.
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He's gonna sing,
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I'm so excited that
he's gonna sing a song
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today called, "I will go."
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Give me ears to hear Your Spirit
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Give me feet to follow through
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Give me hands to
touch The hurting
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And the faith to follow You
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Give me grace To be Your servant
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Give me mercy for the lost
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Give me passion for Your glory
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Give me passion for the cross
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And I will go Where
there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey Be my home
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I will go
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I will go
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I'll let go of my ambition
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Cut the roots that run so deep
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I will learn to give away
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What I cannot really keep
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What I cannot
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Really keep
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Help me see
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With eyes of faith
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Give me strength
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To run this race
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And I will go
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Where there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey Be my home
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I will go
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I will go where Lord
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Your glory is unknown
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I will live for You alone
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I will go Because
my life is not my own
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I will go
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I will go
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I will go
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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I will go where
there are no easy roads,
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leave the comfort that I know.
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But go because God has called,
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and our special guests
today have truly done that,
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they have gone
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where maybe it wasn't
the easiest place to go.
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But they have gone
because the Lord Jesus
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has a call on their lives.
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So, Cynthia Prime is the
CEO and co-founder of SOHO,
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which is Saving Orphans
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Through Healthcare And Outreach.
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And with you is
professor at Andrews
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along with some
students from Andrews,
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and we're excited to
hear what God is doing
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but take us back, Cynthia,
to the beginning of SOHO,
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and when God dropped
this dream into your heart?
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Well, I love
the song, I will go,
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because what you find
out when you surrender
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and you really give yourself,
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it's an unpredictable journey.
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But for young people
who think God is boring.
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I tell them He rocks.
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He does, you know,
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if you picture just
having a speaking engagement
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out there and
feeling the call of God
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because one
third of the population
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was HIV positive.
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This was in Swaziland?
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Yes, in Swaziland,
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and you had a
mushrooming population
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of orphans and
vulnerable children.
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Going there and seeing smiles
that didn't meet their needs,
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seeing the number and
hearing that call from God.
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It was to quit my
job as a consultant,
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beautiful office
with nothing under you.
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So sometimes He says, put
your foot into the Jordan,
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nothing under you.
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And what I love,
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what we want to
share today is to see
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what God would do with nothing.
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Amen.
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With nothing,
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He doesn't say what do you have?
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He says, what
would you surrender?
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Oh, that's deep.
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I think it's good for
us to start with a video
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that really takes us back,
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that shows you a bit
visually where we were
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and that will put some
context into the discussion.
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Perfect.
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The story begins in 2006
with the HIV AIDS pandemic
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sweeping Swaziland,
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the last remaining
absolute monarchy in Africa.
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In a population of 1.3 million,
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33% of the people were affected,
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leaving 150,000 children
orphaned and vulnerable.
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That's when
Cynthia Prime arrived,
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with an international
team of volunteers,
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who had heard her interview
with Danny Shelton on 3ABN
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and had come to help.
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The country was scrambling
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to put support systems in place.
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Children were
parenting siblings,
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and in some tragic cases,
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becoming parents
themselves before their teens.
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Cynthia Prime
quit her corporate job
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to become a full time
volunteer serving orphans,
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because she felt it was what God
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would have her do.
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SOHO volunteer teams
conducted mobile clinics,
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distributed container
loads of clothing and supplies,
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and fed hundreds of children.
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In a rural mountainous community
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called umshove shane,
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SOHO encountered
grannies like Maisie,
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caring for 17
children in one small room.
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A home was built for her.
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Relationships were
developed with area schools
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and orphans with the
greatest need were fed.
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A 4000 square foot
welcome place was built,
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to house a preschool,
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feeding program,
and periodic clinics.
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At slum Vane,
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SOHO discovered children daily,
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scrounging for
food under a tree.
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Lorraine Hope,
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an elderly retired
nurse from New Zealand
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did a pencil
sketch of a structure
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and then raised the
funds to build a preschool.
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Today, it is Hope
Discovery Learning Center,
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one of the
country's first classrooms
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serving children
with disabilities.
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In nearby Mara camp,
considered a squatter camp.
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SOHO's outreach
coordinator Pastor Melvin Moyo
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has recruited
children at risk of abuse
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to attend Hope
Discovery Learning Center.
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Primary schoolboys
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who had been taught
to make Marula beer,
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now learn life
skills through soccer.
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Girls are being
nurtured at an annual camp
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serving 150 children.
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God had bigger
plans for His children.
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SOHO needed to
address the issues of abuse,
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as one in three girls
become victims of predators
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before their teens.
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Hunger,
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as food insecurity
leads to physical insecurity.
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Opportunities for schooling
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as only 20% of
students finish high school
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and only 5% are
able to attend college.
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And human trafficking,
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as poverty and
lack of safe parenting,
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continues the cycle of
abuse and exploitation.
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For eight years,
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the SOHO team prayed for land
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with title and deed
that could be purchased,
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where safe housing
could be built for children
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at great risk.
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We asked for 30 acres.
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When God replied,
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He made one of the best
farms in Swaziland available
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in a truly miraculous fashion.
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More than 1000 scenic acres,
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fenced, well-watered,
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with a new farmhouse and
a macadamia nut plantation.
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On this, SOHO will
establish a children's village,
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as well as social
enterprise and agriculture
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to support the village
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and provide
opportunity for skills training.
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This is a God-sized dream.
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Intsaba,
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a mountain village
where children can learn
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how much God loves them.
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Wow, that's amazing
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to see the
need, to see the pain,
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and then to see what
God is doing through SOHO,
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and what God did then,
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in the school in being developed
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and that was by
volunteers, is that correct?
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Yes. Yes, it is.
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It is amazing
that the volunteers,
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one of the schools, the
one that serves children,
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the first in the country
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to serve children
with disabilities,
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who are
considered cursed, you know,
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it's an elderly
nurse from Australia,
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one of the first
volunteers to Swaziland,
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who heard the program on 3ABN,
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when I was being interviewed,
true thing raised the money.
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And that was the
first part of that school
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that is now known as Hope
Discovery Learning Center.
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And it is really a
lighthouse in that community.
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The other, the larger
building, serves children.
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We do clinics there,
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we've done a lot of work there.
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But I think when
you look at the need,
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if you look at a population
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where more than
50% of the population
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is under the age of 20,
it's a young population.
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When you look at
children, you know,
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not even having the basics.
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But what is so touching,
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Jill, it is mainly
volunteers, mainly volunteers,
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we have very small
staff that we have,
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but volunteers come together
and they make a difference.
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Are they volunteers from Africa?
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Volunteers from the US, really.
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From the US?
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The US, from Australia,
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who went out there
and who participated.
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We've had some
long term volunteers
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who stayed out for two years
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at a time to help run
the program out there.
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So you went to speak
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when this vision
was first dropped
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in your spirit,
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you can say that was
in 200... And 6, about.
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Six, okay,
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so, and then this school began
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and it's been
running since that time
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with the volunteers.
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How many children are in there?
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Well, you know,
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this last period we
serve not only in the school
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about 150 children,
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because it is, you've
got the preschool there
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that prepares them
for primary school.
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Only 5% graduate from college.
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You have 20%
graduate from high school.
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So preschool because you know,
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this money issue,
there's school fees issue,
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there's uniform,
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or is the ability to
either go fetch water
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and take care of the
goats or go to school.
