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 Jason Bradley,
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and I'm so glad
that you could join us.
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I am going to be talking
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with guests from
FARM STEW International.
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We have Joy Kauffman,
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who is the founder
and executive director
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of FARM STEW International.
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Welcome. Thank you so much.
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You're welcome. We
have Dr. Frederick Nyanzi.
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Did I say that right?
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That's right. All right.
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And he is a board member
for FARM STEW International,
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and we have Cherri Olin,
who is the executive assistant
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for FARM STEW International.
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I'm so glad that
you guys could make it
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and that we
have this opportunity
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to sit down together.
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I've checked out your
ministry, of course, Joy.
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I've talked to you
on multiple occasions
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and you're no stranger to 3ABN.
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You've been here before.
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That's been a blessing. Yes.
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And you as well, Doctor.
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Yes. Yes.
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And this is your
first time, Cherri.
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Yes, it is.
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Yeah, so we are...
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I am happy to have you here,
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and I know our
viewers are as well.
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Before we dive deep into
what FARM STEW is all about
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and a little bit your background
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and upbringing and all of that,
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we're gonna be blessed in song.
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And our song is
coming from Jaime Jorge
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and it's entitled, "El Shaddai."
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Okay, if you
clapped, you have to sing.
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El shaddai, el shaddai
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El-elyon na adonia
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Age to age you're still the same
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By the power of the name
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El shaddai, el shaddai,
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Erkamka na adonai
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We will praise and lift you high
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El shaddai.
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Through your love
and through the ram
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You saved the son of Abraham
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And by the power of your hand
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Turned the sea into dry land
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To the outcast on her knees
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You were the God who really sees
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By your might You
set your children free
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El shaddai, el shaddai
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El-elyon na adonia
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Age to age you're still the same
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By the power of the name
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El shaddai, el shaddai
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Erkamka na adonai
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We will praise and lift you high
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El shaddai
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Through the years
you've made it clear
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That the time of Christ was near
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Though the people failed to see
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What Messiah ought to be
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And though your
word contained the plan
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They just could not understand
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Your most awesome work was done
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Through the frailty of your son
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El shaddai, el shaddai
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El-elyon na adonai
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Age to age you're still the same
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By the power of the name
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El shaddai, el shaddai
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Erkamka na adonai
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We will praise and lift you high
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El shaddai
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We will praise and lift you high
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El shaddai
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Wow, what a beautiful song.
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Thank you Jaime Jorge for that.
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I'm looking forward to
hearing about your story.
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Well, I praise God for my story
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because it's His story
really working through me
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and I've been
passionate about malnutrition
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since I was a young child.
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But I didn't know
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about the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I didn't know plant-based people
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even though I felt convicted
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to become a
vegetarian at age nine.
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Oh, what, at age nine?
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What brought
about that conviction?
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I just loved animals,
and I just couldn't eat them.
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It was just as simple as that.
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But I looked forward to
the Second Coming of Jesus
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from being a young child.
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And when I...
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It took me a while to find
the Adventist Church really,
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I didn't really
meet a real Adventist
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until I met Cherri
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when I was already
almost a little over 40.
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Oh, okay.
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So I'm excited to have
Cherri on the call here today
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and are on the show
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and really to be
able to tell her story
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of successful
friendship evangelism.
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Wow! Friendship...
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Now break that down,
friendship evangelism.
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What is that, just
witnessing to somebody else,
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is that
befriending somebody else?
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And how does that work?
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It's letting God use you.
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I know when I went
to where Joy and I met
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was at a child
education class for children
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when they were young.
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And so when I walked in,
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Joy just happened to
be smiling and I said hi,
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and the friendship
sparked and we lost touch.
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And so through that it
was just sharing my faith,
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but also befriending her
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when whatever
she needed anything.
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I was just like,
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"Oh, well,
okay, I can help you."
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And it just grew from there.
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Nice. Nice. And so...
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Okay, so nine years
old vegetarian or vegan.
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And then you guys ended
up meeting later on in life,
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friendship evangelism.
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Now you're in
the Adventist Church.
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Okay. Yeah.
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And it's so exciting
because when I first heard
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about some of the ideas,
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they were so different
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in terms of the
Christian convictions.
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I mean, I was a Christian,
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but there were some
very different ideas
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in the Adventist Church.
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And I kind of thought
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some of her ideas
were a little crazy.
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It took me a lot of
time and study with my pastor
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to really understand
the truth that we teach.
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But then when I had the
idea to go to Africa in 2015,
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she thought I
was a little crazy.
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I thought she was very nut.
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I said, "Why do you
want to leave your kids
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and go somewhere
that's dangerous.
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Stay with your kids."
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So you guys kind of switched?
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We switched roles.
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Got you, got you.
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And so, Dr. Fred,
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tell me a little bit
about your background?
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Now, I am
originally from Uganda.
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Okay.
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I grew up in Uganda.
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I came to US to study
at Loma Linda University.
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Now at that time, I was...
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After I finished, really
I went to Loma Linda Foods
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to work there as a nutritionist.
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And then after working there
for about five years, I said,
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there should be
something which we can do
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because in Uganda,
people are malnourished,
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not because they
don't have raw materials,
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but because they don't
know how to grow the food,
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which are nutritious.
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And I say, "How
can I be of an impact
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to our country there."
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And also at that time,
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I realized that Loma Linda Foods
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were producing
invitational food products,
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nutritious food products,
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which are out of
their plant sources.
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I say well, let me go and study,
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so I went to Colorado
State and studied there
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about how to manufacture
formulate these food products.
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Wow!
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Now so far I haven't done
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where I could go and
implement what I learned,
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but I was volunteering
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at Adventist community center.
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And there was someone
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who had attended one
of the conferences here
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and Joy presented.
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And when he came
back, he asked me,
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"Do you know FARM STEW?"
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And I said, "What is that?"
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He said, "It's in Uganda."
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And I said, "In Uganda?
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I've never heard of it."
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Then I wanted to
contact her, but before I did,
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I realized that
we are gonna have her
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on our Uganda-American
Adventist Association Committee
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in Chicago, right?
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Right.
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And then that's
where she told me about it
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and she asked me
whether I would like to join,
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and then I did
agree, so here I am.
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Wow. Wow.
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So you caught the vision?
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Amen. Yes.
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Well, and the cool thing
is God has planted this vision
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in the hearts of several
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of our board
members have the same story
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where they were
already doing work
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in this type of field.
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And they were
yearning for something more
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where we would
really combine the physical
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and the spiritual together.
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And I think
that's something unique
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about FARM STEW.
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We're reaching the
most basic spiritual needs.
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But...
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I'm sorry, basic physical needs,
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but we're doing in a
spiritual Bible infused way.
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So I think that
really helped Dr. Fred
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and some of our other
board members just capture it.
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Nice.
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So, you know, and
talking about FARM STEW,
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what's the mission?
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So our mission is to be
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what we call a
recipe for abundant life.
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And so, you know,
Jesus in John 10:10,
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He says that He is
here that we may have life
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and have it more abundantly.
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But the first part of
the verse also is important.
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It's that the thief comes
to kill, steal, and destroy.