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So we've made education
a point of celebration.
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You know, they graduated
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so they're in their
little graduation gowns,
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make it a big deal and
half the community comes.
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We graduate from
the joint schools,
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but we also do
outreach into the community.
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So if you look at the population
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we're serving
now, it's about 150.
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Some of them it's visitation
into their homes and whatnot,
00:19:56.99\00:20:00.70
but that's, apart from that,
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way you saw the crowds there.
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We do outreach
into the communities.
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We've done mobile
clinics, volunteer clinics,
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but what we're doing now
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in one particular
community is amazing.
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They call it the squatters camp,
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the Mara camp.
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And it's just, just,
00:20:17.48\00:20:20.55
just poverty at the deepest,
00:20:20.58\00:20:23.55
most grinding level.
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What do you mean by squatters?
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Well, they're there
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because they don't
have anywhere else to go.
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And they've built a
home there, of sorts,
00:20:31.19\00:20:35.43
but it's very
vulnerable populations.
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Would there be intact
families as in mother,
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father and children,
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or are these just
children without parents or...?
00:20:40.54\00:20:41.87
Some of them are children
living without supervision,
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and they are subject, you
know, targets of predators.
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Some of them,
00:20:48.51\00:20:49.84
there're different
levels of dysfunction.
00:20:49.88\00:20:51.25
They do what they can,
00:20:51.28\00:20:52.78
and you learn more about
them from the Andrews team,
00:20:52.81\00:20:56.08
because they've been there.
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But the nice thing
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.02
is that we've just
taken 40 of those children,
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to school them in our school.
00:21:01.99\00:21:03.99
Yeah, we raise
money for the sponsorship.
00:21:04.03\00:21:06.43
That's why it's all
the, all the support,
00:21:06.46\00:21:08.40
we get the support,
then we're able to do.
00:21:08.43\00:21:12.10
You know, I'm just sitting
here thinking that such need,
00:21:12.13\00:21:15.67
and you could say,
00:21:15.70\00:21:17.04
well, the Lord has
blessed us with this school
00:21:17.07\00:21:18.87
and we're doing
these incredible things
00:21:18.91\00:21:20.91
that I think I'm doing
what God's called me to do.
00:21:20.94\00:21:23.48
But instead,
Cynthia, you're saying,
00:21:23.51\00:21:26.15
God wants me to do more
00:21:26.18\00:21:27.52
and you're
developing a brand new project.
00:21:27.55\00:21:31.69
So tell us, in
addition to the school,
00:21:31.72\00:21:34.46
tell us about this new project?
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Well, one of the things
00:21:36.39\00:21:37.79
that we
encountered there is you know,
00:21:37.83\00:21:40.10
there's a hunger
there's the education issues
00:21:40.13\00:21:43.26
and what have you.
00:21:43.30\00:21:44.63
But the one that stuck
with me is the issue of abuse,
00:21:44.67\00:21:48.87
of as, you know, children,
and they needed safe housing.
00:21:48.90\00:21:53.94
We haven't had
residential programs
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and the reason is that
you have two kinds of land
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in the country Swazi nation land
00:22:02.35\00:22:04.35
and land that,
you know, title deed,
00:22:04.39\00:22:06.99
the programs we
have now are on land
00:22:07.02\00:22:10.06
that is owned by the king,
00:22:10.09\00:22:11.43
but dedicated to the
use of the Swazi people.
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Okay.
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.36
And there are some
limitations in what you can do.
00:22:15.40\00:22:18.13
But we prayed for
eight years to have land
00:22:18.17\00:22:22.30
that could be under the auspices
00:22:22.34\00:22:24.51
of the organization,
00:22:24.54\00:22:25.87
where you can build
and you can do things.
00:22:25.91\00:22:27.24
Yes.
00:22:27.28\00:22:28.61
We prayed for 30 acres and God,
00:22:28.64\00:22:30.51
He'd been miracle
working all along,
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.88
doing amazing things.
00:22:32.91\00:22:34.68
But God answered that
prayer with 1000 plus,
00:22:34.72\00:22:37.95
1075 acre mountain farm
00:22:37.99\00:22:41.36
and then
everything began to explode.
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.39
God can do exceedingly,
00:22:43.43\00:22:44.83
abundantly above all
that we ask or think.
00:22:44.86\00:22:47.00
Amen.
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.36
So you prayed for
30 acres, and God said,
00:22:48.40\00:22:51.13
I'm gonna give
you over 1000 acres.
00:22:51.17\00:22:53.57
Yes. He wanted a village.
00:22:53.60\00:22:56.40
This is historic.
00:22:56.44\00:22:57.87
I mean where on
earth would you be able,
00:22:57.91\00:23:01.21
in a country where land is not,
00:23:01.24\00:23:03.04
it's not as available in the US,
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.51
you have money, you go buy land,
00:23:04.55\00:23:06.51
you know, it's owned privately,
00:23:06.55\00:23:08.52
but to find a way
through chance meetings
00:23:08.55\00:23:12.25
and all kinds of miraculous ways
00:23:12.29\00:23:14.56
to come to a place
where then you see it.
00:23:14.59\00:23:18.96
And you know, this
is beyond our reach.
00:23:18.99\00:23:21.23
And then you pray,
Lord, if it's Your will,
00:23:21.26\00:23:24.60
then it's fenced, its historic,
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.14
you don't fence
that much acreage.
00:23:27.17\00:23:29.40
Everything is done,
everything under checklist.
00:23:29.44\00:23:32.04
And then you said,
Lord, if it's Your will,
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.98
let price be
the deciding factor.
00:23:34.01\00:23:37.05
And God said, okay,
00:23:37.08\00:23:39.41
so we're just
raising the last bit there
00:23:39.45\00:23:41.72
but I'm telling you,
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.08
and then He began providing,
00:23:43.12\00:23:44.99
He began providing ways
00:23:45.02\00:23:47.19
and even the
people, the settlers,
00:23:47.22\00:23:49.19
there's a whole
miracle story there.
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.49
But this is a real
good time to bring Andrews
00:23:51.53\00:23:55.36
into the picture
because you will see,
00:23:55.40\00:23:58.13
you'll be able
to see that video,
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.50
what happened there.
00:23:59.53\00:24:00.87
Oh, wonderful,
00:24:00.90\00:24:02.24
we want to take a look
at the video now and then...
00:24:02.27\00:24:03.61
Yes. Okay, let's do that.
00:24:03.64\00:24:04.97
Let's do it.
00:24:05.01\00:24:06.34
Wow, what a mission.
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.61
What an incredible video,
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.11
those statistics
and seeing the faces
00:27:30.15\00:27:32.71
of those children,
that just breaks your heart.
00:27:32.75\00:27:37.19
And yet you're going in to
make a difference in the lives
00:27:37.22\00:27:40.46
of these young people.
00:27:40.49\00:27:41.82
So, Cynthia, tell us
how you first connected
00:27:41.86\00:27:44.19
with Andrews and then we'll hear
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.36
from our Andrews team.
00:27:46.39\00:27:47.86
Well, one of the
trustees from Andrews
00:27:47.90\00:27:50.53
who had served on
SOHO's board said,
00:27:50.57\00:27:54.50
Cynthia, you need a clinic,
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.94
they've made a clinic
out of a 20 foot container.
00:27:56.97\00:27:59.64
The design and they
did such a wonderful job
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.18
for another country.
00:28:02.21\00:28:03.55
Would you like one?
00:28:03.58\00:28:04.91
I said, "Absolutely."
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.68
And the dean of architecture
then created this clinic,
00:28:06.72\00:28:12.29
which we hope
to ship over there.
00:28:12.32\00:28:14.06
Twenty foot container,
00:28:14.09\00:28:15.42
examination room
and everything in there.
00:28:15.46\00:28:17.69
Really?
00:28:17.73\00:28:19.06
So when God worked this miracle
00:28:19.09\00:28:22.03
and brought this
farm into our lives,
00:28:22.06\00:28:25.30
it's like, Lord,
what are You doing?
00:28:25.33\00:28:28.87
We know that the need is there.
00:28:28.90\00:28:31.41
We need, we need help.
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.34
And so one of the retired
dean of agriculture said,
00:28:33.38\00:28:37.65
"Why don't you reach out
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.01
to the School of Architecture?"
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.38
And the dean said,
00:28:40.42\00:28:41.75
I said, "We need help.
00:28:41.78\00:28:43.12
God is wanting to
create a village."
00:28:43.15\00:28:45.22
He said, "I'll
get back with you."
00:28:45.25\00:28:47.09
And the next call I
got was next connection
00:28:47.12\00:28:50.76
was with Andrew Von Maur
here, and it just picked up.
00:28:50.79\00:28:55.26
They'd done some
research and whatnot
00:28:55.30\00:28:56.93
and just picked up impetus,
00:28:56.97\00:28:59.00
because they saw that
00:28:59.03\00:29:00.37
this is a God
sized dream that...
00:29:00.40\00:29:02.14
can transform an entire country.
00:29:02.17\00:29:04.11
Amen.
00:29:04.14\00:29:05.47
So, Andrew, what was
your first impression
00:29:05.51\00:29:06.84
when you found
out about the project,
00:29:06.88\00:29:08.88
and what was going on
there in Swaziland or Eswatini,
00:29:08.91\00:29:15.88
Eswatini okay.
00:29:15.92\00:29:17.25
Yes.
00:29:17.29\00:29:18.62
Well,
00:29:18.65\00:29:20.46
I had actually been,
00:29:20.49\00:29:21.82
we do a project
every year for a community
00:29:21.86\00:29:25.16
or ministry around the
world with our graduate students
00:29:25.19\00:29:28.66
our 50 architecture students.
00:29:28.70\00:29:30.60
And I had actually been
praying for a project in Africa,
00:29:30.63\00:29:34.24
because we happen to have
a few Africans in the class.
00:29:34.27\00:29:38.44
Yes.
00:29:38.47\00:29:39.81
And, sometimes
it just really helps
00:29:39.84\00:29:42.54
when you have people
who can relate more easily
00:29:42.58\00:29:46.28
with the local
population and the local people.
00:29:46.31\00:29:48.58
And I think the class in general
00:29:48.62\00:29:50.99
was enthusiastic about.
00:29:51.02\00:29:52.35
We had done some studies
about African architecture
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.02
in the previous year,
00:29:55.06\00:29:56.39
and there was a lot of desire
to go and make a difference
00:29:56.42\00:29:59.09
and do something,
00:29:59.13\00:30:00.53
and we had been
looking at different projects
00:30:00.56\00:30:02.56
around the continent.
00:30:02.60\00:30:03.93
And suddenly we
get this connection
00:30:03.97\00:30:06.43
out of the blue.
00:30:06.47\00:30:07.80
God's timing.
00:30:07.84\00:30:09.17
God's answer to our prayers.
00:30:09.20\00:30:11.74
And we felt immediately
that this was the perfect kind
00:30:11.77\00:30:15.78
of project for us
to be involved in,
00:30:15.81\00:30:18.15
good for our
students to be involved in,
00:30:18.18\00:30:20.92
but also of
service to the ministry
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.65
that SOHO is pursuing.
00:30:23.69\00:30:26.22
We had previously worked
in southern Africa as a team
00:30:26.25\00:30:29.86
and so we felt
somewhat comfortable
00:30:29.89\00:30:32.49
going even this far.
00:30:32.53\00:30:35.76
And, you know, what,
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.13
Cynthia was really
asking for is help in building
00:30:37.17\00:30:40.17
the vision for
how do you actually
00:30:40.20\00:30:42.34
make a place like this?
00:30:42.37\00:30:43.97
Yes.
00:30:44.01\00:30:45.34
And, you know,
00:30:45.37\00:30:46.71
in our
discipline and architecture,
00:30:46.74\00:30:49.34
you know, every
house and every church
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.71
and every building
is a kind of testimony
00:30:52.75\00:30:55.78
to a way of living.
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.25
Okay.
00:30:57.29\00:30:59.09
It tells you a little
bit about what people value
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.19
and what would,
well, how people live.
00:31:01.22\00:31:04.89
And so building a whole
village and designing a village
00:31:04.93\00:31:08.06
is a way of
understanding how to live.
00:31:08.10\00:31:11.07
And so you have all
of these young children
00:31:11.10\00:31:14.70
that are currently vulnerable
and orphans, and dealing with,
00:31:14.74\00:31:19.44
you know, the worst possible
scenarios in their lives
00:31:19.47\00:31:22.41
that you can
imagine, that need a home.
00:31:22.44\00:31:25.81
And not only are
they God's children,
00:31:25.85\00:31:28.75
but also you know,
00:31:28.78\00:31:30.12
SOHO is
interested in building a home
00:31:30.15\00:31:33.36
not just physically
but also the relationships
00:31:33.39\00:31:35.66
of people that
support these children.
00:31:35.69\00:31:38.49
And so, in the
work and the education
00:31:38.53\00:31:40.96
that they would be pursuing,
00:31:41.00\00:31:43.60
the whole mind, body
and spirit education.
00:31:43.63\00:31:47.67
And so, she needed help
in putting together a vision
00:31:47.70\00:31:51.31
for what that
would look like and,
00:31:51.34\00:31:53.48
and we had the
opportunity to help
00:31:53.51\00:31:56.24
and so we took it and...
00:31:56.28\00:31:57.98
So when you create a vision,
00:31:58.01\00:31:59.51
that means you have to go
on location and see, right?
00:31:59.55\00:32:03.49
So would that be
one of the first steps,
00:32:03.52\00:32:05.69
that you would travel there
and what was your experience,
00:32:05.72\00:32:09.76
like when you were
there and saw the people?
00:32:09.79\00:32:12.73
So, my colleague and
I, Christopher Perry,
00:32:12.76\00:32:16.03
we went down first to just
kind of understand the situation
00:32:16.06\00:32:20.54
and met also with
SOHO outreach coordinator,
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.31
Pastor Melvin Moyo,
00:32:24.34\00:32:25.67
who's on the ground there
00:32:25.71\00:32:27.04
and some of the other
partners for organization and...
00:32:27.08\00:32:31.58
You know, when you go to
especially the squatter camp
00:32:31.61\00:32:34.42
that was mentioned earlier,
it's called Mara camp in -
00:32:34.45\00:32:38.02
in center of Swaziland.
00:32:38.05\00:32:41.42
You know, it's an
old railroad property
00:32:41.46\00:32:43.93
and people sort of
informally built up a community.