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And so right there in
one verse, John 10:10,
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you have the great controversy.
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So I've gone out to many
other Christian organizations.
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I'm teaching them
about the great controversy
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through that one verse.
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Wow.
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And what we want to do is
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create an environment
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for even the poorest
of people in the world
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to be able to
combat hunger, disease,
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and poverty in their community,
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and to equip them
so that they can show
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that Jesus
desire can be realized
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in the here and now.
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They can have an abundant life.
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And so that's how
it's being fulfilled?
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Amen. Yes.
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And you guys
have a global impact?
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Yeah, we have.
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We started little, little.
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Okay.
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I was over there on
a trip that was funded
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by the United States Agency
for International Development
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on just a
three-week mission trip.
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It was mission for me.
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I met Adventists there.
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They actually converted me.
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They caused me to finally
get in the baptismal waters
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because I wanted to be part
of this global family of faith.
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Yes.
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They inspired me.
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And so we started in Uganda.
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God just showed
me that the training
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that I was bringing
needed to be continued.
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Even when I had to go home
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and like Cherri
said had to go back
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and take care
of my own children.
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I felt like there's
children dying here.
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Yes.
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And there's
local people committed,
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Seventh-day Adventist Christians
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that can do this just as well
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or better actually than I can
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'cause they can do it
in the local language,
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knowing the culture, everything.
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So we hired five
people originally.
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Now that has expanded
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to where we have four
teams in three countries.
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And we're going to be
launching in a fourth country
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later this month in
Rwanda in partnership
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with our medical
school in Rwanda,
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the world's seventh
Adventist medical school.
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Wow! So yes.
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We are very, very
excited about what God is doing.
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That's huge.
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So you guys have been growing,
and growing, and growing,
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and God's just been
blessing the ministry.
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What does FARM STEW stand for?
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So it's an acronym.
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Okay.
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And it's similar to some
other health message acronyms
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that our church has helped
make famous all over the world
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and has helped people
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all over the
world get healthier,
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but our acronym is a
little bit different.
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You can see we start
with the letter farming.
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Okay.
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Like you said,
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there's beautiful climates
in a lot of these places,
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but people don't
know how to grow the food.
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So farming, attitude,
rest, and meals is FARM.
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STEW is sanitation, temperance,
enterprise, and water.
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Nice.
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So these are what we
call the eight ingredients
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in the recipe for abundant life.
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That's incredible.
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Now why would you say that
temperance is so important?
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So temperance,
we know self-control
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is one of the most
important characteristics
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to success in life.
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Anywhere globally,
we need self-control.
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Our message is a
little bit expanded to that
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because we consider
not only the substances
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that people abuse,
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but also we talk
about sexual temperance.
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If you think of the
continent of Africa,
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AIDS is still raging.
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And so we need to really
address the biblical sexuality.
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And we do so in
a variety of ways
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in the context
of these communities
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and also in the
context of helping young girls
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who are
struggling to stay in school
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because they don't
have what they need
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for their menstrual hygiene.
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We help them with sharing a
biblical sexuality, hygiene,
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and we also equip them with...
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That's a whole another subject,
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but we equip them
with what they need
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to be able to stay in school.
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Wow. Wow.
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So you guys are meeting
a lot of different needs?
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It's a packed acronym.
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Yes. Yes, absolutely.
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And we have a video, correct?
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Yeah.
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Let's take a
two-minute quick trip to Africa.
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That would be awesome
to get to see it live.
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Yes. Let's go there now.
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In Sub-Saharan Africa,
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one in three children
is severely malnourished.
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People are
suffering from diseases
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that they can prevent
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with simple
habits and healthy food.
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They don't know
about sanitation.
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Education is a necessity.
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Kids have no hope
of a better future.
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But Jesus came to this world,
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so we can have life and
have it more abundantly.
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FARM STEW is a
recipe for abundant life.
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That includes ingredients
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that prevent hunger,
disease, and poverty.
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Our mission is to
improve the health
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and well-being of poor families
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and vulnerable
people throughout the world.
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Drawing on biblical
wisdom and sound science,
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our African-Christian
trainers equip families
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by conducting hands-on classes,
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freely sharing practical skills,
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so people can help themselves.
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Thanks to the
FARM STEW training,
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people learn to live abundantly
with fresh homegrown food,
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clean water, tidy homes,
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savings clubs, and
strong community ties.
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FARM STEW also
supports girls to stay in school
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by giving them
washable pads and confidence.
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Your gifts equip
desperately poor families
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and vulnerable people so
they can help themselves.
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Will you give for
abundant life today?
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FARM STEW, a
recipe for abundant life.
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Wow. Wow.
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Dr. Fred, you're from Uganda?
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Yes.
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How do you share
Jesus with people in Uganda?
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I mean, does it take a team?
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It's very interesting.
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Thank you for
asking that question
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because people are hungry
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for seeing Jesus.
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And as matter of fact,
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FARM STEW has worked too hard
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to make sure that the people...
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They're not hungry.
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They know Jesus,
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who is the one
who take care of them.
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Now one time Joy asked me to go
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and accompany her
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on the train the trainers.
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Is that right? Yes.
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That's true.
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That is where the
trainers whom we have in Uganda,
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they are the
nationals, not people from U.S.
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But those
nationals who are trainers,
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they go and train the trainers.
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So you train...
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Let me just make sure
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that I have a solid
understanding of this.
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You train the people in Uganda
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that are natives
of Uganda to be able
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to teach other people in Uganda.
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So you...
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And if you see the picture,
you'll see not just Uganda,
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but South Sudan as well.
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And South Sudan. Oh, wow!
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And you can see actually,
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Dr. Fred is in that
picture in the front row
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with his South Sudan shirt.
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Nice.
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So the yellow are
South Sudan trainers,
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green are FARM
STEW Uganda trainers.
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Wow!
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And then we also have volunteers
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that we train as well.
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So they're the ones going out
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bringing this
message of abundant life.
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Now I love that
idea and that concept,
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but what's the
philosophy behind that?
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And as opposed to
taking Americans over there
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to work and do all that,
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what's the
philosophy behind that?
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Really, that's very important
because the people in Uganda,
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they know the people in Uganda.
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Someone from outside
won't know the culture.
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It will take some time
before they can understand.
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Yes.
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Because for example,
I'll tell you one thing
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that when you
tell some of the people
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in Uganda or Sudan
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that you need a
latrine, they say what is that?
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I can't do that.
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Those people in Uganda
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are the only one who
can understand the culture,
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why don't they
want to go in latrine?
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Can we help them
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so that they can learn
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how to have
latrine in their homes
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so that they can
dispel all those fears
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which they have?
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Because they have
latrine near them.
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And that's what they do.
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They do it outside and cover it,
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which we are teaching them that
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that is
spreading disease all over.
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Wow.
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So the nationals who will know,
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they know what kind
of food their people like
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because if we bring macaroni,
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they say what is that?
00:21:01.42\00:21:04.89
But they know the corn
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which they call
maize over there.
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Maize?
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That's what they like.
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And they know how to prepare it.
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Oh, okay.
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And really, when you look
at what they have and try to...
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For example, the food,
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try to make it nutritional
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then you'd be happy.
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And the only way
unless someone from outside
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has to take a long time
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learning all those
things that they can have,
00:21:29.35\00:21:31.52
but those
nationals, they know that.
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So it will take
shorter for them to train.
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So they're ahead of
the curve in the sense
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that they don't have to
learn about the culture,
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they're in the culture.
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Exactly.
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That makes sense. What
does training look like?
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So I want to show
00:21:48.77\00:21:50.61
actually the
picture of our trainers
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training in South Sudan.
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They are out in the bush.
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They're out,
oftentimes just on tarps.
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You can see this
whole group of women,
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these are two of our
South Sudan trainers.
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They do
hands-on cooking classes.
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.19
You can actually
switch to the picture
00:22:06.22\00:22:07.56
of the greens as well.
00:22:07.59\00:22:08.92
We teach about
eating local greens.
00:22:08.96\00:22:11.99
Like he said,
everybody loves their maize,
00:22:12.03\00:22:14.56
which is a great food
except for sadly they eat it
00:22:14.60\00:22:17.27
in a very highly refined
white just powder, right?
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It's 30% to 50% of the
calories of Sub-Saharan Africans
00:22:21.60\00:22:25.81
are coming from this
white powdery substance.
00:22:25.84\00:22:28.71
So you can imagine the rates
00:22:28.74\00:22:30.08
of diabetes,
cancers, even hemorrhoids.
00:22:30.15\00:22:34.82
People are constipated.
00:22:34.85\00:22:36.18
They have no fiber if
that's all they're eating
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is a white substance powder.
00:22:38.45\00:22:40.46
So really diversifying the diet,
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.19
helping them get,
like the greens you said,
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also the beans.
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We do a lot with
soybeans trying to encourage,
00:22:45.69\00:22:48.70
and people get very excited
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.17
about being
able to make soymilk.
00:22:50.20\00:22:52.90
Milk is kind of a
universal, wonderful thing
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.34
that people enjoy being
able to give to their children
00:22:55.37\00:22:58.07
and drink hot as
a tea or beverage.
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.38
They love it.
00:23:00.41\00:23:01.74
We teach them how to make
it with something they can grow
00:23:01.78\00:23:04.15
and get almost for free.
00:23:04.18\00:23:06.48
That's incredible,
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.12
because now you're kind of
creating your own food source.
00:23:08.15\00:23:11.09
Exactly. That makes sense.
00:23:11.12\00:23:12.45
Yes, and saving a lot
of money in the process.
00:23:12.49\00:23:14.96
Exactly.
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Actually, that's a lot of
the comments people say is
00:23:16.36\00:23:18.63
they have now not only
are they saving money on food,
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.46
they're saving
money on medicines
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.87
because their
kids are healthier.
00:23:23.90\00:23:25.87
And they also are
saving money in a club.
00:23:25.90\00:23:30.14
So our enterprise, the
E stands for enterprise,
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and we have what's
called savings clubs...
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Okay.
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.15
Where the people
are coming together,
00:23:37.18\00:23:38.95
and every week they might
be just putting in a quarter
00:23:38.98\00:23:41.95
into the club account.
00:23:41.98\00:23:43.89
But then they have capital
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.52
for when they want
to start a business.
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We have one club,
where they're putting in...
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.03
Each family is
putting in $1.75 a week.
00:23:50.06\00:23:52.56
Wow.
00:23:52.59\00:23:53.93
And we're really excited
00:23:54.00\00:23:55.33
because we're gonna
partner with that club
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.80
and hopefully
over 50 more this year
00:23:56.87\00:23:59.90
to actually use
some of those funds
00:23:59.93\00:24:01.74
to become a water
pump insurance plan.
00:24:01.77\00:24:05.41
So we've leveraged some donors
00:24:05.44\00:24:07.08
that are gonna
help us bring water
00:24:07.11\00:24:10.15
and we're inviting
people to come help us
00:24:10.18\00:24:13.11
to bring water into
some of these communities.
00:24:13.15\00:24:15.92
And the community
itself will be responsible
00:24:15.95\00:24:18.82
for having an insurance
plan and doing the maintenance.
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.99
Nice.
00:24:21.02\00:24:22.36
So that it's sustainable.
00:24:22.39\00:24:23.73
Everything we want to
do is sustainable locally.
00:24:23.76\00:24:25.66
Absolutely.
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.03
And, Dr. Fred, maybe
you can touch on this.
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.53
I heard, you know, $1.75 a week,
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.93
now to an American citizen
that doesn't seem significant.
00:24:32.97\00:24:36.74
That doesn't seem
like a lot of money.
00:24:36.81\00:24:40.58
Why is that like so impressive
00:24:40.61\00:24:44.75
that they're
saving $1.75 a week?
00:24:44.78\00:24:49.72
That's very impressive
00:24:49.75\00:24:51.09
because if you
look at the families
00:24:51.12\00:24:55.42
in the countryside,
00:24:55.46\00:24:58.63
their income a
year, I mean, a month,
00:24:58.66\00:25:03.87
let's say 50,000
shillings a month.
00:25:03.90\00:25:09.84
Now what is
50,000 shillings a month?
00:25:09.87\00:25:12.24
Yeah, that's what I'm
trying to figure out like,
00:25:12.27\00:25:14.18
I'm not converting that one.
00:25:14.21\00:25:15.54
That is $20 a month.
00:25:15.58\00:25:17.65
$20 a month?
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.38
$20 a month.
00:25:19.41\00:25:20.75
And there are some families
00:25:20.82\00:25:22.15
who can't even
have that $20 a month.
00:25:22.18\00:25:24.22
Wow.
00:25:24.29\00:25:25.62
And if you see that
they can save $1.75,
00:25:25.65\00:25:30.13
that's a lot of money
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.29
when they have to go to work,
00:25:33.33\00:25:36.20
they have to spend
about $2 to go to work.
00:25:36.23\00:25:41.34
Wow.
00:25:41.37\00:25:42.70
And sometimes I wonder
00:25:42.74\00:25:44.11
how they managed to
get that all that money,
00:25:44.14\00:25:47.01
finance their transportation
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.84
and all that expenses.
00:25:49.88\00:25:51.48
Because it's unbelievable,
00:25:51.51\00:25:54.02
but this, what
she was talking about,
00:25:54.05\00:25:57.02
Joy was talking
about is very important
00:25:57.09\00:25:58.79
because they can
help them to save.
00:25:58.82\00:26:00.86
And when they bring
all that money together,
00:26:00.89\00:26:03.66
they will be able
to do a lot of things,
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.46
buy seeds as she said,
00:26:05.49\00:26:07.93
do other things so
that they can advance.
00:26:07.96\00:26:10.97
Wow.
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.33
You know, and Cherri,
when she went to Africa,
00:26:12.37\00:26:15.30
which in and of
itself was a miracle story.
00:26:15.34\00:26:17.81
Yeah, because she thought
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.17
you were crazy
for going to Africa.
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.58
Yeah, exactly.
00:26:20.61\00:26:21.94
And I told her I'd
never go to Africa.
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.31
Yes, yes.