00:32:43.96\00:32:47.36
And you know, when
you're there and you,
00:32:47.40\00:32:50.87
and you see and you get to know,
00:32:50.90\00:32:52.60
and you get to
work with and live
00:32:52.63\00:32:56.04
within a sense briefly
with, with these children,
00:32:56.07\00:33:01.81
and you realize
the profound need
00:33:01.84\00:33:06.41
that really exists.
00:33:06.45\00:33:08.95
But also the beauty of
the lives that are there,
00:33:08.98\00:33:12.95
and the value of all of
these individual children.
00:33:12.99\00:33:18.29
You know, it
touches you more deeply
00:33:18.33\00:33:19.79
even though of course,
00:33:19.83\00:33:21.16
intellectually you already
understand there's a need.
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.87
There's a sort of an emotional
and a sort of greater passion
00:33:23.90\00:33:27.14
that sort of builds up then
and a conviction that you know,
00:33:27.17\00:33:31.21
you want to be
part of a solution
00:33:31.24\00:33:32.57
and help touch these
lives and do the best you can
00:33:32.61\00:33:36.81
that God has given you
resources to do with, so.
00:33:36.85\00:33:41.28
It's beautiful.
00:33:41.32\00:33:42.65
What about Gwen, and...
00:33:42.68\00:33:44.02
Yeah, how did you get
the students involved?
00:33:44.05\00:33:45.39
How?
00:33:45.42\00:33:46.76
How was your
experience when you went?
00:33:46.79\00:33:49.16
What did that do for you inside
00:33:49.19\00:33:51.19
and then what's your involvement
00:33:51.23\00:33:52.56
with the project?
00:33:52.59\00:33:55.16
Well, personally,
00:33:55.20\00:33:57.20
someone who is
actually from a place like that.
00:33:57.23\00:34:01.30
Right.
00:34:01.34\00:34:03.04
It personally felt
like I was going back home
00:34:03.07\00:34:05.77
to change something.
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.98
So it was to a
deeper level an experience
00:34:08.01\00:34:14.02
that I'll never forget.
00:34:14.05\00:34:16.58
And I felt like it was
kind of God's telling me, yeah,
00:34:16.62\00:34:20.89
by the way, you can do something
00:34:20.92\00:34:23.36
where you came from.
00:34:23.39\00:34:24.73
Yes.
00:34:24.76\00:34:26.09
So, when we heard the news
that we're going to Swaziland,
00:34:26.13\00:34:31.00
in a million years, I
would not have ever thought
00:34:31.03\00:34:33.80
that I'll go to Swaziland,
in all the countries in Africa,
00:34:33.84\00:34:37.54
Swaziland was probably not
even in the list of countries
00:34:37.57\00:34:40.94
that I was
thinking of ever going to.
00:34:40.98\00:34:44.18
But when I, when we
researched about it,
00:34:44.21\00:34:47.55
everything that I read was,
00:34:47.58\00:34:49.88
it was kind of
echoing what happened.
00:34:49.92\00:34:52.72
What is happening in Burundi,
in terms of like the poverty,
00:34:52.75\00:34:56.79
the offense, everything
that is happening there.
00:34:56.83\00:35:02.66
So, it literally felt like
I'm learning about my country,
00:35:02.70\00:35:07.20
but in another world.
00:35:07.24\00:35:08.60
Oh, wow.
00:35:08.64\00:35:09.97
It's deep.
00:35:10.01\00:35:11.34
And as an architect,
of course, and it was,
00:35:11.37\00:35:15.51
it's my fifth
year so it was a year
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.38
where you ask God,
00:35:18.41\00:35:21.25
"Where do You
really want me to be?
00:35:21.28\00:35:24.22
What do You want what?"
00:35:24.25\00:35:26.25
Everything I was
actually thinking about
00:35:26.29\00:35:29.12
stewardship a lot
that in that period
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.76
because I was thinking,
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.13
I'm going to
graduate, I have skills,
00:35:34.16\00:35:35.83
I have expertise, you know.
00:35:35.86\00:35:39.03
So what should I...
00:35:39.07\00:35:40.40
What do I have to do with it?
00:35:40.44\00:35:42.17
And because you
think you want to do it
00:35:42.20\00:35:44.54
for the glory of God.
00:35:44.57\00:35:46.27
I believe that, that
was a door that was open
00:35:46.31\00:35:50.91
for me to realize,
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.65
yes, I give you this and
this is how you can do it,
00:35:52.68\00:35:55.98
by becoming the
feet of Jesus in a place.
00:35:56.02\00:36:00.82
So when we went there,
it was literally amazing.
00:36:00.86\00:36:07.20
Youth, I would see
kids and I felt like
00:36:07.23\00:36:10.87
I looked like them and
this could have been me...
00:36:10.90\00:36:14.37
Right.
00:36:14.40\00:36:15.74
This could have
been me literally.
00:36:15.77\00:36:17.94
So it was such an
experience of saying,
00:36:17.97\00:36:23.04
I can make a
difference with what I studied,
00:36:23.08\00:36:27.28
with who I am,
00:36:27.32\00:36:28.65
with the experience that I have.
00:36:28.68\00:36:30.62
Yeah, was it emotional for you?
00:36:30.65\00:36:32.75
It was very
emotional actually going there.
00:36:32.79\00:36:35.76
I was praying the whole way,
00:36:35.79\00:36:37.83
like on the
plane because you know,
00:36:37.86\00:36:40.03
it's a long, it's a long flight.
00:36:40.06\00:36:42.20
I was, I literally felt
like I was going back home
00:36:42.23\00:36:45.50
because like even the
itinerary is going back home.
00:36:45.53\00:36:50.14
So, it was very emotional.
00:36:50.17\00:36:52.27
I actually
cried on the way there
00:36:52.31\00:36:54.71
because I felt inadequate,
00:36:54.74\00:36:56.08
like when you see a
huge need for children
00:36:56.11\00:37:00.85
and when you deal with children,
00:37:00.88\00:37:03.32
you're not only
dealing with the present,
00:37:03.35\00:37:05.55
you're also
dealing with the future.
00:37:05.59\00:37:06.92
Yes, that's right.
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.29
So it was emotional
because I felt like I'm,
00:37:08.32\00:37:11.93
I don't have what it takes.
00:37:11.96\00:37:13.80
But I realized
that it's through God
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.87
that anything is possible.
00:37:16.90\00:37:18.73
That's right. Wow.
00:37:18.77\00:37:20.30
What about you, Stephanie? Yeah.
00:37:20.34\00:37:22.37
Well, along the same
lines of what Gwen was saying,
00:37:22.40\00:37:25.01
it was when we first
heard that we were going
00:37:25.04\00:37:27.38
to be working with children.
00:37:27.41\00:37:30.68
It was already transformational
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.88
because I have
always worked with children.
00:37:32.91\00:37:36.62
I've been working with
children's for 10 years,
00:37:36.65\00:37:39.12
in all sorts of ways.
00:37:39.15\00:37:42.82
And just to see the opportunity
00:37:42.86\00:37:48.53
in every little phase,
00:37:48.56\00:37:50.33
and to know
that it is by chance,
00:37:50.37\00:37:53.57
that there by
chance that I'm there,
00:37:53.60\00:37:55.50
but it's not by
chance, I should say,
00:37:55.54\00:37:57.41
it is by God's grace
that we are where we are,
00:37:57.44\00:38:00.21
and it was just incredible
00:38:00.24\00:38:06.45
to know that
God has been working
00:38:06.48\00:38:09.18
for so long in so many ways.