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.85
And one of the things
is she had this impression
00:26:24.88\00:26:27.42
that maybe it's not
really that bad over there,
00:26:27.45\00:26:30.09
maybe just all
these organizations
00:26:30.12\00:26:31.45
are just showing
the worst of the worst.
00:26:31.49\00:26:33.36
And I just want her to
share what she learned.
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.49
Yeah, growing up Adventist,
00:26:35.52\00:26:36.86
you know, you
grow up with the idea
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.96
you want to help others,
00:26:38.99\00:26:40.40
but I didn't have
the passion that Joy had.
00:26:40.43\00:26:42.60
And so you tend to...
00:26:42.63\00:26:44.67
I hate to say it,
but you have the opinion.
00:26:44.70\00:26:46.57
They're showing me the worst.
00:26:46.60\00:26:47.97
You know, it
really can't be that bad
00:26:48.00\00:26:50.34
over in Africa, but it is.
00:26:50.41\00:26:53.14
When we were in the
villages, those homes
00:26:53.17\00:26:55.98
that is what
their daily life is.
00:26:56.01\00:26:58.01
That's their normal life.
00:26:58.05\00:27:00.25
Furniture like we think of today
00:27:00.32\00:27:03.42
is not what they have.
00:27:03.49\00:27:04.82
They're excited to
have the plastic chairs
00:27:04.85\00:27:06.96
that we put on our
patios from Walmart.
00:27:06.99\00:27:10.53
You know, they don't have much
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.19
so for them to get,
and be able to save,
00:27:13.23\00:27:16.50
and have vegetables that
they can buy small things
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.07
like a uniform for their kids,
00:27:19.10\00:27:21.04
they can't wait
for Joy to come back.
00:27:21.07\00:27:23.14
I've seen them on the
teams where we walk in
00:27:23.17\00:27:25.61
and they can't
wait to show them.
00:27:25.64\00:27:26.98
This is what I was
able to get for my kids
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.28
or provide for their needs.
00:27:29.31\00:27:31.51
My kids aren't sick anymore
00:27:31.55\00:27:33.05
because they're
eating what they need to eat.
00:27:33.08\00:27:35.42
It really is a
huge thing for them.
00:27:35.45\00:27:38.25
And so this would be
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.66
in certain areas
of Africa, correct?
00:27:40.69\00:27:42.66
Because I mean,
00:27:42.69\00:27:44.03
you have Cape
Town, South Africa,
00:27:44.06\00:27:45.39
you have Egypt,
00:27:45.43\00:27:46.80
you have so
many different places
00:27:46.83\00:27:49.46
that are rich in resources,
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.37
but then you have
some parts of Africa
00:27:51.40\00:27:53.47
that are just
completely devastated.
00:27:53.54\00:27:56.47
Okay.
00:27:56.50\00:27:57.84
That is really true.
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.21
For example, I grew up in the...
00:27:59.24\00:28:01.51
near Kampala.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.75
And, of course,
it's completely different
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.35
from the other parts of Uganda.
00:28:05.38\00:28:07.62
Yeah.
00:28:07.65\00:28:08.98
Now, as matter of fact, I
thought, as she was saying,
00:28:09.02\00:28:13.39
what people are
showing us are not true
00:28:13.46\00:28:15.99
because I come from
Uganda, never seen those things.
00:28:16.02\00:28:20.40
When I had a chance to
go up north in Adjumani,
00:28:20.43\00:28:23.97
I realized that is true,
00:28:24.00\00:28:26.77
they got thatched houses.
00:28:26.84\00:28:30.61
That's what we find there.
00:28:30.64\00:28:31.97
When you're
living around Kampala
00:28:32.01\00:28:33.51
in the southern part,
00:28:33.58\00:28:34.91
you don't see those things.
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.28
So you think those are,
\no, they're just odd people...
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.81
And as a matter of fact,
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.65
when I was going there I say no,
00:28:40.72\00:28:42.15
I think these are for refugees.
00:28:42.18\00:28:44.69
That's what they know.
00:28:44.72\00:28:46.45
I realized that
no, those are homes.
00:28:46.49\00:28:48.39
Wow.
00:28:48.42\00:28:49.76
Yeah.
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.13
So that is very true.
00:28:51.16\00:28:53.33
That in Africa you
have a lot of areas
00:28:53.40\00:28:56.87
which are well off
and other areas are not.
00:28:56.90\00:29:00.97
That are poverty stricken areas.
00:29:01.00\00:29:02.34
Exactly.
00:29:02.37\00:29:03.71
And those are the areas
which FARM STEW want to reach.
00:29:03.74\00:29:06.68
And that's where we have
some in north and the east,
00:29:06.71\00:29:12.61
and we want to
go to the northwest
00:29:12.65\00:29:15.62
because that is the
poorest area in Uganda,
00:29:15.65\00:29:21.59
but weren't having
money to go there yet.
00:29:21.62\00:29:23.26
Oh, okay.
00:29:23.29\00:29:24.66
Okay. Yeah.
00:29:24.69\00:29:26.03
Shifting gears a little bit.
00:29:26.06\00:29:27.40
You have an online
learning platform, correct?
00:29:27.43\00:29:29.80
Right.
00:29:29.83\00:29:31.17
So we tell people
00:29:31.20\00:29:32.53
about sharing the
recipe of abundant life
00:29:32.57\00:29:34.80
and we've been
encouraging our donors,
00:29:34.84\00:29:37.31
we've been encouraging anybody
that learns about FARM STEW.
00:29:37.34\00:29:39.67
If you're
interested, share the recipe.
00:29:39.71\00:29:41.61
It's what our trainers
are doing on the ground.
00:29:41.64\00:29:43.58
But then we looked at ourselves,
00:29:43.65\00:29:44.98
how are we sharing the recipe?
00:29:45.01\00:29:46.55
So we're really excited
and we have actually a manual
00:29:46.58\00:29:50.19
and a flip chart
which we will show,
00:29:50.22\00:29:53.56
but we have an
e- learning program
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.19
which we do have a picture of.
00:29:55.22\00:29:56.56
Okay.
00:29:56.59\00:29:57.93
And what we decided is
00:29:57.96\00:29:59.29
we want to make this
recipe available to anywhere.
00:29:59.33\00:30:02.90
There's even people
in the United States
00:30:02.93\00:30:04.50
that really can't
afford fruits or vegetables.
00:30:04.53\00:30:07.07
There's people here
that don't have water even.
00:30:07.14\00:30:10.01
So we want to
really be a blessing
00:30:10.04\00:30:12.21
to anywhere in the world.
00:30:12.24\00:30:13.58
So we made this free
e- learning curriculum.
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.84
And it's on our website,
00:30:15.88\00:30:17.25
you just click the recipe
and you'll have a drop-down box
00:30:17.28\00:30:20.02
that will say free
e- learning curriculum
00:30:20.05\00:30:22.55
where we share the
basics of what is FARM STEW,
00:30:22.58\00:30:26.29
and we equip
people in the mini course
00:30:26.32\00:30:29.09
with a PowerPoint and a script.
00:30:29.12\00:30:30.63
So people could go
and share this message
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.53
in their own churches.