00:38:09.22\00:38:11.95
That, 2006 when Cynthia started,
00:38:11.99\00:38:17.06
I was in high school.
00:38:17.09\00:38:20.10
He was preparing me
already to come to this place.
00:38:20.13\00:38:23.73
He was preparing my classmates.
00:38:23.77\00:38:25.47
He was preparing the land.
00:38:25.50\00:38:26.87
Yeah.
00:38:26.90\00:38:28.24
And it just, as a person
00:38:28.27\00:38:30.47
that's emerging
into a profession,
00:38:30.51\00:38:32.94
I can see that God
is already working,
00:38:32.97\00:38:35.41
and He's already
preparing the things
00:38:35.44\00:38:37.48
that we are going to do.
00:38:37.51\00:38:39.15
And I have so much
hope and so much faith
00:38:39.18\00:38:41.75
for these children that we met,
00:38:41.78\00:38:44.35
that this is going to be
an incredible opportunity
00:38:44.39\00:38:47.29
for them and this
is going to be a home
00:38:47.32\00:38:50.06
and I cannot wait.
00:38:50.09\00:38:52.56
Amen.
00:38:52.59\00:38:53.93
Praise the Lord.
00:38:53.96\00:38:55.30
Once the students,
00:38:55.33\00:38:56.67
so when we had gone
for a preliminary visit,
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.43
we brought back a lot of photos.
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.20
And we had put them
up in our studio to help
00:39:00.24\00:39:02.74
explain to our students
before we went down as a team.
00:39:02.77\00:39:06.34
Here's kind of the situation.
00:39:06.37\00:39:08.44
And, you know, we showed them
I think a video or two as well.
00:39:08.48\00:39:12.51
And the students were so touched
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.08
by even just the
nature of the project,
00:39:14.12\00:39:16.52
and the mission, that they,
00:39:16.55\00:39:18.65
on their own initiative started
a fundraising campaign...
00:39:18.69\00:39:21.72
Oh, how nice.
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.09
To get certain
supplies that are needed.
00:39:23.12\00:39:27.63
So, you know, we had found
out that shoes were needed.
00:39:27.66\00:39:30.87
Yep.
00:39:30.90\00:39:32.23
Because, especially
with the rainy season
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.87
starting soon,
raincoats were needed.
00:39:33.90\00:39:37.84
Once the students put together
a GoFundMe campaign online,
00:39:37.87\00:39:43.01
and reached out
to different people
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.81
in social media and churches,
00:39:45.85\00:39:48.08
and were able to
raise a lot of money
00:39:48.12\00:39:52.15
that enabled us to
buy supplies locally.
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.72
Yeah.
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.09
That we could then put to
use and spending the money
00:39:56.12\00:39:58.96
locally is I think,
is also a good thing
00:39:58.99\00:40:00.66
because then the local merchants
00:40:00.70\00:40:02.03
are benefiting from that.
00:40:02.06\00:40:04.33
And so we were able
to get a lot of things.
00:40:04.37\00:40:08.74
And while we were
there, I don't know,
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.74
what are some of the
other things you notice
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.11
while we're there
and you ended up getting?
00:40:12.14\00:40:13.81
It was
incredible because we went,
00:40:13.84\00:40:15.54
we raised the
money with the idea
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.91
that we were going to buy
00:40:16.95\00:40:18.28
rubber shoes for the children,
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.65
because the
rainy season's coming
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.02
and it's just easy for them.
00:40:21.05\00:40:22.38
But while we were there,
00:40:22.42\00:40:23.75
we realized that we
had not just enough money
00:40:23.79\00:40:25.52
to get the shoes
for these children.
00:40:25.55\00:40:27.66
We had enough for raincoats.
00:40:27.69\00:40:29.56
And then while we were there,
00:40:29.59\00:40:30.93
we noticed that
some of the little girls
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.66
and boys didn't
have any undergarments.
00:40:32.69\00:40:35.03
So even, even there
God had already provided,
00:40:35.06\00:40:38.47
we had the money.
00:40:38.50\00:40:39.83
We went to the store, we
chose as many as we could
00:40:39.87\00:40:42.37
and we brought them to them.
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.41
And Gwen also
had the opportunity
00:40:44.44\00:40:46.27
to reach out and
collect some toys for them.
00:40:46.31\00:40:50.88
Did their eyes light up?
00:40:50.91\00:40:52.51
I'd love to see that, the joy.
00:40:52.55\00:40:54.15
Also candy
because you know children,
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.18
when you bring them candy,
you bring them Christmas early.
00:40:56.22\00:41:01.16
But another
aspect that I really,
00:41:01.19\00:41:04.23
it touched me was
we brought to them
00:41:04.26\00:41:08.93
lead to Christ, Steps to Christ.
00:41:08.96\00:41:12.37
Steps to Christ books.
00:41:12.40\00:41:14.27
And I remember my,
like how I got to know
00:41:14.30\00:41:18.34
Christ was like that,
00:41:18.37\00:41:19.71
was through a book that somebody
00:41:19.74\00:41:22.31
randomly brought to me.
00:41:22.34\00:41:23.85
And when we took them
there, when we took them there,
00:41:23.88\00:41:27.65
and we gave them,
we had like 100 books
00:41:27.68\00:41:31.15
that we distributed to children.
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.76
And it just reminded
me that maybe that's gonna
00:41:33.79\00:41:37.79
be someone like me in
the next few years to come.
00:41:37.83\00:41:41.86
So it's like,
there is so much hope
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.80
for these children,
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.17
that only God could
have ordained all that like,
00:41:45.20\00:41:50.67
all of that, for us to be
there at that specific moment.
00:41:50.71\00:41:55.74
And, yeah, it
was really amazing.
00:41:55.78\00:41:58.01
It's so exciting.
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.41
Divine
Providence, you see God's hand
00:41:59.45\00:42:01.85
in bringing SOHO
and Andrews together.
00:42:01.88\00:42:04.02
I know our time is going,
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.45
so let's get to
what God is doing
00:42:05.49\00:42:08.49
with this mountain farm.
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.13
Talk to us about
the plans, the design,
00:42:10.16\00:42:12.76
I think we have
some pictures, so.
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.16
Yes, they have some
pictures but I think
00:42:14.20\00:42:16.36
what is critical here is, A,
00:42:16.40\00:42:18.77
it will provide
opportunity for housing,
00:42:18.80\00:42:21.17
safe housing, but
it is not just housing,
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.77
it's a whole holistic
program, it's the housing,
00:42:23.81\00:42:27.01
it's the
schooling, it's the church.
00:42:27.04\00:42:29.41
And then in addition to that,
00:42:29.44\00:42:32.01
we're
establishing social enterprise,
00:42:32.05\00:42:37.09
a chalets, a lodge
where you can have meetings,
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.82
where you can do training,
00:42:40.86\00:42:42.39
where you can do a lot
00:42:42.42\00:42:43.76
and that will
produce revenue for the farm.
00:42:43.79\00:42:47.86
Self-sustaining.
00:42:47.90\00:42:49.30
Right, it is self-sustaining.
00:42:49.33\00:42:50.90
And the important thing
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.27
is God has put
His signature on it.
00:42:52.30\00:42:54.20
The farm was
listed for a 400,000 US,
00:42:54.24\00:42:59.31
and we're close
to getting there,
00:42:59.34\00:43:02.04
to taking that farm over.
00:43:02.08\00:43:03.95
Yes.
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.31
We have to put a clinic there,
we have to put a lot of things.
00:43:05.35\00:43:09.35
And so just being able to
see the impact introduce health,
00:43:09.38\00:43:14.02
healthy living there,
and what they have designed,
00:43:14.06\00:43:16.99
they have put
the pieces in place
00:43:17.03\00:43:18.83
so that we're able to look
at what actually can be there.
00:43:18.86\00:43:23.77
We found out by the way
that the sellers of the farm,
00:43:23.80\00:43:29.27
they had been reading the Bible.
00:43:29.30\00:43:32.31
When they felt led there,
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.21
they put their
wealth into building,
00:43:34.24\00:43:35.68
fencing the farm.
00:43:35.71\00:43:38.21
They, when we met
them, and we thought,
00:43:38.25\00:43:40.98
they might be biased about
having orphan children there.
00:43:41.02\00:43:44.95
We found out that
they were Sabbath keepers
00:43:44.99\00:43:47.42
and they didn't even
know anything about us.
00:43:47.46\00:43:50.13
So God had His
stamp all along the way.
00:43:50.16\00:43:55.10
That's beautiful.
Now, what's this here?
00:43:55.13\00:43:57.57
This is the property itself.
00:43:57.60\00:44:00.14
So it's 1075 acres.
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.20
It's beautiful.
00:44:02.24\00:44:03.57
It's a beau...
00:44:03.61\00:44:04.94
I mean, we went
around most of Eswatini,
00:44:04.97\00:44:07.14
and this was by far
the most stunning piece
00:44:07.18\00:44:09.31
of property that we saw.
00:44:09.34\00:44:10.68
It's in the mountains?
00:44:10.71\00:44:12.05
Is it cool up
there? It is a mountain.
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.42
Okay. Is it a
little cooler weather?
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.28
It's, it's, it doesn't freeze.
00:44:15.32\00:44:17.45
So it's perfect for agriculture
because it's all year round,
00:44:17.49\00:44:22.39
you know, growing season.
00:44:22.42\00:44:23.93
And it's a, it's
blessed with 15 natural springs.
00:44:23.96\00:44:29.00
So there's plenty of
water all year round,
00:44:29.03\00:44:30.40
even during the dry season.
00:44:30.43\00:44:31.77
Such a blessing, you
don't have to dig a well.
00:44:31.80\00:44:33.87
Yeah. And what's this?
00:44:33.90\00:44:35.50
So, when you, when you
arrive at the property,
00:44:35.54\00:44:37.41
this is the
sign that's up there,
00:44:37.44\00:44:38.77
Deuteronomy 28:6,
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.14
"Blessed are those
who come in and blessed
00:44:40.18\00:44:41.68
are those who go out."
00:44:41.71\00:44:43.45
And it's in Afrikaans,
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.41
the language
00:44:45.45\00:44:47.88
there in South Africa and so on,
00:44:47.92\00:44:49.62
and this is what
the property ownership
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.79
put up at the entrance there's -
00:44:51.82\00:44:56.02
they're the
sellers of the property.
00:44:56.06\00:44:58.49
And the Sabbath keepers.
00:44:58.53\00:44:59.86
Yes. Yes, okay.
00:44:59.89\00:45:01.23
And sort of a Nehemiah type
character because, you know,
00:45:01.26\00:45:05.60
he fenced the property.
00:45:05.63\00:45:07.40
But in the process of
fencing this beautiful land
00:45:07.44\00:45:10.21
that you see here,
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.57
he also built
relationships with his neighbors
00:45:11.61\00:45:14.44
because he engaged his neighbors
00:45:14.48\00:45:16.21
who had first were skeptical,
00:45:16.24\00:45:18.01
but of course moving there
and he prepared a sanctuary
00:45:18.05\00:45:22.05
for him and his
family, he raised.
00:45:22.08\00:45:24.09
They raised six children
there, in a Bible centered way.
00:45:24.12\00:45:30.96
This is us, in the Mara camp,
in the informal settlement,
00:45:30.99\00:45:34.83
working with the children
and getting to know them.
00:45:34.86\00:45:37.43
We had a Sabbath
service all day long
00:45:37.47\00:45:39.53
in the town square,
00:45:39.57\00:45:41.34
in this community
that we were able to use
00:45:41.37\00:45:44.51
in order to spread hope.
00:45:44.54\00:45:48.31
This is us at a
local high school
00:45:48.34\00:45:50.58
Ekukhanyeni High School,
00:45:50.61\00:45:52.51
working with young people,
00:45:52.55\00:45:53.88
we showed them our designs
00:45:53.92\00:45:55.45
in order to engage young people
00:45:55.48\00:45:57.89
in the process
of what we're doing.
00:45:57.92\00:46:00.59
And here's the
initial site plan.
00:46:00.62\00:46:03.76
This is your design concept?
00:46:03.79\00:46:05.13
Yeah. The
students put this together.
00:46:05.16\00:46:07.00
Okay.
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.36
And it's for our
children's village.
00:46:08.40\00:46:09.83
So talk to us about
what we're seeing here?
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.67
Well, at the very center of it,
00:46:11.70\00:46:14.20
you can see this is
a semi-circular space.
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.37
Yeah.
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.74
Which is an
amphitheater looking out
00:46:17.77\00:46:19.41
over the mountains and church,
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.64
and you can see the
church here in this view.
00:46:22.68\00:46:25.35
It's a building at the
center of the community.
00:46:25.38\00:46:29.75
And it's, the
whole design is inspired
00:46:29.78\00:46:32.55
by traditional Swazi homesteads
00:46:32.59\00:46:35.72
that were very
community oriented.
00:46:35.76\00:46:38.83
We had an
interest in really enabling
00:46:38.86\00:46:41.26
those young children
to not just grow closer
00:46:41.30\00:46:45.47
to the Lord and to be educated
and receive the health care
00:46:45.50\00:46:48.50
that they need,
00:46:48.54\00:46:50.07
but also to
become functional Swazi's
00:46:50.11\00:46:53.51
that can remain in
the country as people
00:46:53.54\00:46:58.61
who have an identity as Swazis,
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.28
and who can function
in society in that way.
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.95
That's way the buildings would
have that architectural design.
00:47:02.98\00:47:04.92
Yeah, they had.
00:47:04.95\00:47:06.29
That's part of
why they're like that.
00:47:06.32\00:47:07.66
That makes sense.
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.02
Part of it is the climate.
00:47:09.06\00:47:10.56
We just saw a picture
00:47:10.59\00:47:11.93
of where the
children would actually live.
00:47:11.96\00:47:15.30
And so, you know,
the views are stunning
00:47:15.33\00:47:17.67
and so thinking
about the relationship
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.07
between how you
live on this property
00:47:20.10\00:47:22.27
and how you live in nature.
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.71
There's an
agricultural component
00:47:24.74\00:47:26.27
that's very significant.
00:47:26.31\00:47:29.61
There's a
financial sustainability plan
00:47:29.64\00:47:31.41
in place that has to
do with a lodge actually.