00:30:32.56\00:30:33.93
They could show the
video off of YouTube,
00:30:34.00\00:30:36.23
you just type in FARM STEW
00:30:36.26\00:30:38.00
and that
PowerPoint anybody can go
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.04
and present this
in their churches
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.64
or in their community group.
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.61
And then the
FARM STEW basic course
00:30:43.64\00:30:45.94
is really learning the basics
of what our FARM STEW trainers
00:30:45.97\00:30:49.68
are training in the field.
00:30:49.71\00:30:51.05
Okay.
00:30:51.08\00:30:52.41
So we want to
make this available.
00:30:52.45\00:30:53.82
We actually have it
already translated into Spanish,
00:30:53.85\00:30:56.69
and we're working on Swahili
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.85
and our prayer is that
God will mobilize resources
00:30:58.89\00:31:01.42
'cause translation and,
you know, doing all this,
00:31:01.46\00:31:03.43
that's also not cheap.
00:31:03.46\00:31:06.13
So we're working to try
to really reach the languages
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.26
of the people
also in this training.
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.00
Wow. Got you, got you.
00:31:11.03\00:31:13.44
So what is your website though?
00:31:13.47\00:31:16.54
Oh, it's www.FarmStew.org.
00:31:16.57\00:31:20.88
Okay. So it's an organization.
00:31:20.91\00:31:22.38
We are a
501(c)(3) non-for-profit.
00:31:22.41\00:31:25.25
And we are also a member of ASI.
00:31:25.28\00:31:27.95
I'm actually the vice president
of the Lake Union ASI Board.
00:31:27.98\00:31:32.19
And we love ASI.
00:31:32.22\00:31:33.56
There are so many
wonderful Adventist ministries,
00:31:33.59\00:31:35.39
and that's something
else we're excited about.
00:31:35.42\00:31:36.93
We've had a
number of the ministries
00:31:36.96\00:31:38.56
that have asked us
to partner with them.
00:31:38.59\00:31:41.13
So that's some of the things
that we're exploring in 2020.
00:31:41.16\00:31:44.17
How do we partner
with other ministries,
00:31:44.20\00:31:46.17
train their workers.
00:31:46.20\00:31:47.54
For example,
there was an AFM worker
00:31:47.57\00:31:50.71
who told somebody in Senegal
about the e-learning course.
00:31:50.74\00:31:53.58
Oh, wow.
00:31:53.61\00:31:54.94
And I get this
email from Senegal
00:31:54.98\00:31:56.88
from this woman
that just took the course
00:31:56.95\00:31:58.65
and was thrilled with being able
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.55
to implement
FARM STEW in Senegal.
00:32:00.62\00:32:02.82
No "official FARM STEW" person
00:32:02.85\00:32:04.69
has ever stepped
a toe in Senegal,
00:32:04.72\00:32:06.25
but the message
has gotten there.
00:32:06.29\00:32:08.56
And that was a
partnership through AFM.
00:32:08.59\00:32:10.96
So there's a
lot of possibilities
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.99
we feel that could
really equip many ministries
00:32:13.03\00:32:16.36
with this message.
00:32:16.40\00:32:17.97
Absolutely.
00:32:18.00\00:32:19.33
And now I'm gonna
throw out a question.
00:32:19.37\00:32:22.60
This can go to
either one of you.
00:32:22.64\00:32:25.27
What are some stories of
transformation and miracles
00:32:25.31\00:32:28.31
that you can tell me?
00:32:28.34\00:32:29.68
One of the stories,
00:32:29.71\00:32:31.05
that's one of
my favorite ones is
00:32:31.08\00:32:32.78
when Joy was first over there,
00:32:32.81\00:32:35.15
we had a team
that started working
00:32:35.18\00:32:37.09
and there was a grandmother,
00:32:37.12\00:32:38.92
who was very sick.
00:32:38.95\00:32:41.32
She took FARM STEW's message
all of the acronyms to heart
00:32:41.36\00:32:44.76
when she was trained on them.
00:32:44.79\00:32:46.49
Prior to doing them,
she could hardly walk.
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.56
They thought she was gonna die.
00:32:49.60\00:32:52.00
And she couldn't wait for
Joy to come when she came back
00:32:52.03\00:32:55.37
because she was
standing behind Joy
00:32:55.40\00:32:57.01
jumping up and down and said,
00:32:57.04\00:32:59.84
"Now I can play
with my grandkids
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.31
because of what your
training has done for me."
00:33:02.34\00:33:04.98
Wow.
00:33:05.01\00:33:06.35
And she just
wasn't drinking water
00:33:06.38\00:33:08.05
and wasn't eating the nutrition
that she needed to feel good.
00:33:08.08\00:33:13.56
And we have actually a
video I would love to share it.
00:33:13.59\00:33:16.26
This is from a community
00:33:16.29\00:33:18.26
where there was
an Adventist woman
00:33:18.29\00:33:20.70
who saw a FARM STEW
trainer with his FARM STEW shirt
00:33:20.73\00:33:24.47
in the market and
said, "What is that?"
00:33:24.50\00:33:27.04
And actually,
this message has spread
00:33:27.07\00:33:29.87
far and wide in Uganda.
00:33:29.90\00:33:31.24
It's also doing
so in South Sudan
00:33:31.27\00:33:33.17
and other places.
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.54
But this lady said, "I think
I heard something about it."
00:33:34.58\00:33:37.15
And probably from
3ABN, actually, who knows.
00:33:37.18\00:33:40.32
But she stopped
Jonah, one of our trainers
00:33:40.35\00:33:43.52
and Betty who's the
leader of that team,
00:33:43.59\00:33:46.12
and she wanted
FARM STEW to come.
00:33:46.15\00:33:48.86
They formed a women's group.
00:33:48.89\00:33:50.36
This is in a community,
00:33:50.43\00:33:51.76
where there's a
small Adventist Church
00:33:51.79\00:33:53.13
and a huge mosque.
00:33:53.16\00:33:54.50
Wow.
00:33:54.53\00:33:55.86
So they are
organizing this women's group
00:33:55.90\00:33:57.87
and Nora in this video is
just one of about ten women
00:33:57.90\00:34:01.64
that gave their testimonies.
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.00
I just sat there
00:34:03.04\00:34:04.37
and cried tears
of joy listening,
00:34:04.41\00:34:05.77
so I hope your viewers enjoy.
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.18
Yes, let's check it out.
00:34:07.21\00:34:08.54
I reach my thanks to God,
00:34:13.62\00:34:18.42
that who give us life.
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.56
Indeed good, you've enabled,
you people, the FARM STEW guys
00:34:31.10\00:34:35.37
who have brought
this message to us.
00:34:35.40\00:34:39.11
I found Betty.
00:34:39.14\00:34:41.21
She was the first person
00:34:46.18\00:34:47.85
told me to hear about FARM STEW.
00:34:47.88\00:34:49.95
The word FARM STEW is so wide.
00:34:54.82\00:34:58.19
It is not small.
00:34:58.23\00:34:59.86
When FARM STEW teaches you,
00:35:04.60\00:35:06.10
it helps your family
00:35:06.13\00:35:07.57
even the community
and your neighbors.
00:35:07.64\00:35:09.57
Indeed my family there
is a very big difference.