00:47:31.45\00:47:35.68
And so we had a
hospitality consultant with us,
00:47:35.72\00:47:41.39
who worked with us to
identify opportunities
00:47:41.42\00:47:44.53
for how a lodge
could be developed
00:47:44.56\00:47:46.26
on the property,
00:47:46.29\00:47:47.63
so that there could be long term
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.13
financial sustainability
for the children's village.
00:47:49.16\00:47:52.67
When you say
lodge, you mean like,
00:47:52.70\00:47:54.54
what we'd call a bed
and breakfast, or no?
00:47:54.57\00:47:56.77
What do you mean by lodge?
00:47:56.81\00:47:58.84
Basically like a resort.
00:47:58.87\00:48:00.41
Got it. Okay.
00:48:00.44\00:48:01.78
And that last
picture that you saw there,
00:48:01.81\00:48:04.51
showed you the lodge,
00:48:04.55\00:48:06.51
with some of the guests chalets,
00:48:06.55\00:48:08.65
looking out
over the countryside,
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.05
there's an opportunity for game,
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.89
wildlife, and all
kinds of outdoor activities
00:48:11.92\00:48:14.92
that hospitality consultant
was very excited about.
00:48:14.96\00:48:18.19
But we see a...
00:48:18.23\00:48:19.56
We see an
opportunity for the lodge
00:48:19.59\00:48:21.53
and the children's
village to actually
00:48:21.56\00:48:23.40
be a combined community
00:48:23.43\00:48:28.04
where the branding of the lodge
is actually partly involved
00:48:28.07\00:48:32.77
in the children's
village and as its mission
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.74
so people who go
there don't just go there
00:48:34.78\00:48:37.28
to spend time in nature,
00:48:37.31\00:48:38.65
but they actually go
there to be part of an authentic
00:48:38.68\00:48:40.42
Swazi community
and part of a mission
00:48:40.45\00:48:42.75
to uplift these young children,
00:48:42.78\00:48:44.12
so.
00:48:44.15\00:48:45.49
Amen. It's beautiful.
00:48:45.52\00:48:46.86
Yeah, what I was going to
say is that skills prevent
00:48:46.89\00:48:52.59
them from being
taken advantage of,
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.90
so the skill
building is part of the whole
00:48:54.93\00:48:57.20
educational process as well.
00:48:57.23\00:49:00.10
The lodge is
such a heavenly site.
00:49:00.14\00:49:02.47
So it's a place
where people will come
00:49:02.50\00:49:05.01
and be able to find healing.
00:49:05.04\00:49:06.47
Lifestyle, vegetarianism
almost doesn't exist
00:49:06.51\00:49:10.28
because even in the
best hotels you cannot find.
00:49:10.31\00:49:13.18
So this is going to be a
campus where the children
00:49:13.21\00:49:15.92
will have them tested,
to be fed a vegetarian diet,
00:49:15.95\00:49:19.09
where people can learn
about healthy lifestyle,
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.92
where change can
happen in different ways
00:49:21.96\00:49:24.26
while at the same time
crafts and what have you,
00:49:24.29\00:49:26.86
but the lifestyle
change will take place.
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.46
So even with the
income generating,
00:49:29.50\00:49:32.17
when people come,
00:49:32.20\00:49:33.57
they will be able to
discover a lot about God
00:49:33.60\00:49:36.74
and a lot about
this plan right there.
00:49:36.77\00:49:38.67
Amen. Is there a pastor there?
00:49:38.71\00:49:41.01
Yeah.
00:49:41.04\00:49:42.38
Outreach coordinator.
00:49:42.41\00:49:43.75
We've got a board
of directors down there
00:49:43.78\00:49:45.71
that they're very dedicated,
00:49:45.75\00:49:48.45
the system
that's well organized.
00:49:48.48\00:49:50.72
We have an outreach coordinator,
00:49:50.75\00:49:52.09
dynamic young pastor,
00:49:52.12\00:49:53.46
Pastor Moyo, who they call them,
00:49:53.49\00:49:56.52
they made a song about him.
00:49:56.56\00:49:58.13
He's their rock star, right?
00:49:58.16\00:50:00.06
And so he's in
there working with them
00:50:00.10\00:50:02.96
determining their needs,
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.40
see who needs help,
00:50:04.43\00:50:05.77
so that SOHO has
a hand in directly
00:50:05.80\00:50:08.70
in the community itself.
00:50:08.74\00:50:10.31
So, the visitation and whatnot
00:50:10.34\00:50:12.31
and the children are
giving their lives to Christ
00:50:12.34\00:50:14.81
We're going to your
address in just a moment,
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.81
because we want the
3ABN family to partner
00:50:16.85\00:50:19.45
with SOHO in what God is doing,
00:50:19.48\00:50:21.55
but talk to us for just
maybe one minute, Cynthia,
00:50:21.58\00:50:23.89
about some of the
needs and opportunities?
00:50:23.92\00:50:27.09
Right.
00:50:27.12\00:50:28.46
Well, the need is,
the first need is funding,
00:50:28.49\00:50:31.86
because obviously we've got to,
00:50:31.89\00:50:33.76
we want to put closure
00:50:33.80\00:50:35.53
so that we can take possession
of the farm and that is urgent.
00:50:35.56\00:50:40.40
God has touched hearts.
00:50:40.44\00:50:41.77
He touched the heart of
one person in California
00:50:41.80\00:50:44.57
who said she was standing
in the building and God said,
00:50:44.61\00:50:47.14
you need to help the orphans.
00:50:47.18\00:50:48.51
She called weeping and
sent a hundred thousand dollars.
00:50:48.54\00:50:51.81
You know, it's like just
seeing lives changed here,
00:50:51.85\00:50:55.12
people who just
give little gift what,
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.95
but we will need people
with skills and abilities too
00:50:57.99\00:51:01.42
as well.
00:51:01.46\00:51:02.79
People who would be
willing to volunteer,
00:51:02.82\00:51:04.59
people who would
be willing to pray.
00:51:04.63\00:51:06.66
We have churches that
are looking to engage,
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.86
we want schools.
00:51:08.90\00:51:10.30
We want it to be something
that is transformable for all,
00:51:10.33\00:51:13.74
transformative for
all who are involved
00:51:13.77\00:51:16.10
in any capacity.
00:51:16.14\00:51:17.47
Amen. I'm excited, Angie...
00:51:17.51\00:51:18.84
I am too.
00:51:18.87\00:51:20.21
About what God is
doing in and through SOHO,
00:51:20.24\00:51:23.14
and we're excited
to bring this need
00:51:23.18\00:51:25.38
and opportunity to you at home.
00:51:25.41\00:51:27.68
So right now what we're
going to do is we're going to go
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.55
to the contact
information for SOHO.
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.32
We encourage you to
pray for this ministry.
00:51:32.35\00:51:35.02
We encourage you to get involved
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.39
in this ministry.
00:51:37.43\00:51:38.76
We encourage you to financially
support this ministry.
00:51:38.79\00:51:42.10
SOHO are saving orphans
through outreach healthcare,
00:51:49.04\00:51:52.71
works hard to
improve the quality of life
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.91
and life expectancy of
orphans and vulnerable children.
00:51:54.94\00:51:57.88
For more
information about this ministry
00:51:57.91\00:51:59.95
or to support them financially,
00:51:59.98\00:52:01.75
please visit their
website, SavingOrphans.com.
00:52:01.78\00:52:04.45
That's SavingOrphans.com.
00:52:04.49\00:52:07.22
You may also call them
00:52:07.26\00:52:08.59
at 317-779-0001
00:52:08.62\00:52:13.60
or write them
00:52:13.63\00:52:14.96
at SOHO, 1100 West 42nd Street,
Suite 220 E, Indianapolis,
00:52:15.00\00:52:20.74
Indiana 46208.
00:52:20.77\00:52:23.24
This is a wonderful ministry,
00:52:31.85\00:52:34.02
and we want you to support
this ministry any way you can,
00:52:34.05\00:52:37.82
by your prayers
and your support.
00:52:37.85\00:52:39.92
Now, Stephanie,
00:52:39.95\00:52:42.09
you were there, and we
just want you to have...
00:52:42.12\00:52:45.03
What is your
closing thoughts about this?
00:52:45.06\00:52:48.63
Well, it was a wonderful
opportunity to be there
00:52:48.66\00:52:50.53
and it just told
me that God is there
00:52:50.57\00:52:52.73
waiting for us to be a part
00:52:52.77\00:52:55.44
and we had a chance to
give these children a home,
00:52:55.47\00:53:01.31
we wanted to focus on rebuilding
00:53:01.34\00:53:05.01
that broken part that
they have in their life,
00:53:05.05\00:53:07.45
they're missing a place
that they can call their own.
00:53:07.48\00:53:10.92
A lot of these
children live in households
00:53:10.95\00:53:13.69
that are run by other children.
00:53:13.72\00:53:15.66
And so we're trying to give them
00:53:15.69\00:53:17.26
a place where
they and other children
00:53:17.29\00:53:19.26
can be supervised,
00:53:19.29\00:53:20.66
and it can be their own.
00:53:20.70\00:53:23.47
And I think that was the
most wonderful part for me.
00:53:23.50\00:53:26.90
Amen. Thank you.
00:53:26.94\00:53:28.30
Gwen, what about you?
00:53:28.34\00:53:29.80
Yeah, so when I always remember
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.64
the whole project as a whole.
00:53:33.68\00:53:35.44
I remember when we're
there and we talked to the -
00:53:35.48\00:53:39.28
we asked them,
00:53:39.31\00:53:40.68
if you'd come back
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.52
in a couple years
after this happened,
00:53:42.55\00:53:45.42
like the project is happened.
00:53:45.45\00:53:48.29
What would be your, for your,
00:53:48.32\00:53:51.89
what you don't want to not see.
00:53:51.93\00:53:54.30
And what they say to us
00:53:54.33\00:53:56.06
that they don't
want it to go back
00:53:56.10\00:53:58.20
to where the property was,
00:53:58.23\00:54:01.47
because it was like
a marijuana property,
00:54:01.50\00:54:04.34
and then they changed it.
00:54:04.37\00:54:05.71
So basically what
they were saying is,
00:54:05.74\00:54:07.34
we cultivated the land
to be a beacon of light.
00:54:07.38\00:54:10.75
So we want to see that
even become more and bigger
00:54:10.78\00:54:14.52
to not only the
Grand Valley farm,
00:54:14.55\00:54:17.49
but also to the whole Eswatini.
00:54:17.52\00:54:20.12
So, I believe that we
were used by God to start,
00:54:20.16\00:54:25.43
and I believe that
through those children,
00:54:25.46\00:54:29.16
Eswatini
certainly has a future Amen.
00:54:29.20\00:54:31.70
Andrew.
00:54:31.73\00:54:33.84
The name of the
property is Intsaba,
00:54:33.87\00:54:36.47
which in Swazi is Mountain Farm.
00:54:36.50\00:54:38.87
And Eswatini is
a mountain kingdom.
00:54:38.91\00:54:41.48
And the Bible tells us
00:54:41.51\00:54:43.31
that with just a
little bit of faith,
00:54:43.35\00:54:45.45
you can move mountains.
00:54:45.48\00:54:47.78
And so, when you
think about what that means,
00:54:47.82\00:54:50.22
and you look at a
project like this,
00:54:50.25\00:54:51.59
which is quite large.
00:54:51.62\00:54:54.49
We see God working
already in the sellers.
00:54:54.52\00:54:57.53
We see the God
working in the children.
00:54:57.56\00:54:59.79
We see God
working in the ministries
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.20
that we've been a part of.
00:55:01.23\00:55:02.80
And we know that the testimony
00:55:02.83\00:55:05.60
of the elders are a testimony
00:55:05.63\00:55:07.70
to how faith can move mountains.
00:55:07.74\00:55:09.64
And so we've seen
kingdoms move before.
00:55:09.67\00:55:11.44
And we have a lot of faith
00:55:11.47\00:55:12.81
that this project can help
move mountains in Eswatini, so.
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Amen.
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Cynthia.
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Well, to say the
least, I'm excited.
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I'm excited to
see what God can do.
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Way before this
property was purchased,
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God had sent someone to
send a block making machine
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to build houses out of earth,
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He prepared the place.
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I believe that in
these closing days,
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God is giving
opportunities to His children.
00:55:38.03\00:55:41.00
He is giving us opportunities
00:55:41.04\00:55:43.24
that He'll pass on to
someone as if we don't respond.
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And this is a golden opportunity
00:55:46.54\00:55:49.24
to step in not
only to trust Him,
00:55:49.28\00:55:53.11
but to be a part of
doing something significant
00:55:53.15\00:55:56.02
that is going to bring
many to a knowledge of Christ.
00:55:56.05\00:56:00.96
To save this
generation of youth,
00:56:00.99\00:56:04.26
it is not just sermons.
00:56:04.29\00:56:06.09
It is productive activity
00:56:06.13\00:56:07.83
that sees them change the world.
00:56:07.86\00:56:10.23
This is a golden opportunity
00:56:10.27\00:56:11.83
and we're inviting
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all those who are touched, pray.
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Think of how you can generously
participate, build a school,
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build a house, build a
room, come to a clinic.
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It is part of the
vision prayerfully as you look,
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you can help to
put Intsaba on the map,
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not only for Swaziland,
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not only for
Eswatini, but for the world.
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Because God wants to
do great things there.
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We invite you to help us.
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Amen.
00:56:44.30\00:56:45.63
Amen, well said, little is much
when God is in it, isn't it?
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Yes.
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And you talk about the
faith of a mustard seed.
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And everyone here has
the faith of a mustard seed.
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Great things
are going to happen.
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Amen For the Lord
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and lives have been
changed for the better.
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Amen.
00:57:00.45\00:57:01.78
Thank you all
so much for coming.
00:57:01.82\00:57:03.18
Thank you,
Cynthia, for walking out,
00:57:03.22\00:57:05.55
being willing to
walk in obedience
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when God placed
that call in your heart.
00:57:07.99\00:57:09.89
Thank you, Andrew
and Gwen and Stephanie,
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for joining this vision
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and for what you're
doing there as well.
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And, Angie,
thank you for joining.
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We had great time.
Oh, we had a great time.
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Yes.
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And thank you
at home. Thank you.
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Thank you for being
part of the 3ABN family.
00:57:22.74\00:57:24.94
Thank you for your
support of this ministry,
00:57:24.97\00:57:27.04
as well as other ministries
00:57:27.08\00:57:28.61
that we feature
on the Today program.
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God bless you
until we see you again.
00:57:30.78\00:57:33.01
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
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