00:35:14.21\00:35:17.78
There's a big
change in my family.
00:35:17.81\00:35:20.15
Even my husband feels so happy.
00:35:23.39\00:35:25.82
My husband is happy,
00:35:30.13\00:35:32.29
things which he did
discover in me seeing in me,
00:35:32.33\00:35:35.96
now he sees something in me.
00:35:36.00\00:35:37.57
FARM STEW taught us
how to prepare sauce.
00:35:41.67\00:35:44.54
Even our husbands are
being surprised asking,
00:35:49.38\00:35:53.08
"Where do you learn all this?"
00:35:53.11\00:35:55.12
We always tell them
FARM STEW, FARM STEW.
00:35:59.15\00:36:02.29
In our homes, the
plates talk FARM STEW,
00:36:05.76\00:36:09.16
the house is talking FARM STEW.
00:36:09.20\00:36:11.97
The song is a FARM STEW.
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.54
I have a copy where you can see
00:36:23.75\00:36:27.12
mine is not just
talking you just to see it
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.55
when you reach in my home.
00:36:29.58\00:36:31.12
In fact, the Farm STEW lesson,
this is not something to hide.
00:36:40.80\00:36:44.50
You reach out
to somebody's home,
00:36:44.53\00:36:45.90
you just know that this one
00:36:45.93\00:36:47.44
has ever had
lessons of FARM STEW.
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.40
For me getting the money
to buy milk was a problem.
00:36:55.61\00:37:00.62
But at my home now,
we take milk as we like.
00:37:03.79\00:37:08.72
Even my husband
asked me that you people,
00:37:16.67\00:37:20.04
"Where do you
get all this money?
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.74
You buy a lot of milk.
00:37:21.77\00:37:23.10
I can see liters
and liters of milk."
00:37:23.14\00:37:25.17
He was surprised.
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.51
I have a lot to
talk about FARM STEW.
00:37:28.54\00:37:32.28
I can't finish.
00:37:32.31\00:37:33.75
But I thank the grace of God.
00:37:37.72\00:37:40.69
That you people, you seated here
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.90
and you thought about
Africa, it is surprising.
00:37:46.93\00:37:51.80
May God bless you. Thank you.
00:37:51.83\00:37:55.77
Oh!
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.31
My sister Betty, may God bless.
00:37:57.34\00:38:02.08
May God reward
you what you like.
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.71
Thank you very much.
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.08
Wow!
00:38:21.86\00:38:23.20
Those ladies
seem very passionate
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.87
about FARM STEW.
00:38:24.90\00:38:26.74
Is there anything
else you would like
00:38:26.77\00:38:28.10
to add to that video?
00:38:28.14\00:38:29.47
Sure.
00:38:29.50\00:38:30.84
Well, I should
have introduced Betty
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.24
in the green shirt.
00:38:32.27\00:38:33.61
Of course, she is
the FARMS STEW trainer
00:38:33.64\00:38:34.98
in that video who's been working
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.34
in that community.
00:38:36.38\00:38:37.71
And you can just see from Nora,
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.61
not only has her
life been transformed.
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.68
She went from not being
able to feed her children
00:38:41.72\00:38:44.29
to now being not only
able to feed her children
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.99
but having a vibrant
witness in her community.
00:38:47.06\00:38:49.86
Like I said there
was about 10 women
00:38:49.89\00:38:51.33
with similar testimonies
00:38:51.36\00:38:53.40
and it's also bringing
together their marriage
00:38:53.43\00:38:55.96
and creating
unity amongst the women.
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.60
And I just really praise God
00:38:58.63\00:39:00.44
because that's what
we would love to see,
00:39:00.47\00:39:04.34
this holistic,
relational creating.
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.58
And then when you have
a common set of practices
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.75
like having a garden, having...
00:39:10.78\00:39:13.05
I do want to show
the hand washing station,
00:39:13.08\00:39:14.92
the tippy tap.
00:39:14.95\00:39:16.32
That's something you
probably never heard of.
00:39:16.35\00:39:18.02
No, never. Okay.
00:39:18.05\00:39:19.39
So this is a
hand washing station.
00:39:19.42\00:39:22.32
The World Health Organization
00:39:22.36\00:39:24.13
says that hand washing
can make a bigger difference
00:39:24.16\00:39:27.20
than any medical intervention
or even any vaccination,
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.67
just simple hand washing.
00:39:30.70\00:39:32.03
So we're bringing water,
00:39:32.07\00:39:33.94
hand washing proper
techniques into these villages.
00:39:33.97\00:39:37.21
And simple things like that
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.34
are changing the
health of the children.
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.44
Wow! That's incredible.
00:39:41.48\00:39:43.11
So do you see like a lot
of malnutrition in those areas
00:39:43.14\00:39:47.95
and how does
that affect or impact?
00:39:47.98\00:39:51.55
Sadly, we do.
00:39:51.59\00:39:52.92
I want to show
a picture of Unuso
00:39:52.95\00:39:54.99
which is a story
that's going on right now.
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.73
I want your donors and
listeners to pray for Unuso
00:39:56.76\00:40:00.80
because Betty
who was in the video,
00:40:00.83\00:40:03.23
actually, she has a huge heart.
00:40:03.26\00:40:04.60
She's taken in
about eight orphans.
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.47
Her grown
children help take care
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.07
of these orphans.
00:40:08.10\00:40:09.44
You can see on the left,
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.24
Unuso when he was
admitted to the hospital
00:40:11.27\00:40:13.41
and evangelist called Betty
00:40:13.48\00:40:15.01
and said, "What can we
do for this little boy?"
00:40:15.04\00:40:17.58
Betty, not only does she go
out and train in the villages,
00:40:17.65\00:40:20.12
but she's taking
kids into her home.
00:40:20.15\00:40:22.95
And you can see the progression.
00:40:22.98\00:40:24.65
That's just over a month period.
00:40:24.69\00:40:26.79
Wow.
00:40:26.86\00:40:28.19
So this is the FARM STEW recipe.
00:40:28.22\00:40:29.56
It's a highly
nutrient dense foods
00:40:29.59\00:40:31.36
that we're feeding people.
00:40:31.39\00:40:32.99
And she has a huge
garden behind her house
00:40:33.03\00:40:35.23
that she learned
because of FARM STEW training
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.37
and she was writing
a letter to me saying,
00:40:37.40\00:40:40.24
"Thank you for equipping."
00:40:40.27\00:40:42.04
And it's not thank me,
00:40:42.07\00:40:43.41
it's thank all of us
the collective view all
00:40:43.44\00:40:45.57
throughout the United States,
00:40:45.61\00:40:46.98
and even Canada
and other places.
00:40:47.01\00:40:48.34
We've had a donor from Australia
00:40:48.38\00:40:50.65
give to this work
and it's a thank you,
00:40:50.68\00:40:53.21
you are saving lives of children
00:40:53.25\00:40:55.12
through this work.
00:40:55.15\00:40:57.12
Yeah, I know it can't be
cheap to have a global impact.
00:40:57.19\00:41:01.36
One of the things that
I love about FARM STEW is
00:41:01.39\00:41:04.13
that you guys are
actually stimulating the economy
00:41:04.16\00:41:07.03
as well over there
with the farm-to-table.
00:41:07.10\00:41:09.83
Exactly that.
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.20
And also I want
to share a little bit
00:41:11.23\00:41:12.90
about the pads effort
'cause that's another way.
00:41:12.93\00:41:14.94
We always try to buy local,
hire local, and be sustainable.
00:41:14.97\00:41:19.21
And Cherri, she
has a heart for this.
00:41:19.24\00:41:21.31
When I went over to Uganda
00:41:21.34\00:41:23.14
one of the reasons
00:41:23.18\00:41:24.51
my husband and I
got involved in it
00:41:24.55\00:41:26.48
was because of the pads.
00:41:26.51\00:41:28.15
We have two girls
and we could not imagine
00:41:28.18\00:41:30.49
as parents them not
being able to have pads
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.66
for their menstruation
and be able to stay in school.
00:41:33.69\00:41:36.02
A lot of people, young girls
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.96
between the ages of 12 and
15 end up dropping out of school
00:41:38.99\00:41:42.46
when their menstruation starts
00:41:42.50\00:41:44.47
because they have
no pads or anything.
00:41:44.50\00:41:46.27
It's shameful for them. Yeah.
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.10
So they end up
having to stay at home.
00:41:48.14\00:41:50.51
Well, FARM STEW found
AFRIpads, which is a company
00:41:50.54\00:41:54.61
who makes pads
reusable pads in Africa,
00:41:54.64\00:41:58.05
and they employ women
from Uganda to make these pads.
00:41:58.08\00:42:02.02
So it's enterprise,
00:42:02.05\00:42:03.42
it's keeping the women involved,
00:42:03.49\00:42:05.59
but yet it's also
helping the young girls.
00:42:05.62\00:42:08.59
And that is the only
thing FARM STEW gives away
00:42:08.62\00:42:11.26
because we feel
like the girls jobs
00:42:11.29\00:42:13.23
is to stay in school,
00:42:13.26\00:42:14.60
where the
parents job is to learn
00:42:14.63\00:42:16.67
and sell the stuff
they get from the garden.
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.53
The girls just to stay in school
00:42:18.57\00:42:20.24
because we want to
change the cycle of kids
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.04
dropping out of school.
00:42:23.07\00:42:24.41
Yes.
00:42:24.44\00:42:25.77
And that's this
was really important
00:42:25.81\00:42:27.18
to me and my husband,
00:42:27.21\00:42:28.98
and it was just an
awesome to see that.
00:42:29.01\00:42:31.01
And the idea that
they when you go in
00:42:31.05\00:42:34.32
and see the actual training,
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.12
where we train them how
to take care of themselves
00:42:36.15\00:42:38.99
and the pads and stuff,
00:42:39.02\00:42:40.96
the hope when they realize
they're going to get these
00:42:40.99\00:42:43.83
to be able to
stay in this school.
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.56
I get chills
every time I mention it
00:42:45.59\00:42:47.73
because the
transformation in the classroom
00:42:47.76\00:42:50.67
is un-describable to you.
00:42:50.70\00:42:52.03
Wow, wow.
00:42:52.07\00:42:53.40
And we have this great
picture of here this woman,
00:42:53.44\00:42:55.44
Cherri who said
I'll never go to Africa.
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.31
Let's see her in Africa.
00:42:57.34\00:42:59.07
Oh, wow.
00:42:59.11\00:43:00.48
All of these
girls were given pads
00:43:00.51\00:43:02.48
during the training at
this particular school,
00:43:02.51\00:43:04.65
and this is an Eastern Uganda.
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.61
And Cherri's heart was so big
00:43:06.65\00:43:08.18
that she actually
sponsored all the teachers
00:43:08.22\00:43:10.59
getting pads too.
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.32
So she's surrounded
00:43:12.35\00:43:13.69
by a group of very,
very grateful teachers
00:43:13.76\00:43:16.36
because this is
in a very rural area.
00:43:16.39\00:43:18.46
And not only do we
share with the pads,
00:43:18.49\00:43:21.16
but we also have panties,
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.47
and we have drawstring bags
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.80
that we now have an enterprise
00:43:25.83\00:43:28.40
that is deaf
Adventist Christian,
00:43:28.44\00:43:31.64
who we started a
sewing enterprise
00:43:31.67\00:43:34.41
'cause we were buying panties,
00:43:34.44\00:43:36.75
and we've
realized that the girls
00:43:36.78\00:43:38.38
didn't even have panties.
00:43:38.41\00:43:39.75
So our first year we thought
00:43:39.78\00:43:41.15
we're doing good
job passing out pads
00:43:41.18\00:43:42.68
and we realized these
girls they don't even have shoes
00:43:42.72\00:43:45.29
much less panties
to attach a pad to.
00:43:45.32\00:43:47.86
So we've had to
kind of grow our scope
00:43:47.89\00:43:50.23
for $15 a girl now.
00:43:50.26\00:43:52.16
They get a pack of
four washable cloth pads,
00:43:52.19\00:43:56.00
a few pairs of panties
00:43:56.03\00:43:57.37
and then a drawstring bag
00:43:57.40\00:43:58.73
that's made by
this deaf enterprise.
00:43:58.77\00:44:01.20
So we're excited to
share about that as well.
00:44:01.24\00:44:03.51
And in our most
recent donor newsletter,
00:44:03.54\00:44:06.21
so every quarter we
send out a newsletter
00:44:06.24\00:44:09.51
letting people know the impact
00:44:09.54\00:44:10.88
of their
investment in FARM STEW.
00:44:10.95\00:44:12.98
So there's a story
about this deaf enterprise
00:44:13.01\00:44:15.92
and also about
the farming schools
00:44:15.95\00:44:17.85
that were teaching.
00:44:17.89\00:44:19.22
I wanted Fred to maybe
share a little bit more
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.39
about the importance
of the dietary diversity
00:44:21.42\00:44:24.89
which is our way of
saying getting their diet
00:44:24.93\00:44:27.13
to not just be white
food, but this colorful rainbow.
00:44:27.20\00:44:31.43
That is true.
00:44:31.47\00:44:32.80
You know, FARM STEW is doing
a lot of work in that area.
00:44:32.83\00:44:37.77
They have
introduced what the soy milk.
00:44:37.81\00:44:43.45
Here I think some of you,
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.45
some of the
people here in the US
00:44:45.48\00:44:46.82
they know soymilk
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.18
and they sell it
in the grocery stores,
00:44:48.22\00:44:49.55
but there they have
to date on their own.
00:44:49.58\00:44:51.62
And that soymilk has proteins
00:44:51.65\00:44:54.69
and minerals and
vitamins and other nutrition.
00:44:54.72\00:44:59.79
Now also another
thing which they have done,
00:44:59.83\00:45:02.26
which they do
that they teach people
00:45:02.30\00:45:05.53
to eat their colors,
00:45:05.57\00:45:08.74
different colors,
vegetables of different colors.
00:45:08.77\00:45:10.74
Okay.
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.14
Because, yeah, that's what
00:45:12.17\00:45:13.78
when I was going
to nutrition school,
00:45:13.81\00:45:15.78
they say eat your
colors which USDA says,
00:45:15.81\00:45:19.51
but over there also
they have told people
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.85
to eat their colors,
00:45:22.88\00:45:24.22
the yellow, green,
purple and all that,
00:45:24.29\00:45:27.36
so that they can
have proper nutrition.
00:45:27.39\00:45:31.09
Of course, legumes
and grains are needed also
00:45:31.13\00:45:35.96
so that they can
have complete protein.
00:45:36.00\00:45:38.70
Because people
without eating meat
00:45:38.73\00:45:40.97
you have to have
complete protein,
00:45:41.00\00:45:42.90
but if you have
grains and legumes,
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.17
you have complete
protein in your diet.
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.58
Nice.
00:45:47.61\00:45:48.94
And really, I
remember watching a documentary
00:45:48.98\00:45:51.18
and saying that
basically when you do eat meat,
00:45:51.21\00:45:54.32
you're getting secondary protein
00:45:54.35\00:45:55.98
because the animals
are eating the plants
00:45:56.02\00:45:58.02
and then you're
eating the animal
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.36
and getting part
of that plant protein
00:46:00.39\00:46:02.66
when you could just go directly
00:46:02.69\00:46:04.03
to the plants
in the first place.
00:46:04.06\00:46:05.79
Well, it's so exciting
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.20
that our plant-based
nutrition message as a church.
00:46:07.23\00:46:11.00
I mean, there is so much science
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.17
backing it up now.
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.87
And even that's the
first time I learned
00:46:14.90\00:46:16.81
about Adventist actually
00:46:16.84\00:46:18.34
was from reading
the clinical literature
00:46:18.37\00:46:20.58
when I would write my papers,
00:46:20.61\00:46:22.71
back when I had to
go make photocopies
00:46:22.74\00:46:25.28
and everything in the library
00:46:25.31\00:46:27.02
and actually go
find the actual journal
00:46:27.05\00:46:29.18
ancient times before Google.
00:46:29.22\00:46:30.69
Yeah.
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.05
And the clinical
literature even from the 80s
00:46:32.09\00:46:34.76
was already saying that
Adventists were healthier.
00:46:34.79\00:46:37.79
And this diet is now proven
00:46:37.83\00:46:40.43
not only to be
healthier for people
00:46:40.50\00:46:41.93
but healthier for the planet.
00:46:41.96\00:46:43.87
And so I really do
believe this message
00:46:43.90\00:46:45.60
of FARM STEW when you look
00:46:45.63\00:46:47.54
at actually the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals,
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.61
there's 17 goals,
00:46:50.64\00:46:52.74
FARM STEW hits
on about 11 of them.
00:46:52.77\00:46:55.61
So that's one of
our dreams is that,
00:46:55.64\00:46:57.55
you know, we have 8
million Seventh-day Adventists
00:46:57.58\00:47:01.98
in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
00:47:02.02\00:47:04.42
Wow, 8 million?
00:47:04.45\00:47:05.79
Eight million
00:47:05.82\00:47:07.16
and it's the fastest
growing divisions in the world.
00:47:07.19\00:47:08.86
Yes.
00:47:08.89\00:47:10.23
So we really feel like if
we can get this message out,
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.76
if we can train our own people
to go out with this message,
00:47:12.79\00:47:17.07
which is Christ method alone,
00:47:17.10\00:47:18.67
you know, it's caring
00:47:18.70\00:47:20.04
for the people's
basic physical needs,
00:47:20.07\00:47:21.94
winning their confidence,
00:47:21.97\00:47:23.30
what can be more
confidence building
00:47:23.34\00:47:24.97
than bringing your kid
back from almost death to life?
00:47:25.01\00:47:28.24
Yes.
00:47:28.28\00:47:29.61
You know, it's
almost a resurrection story.
00:47:29.64\00:47:31.35
And so we if we
can train people,
00:47:31.38\00:47:33.55
and then not just train,
00:47:33.62\00:47:35.72
but we want qualified trainers
00:47:35.75\00:47:38.49
that can actually go out
00:47:38.52\00:47:39.85
and dedicate full
time in the ministry.
00:47:39.89\00:47:41.92
And using this message
that is the entering wedge,
00:47:41.96\00:47:45.56
it's opening the
heart spiritually as well.
00:47:45.59\00:47:48.33
That's huge.
00:47:48.36\00:47:49.70
I think I might,
00:47:49.73\00:47:51.07
I might need to
personally look at the chart
00:47:51.10\00:47:52.67
'cause my diet could
use a little work to be on.
00:47:52.70\00:47:55.44
So I might have to
look at the chart as well.
00:47:55.47\00:47:57.71
Well, go on the
e- learning program
00:47:57.74\00:47:59.51
and you can learn a
lot and you'll be inspired.
00:47:59.54\00:48:02.38
For sure, for sure.
00:48:02.41\00:48:05.48
No, I was just
saying that FARM STEW
00:48:05.51\00:48:08.32
have been accepted
by the people in Uganda
00:48:08.35\00:48:11.55
because last year was it
00:48:11.59\00:48:13.69
when we had a
memorandum of understanding
00:48:13.76\00:48:16.32
with the Union Bank in Uganda.
00:48:16.36\00:48:19.39
So they see the need
to partner with FARM STEW,
00:48:19.43\00:48:23.20
so that they can
spread this good news
00:48:23.23\00:48:25.03
of not only spiritual good news,
00:48:25.07\00:48:27.34
but the health good news.
00:48:27.37\00:48:29.90
And actually, I'll say we've
also been strongly endorsed
00:48:29.94\00:48:32.81
by Macquarie University,
00:48:32.84\00:48:34.51
which is the lead
university in Uganda
00:48:34.54\00:48:37.28
by the head of
Rotary Club in Uganda.
00:48:37.35\00:48:40.98
They see what
we're doing, the value
00:48:41.02\00:48:43.25
and also the South
Sudan attached territory,
00:48:43.28\00:48:45.39
and now this very
exciting development
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.36
with the medical
school in Rwanda.
00:48:47.39\00:48:49.59
So this is...
00:48:49.62\00:48:50.99
It's a very
simple, simple message
00:48:51.03\00:48:52.86
we try to boil it down
00:48:52.89\00:48:54.96
because it's all
about prevention.
00:48:55.00\00:48:56.80
And so if we
can prevent disease,
00:48:56.87\00:48:58.50
we don't have to get
00:48:58.53\00:48:59.87
into all the technical
diagnoses and everything.
00:48:59.90\00:49:01.24
Yes, yes.
00:49:01.27\00:49:02.60
So that's, that's my training
is in public health actually,
00:49:02.64\00:49:05.64
I'm master's in Public Health
from Johns Hopkins University.
00:49:05.67\00:49:08.31
And one of the things
they taught us is that
00:49:08.34\00:49:10.45
you want to find
a model that works.
00:49:10.48\00:49:13.92
Test it, you know,
pilot it, research it,
00:49:13.95\00:49:17.29
make sure you're
having an impact,
00:49:17.32\00:49:18.99
and then take it to scale.
00:49:19.02\00:49:20.39
Okay.
00:49:20.46\00:49:21.79
And I can think
00:49:21.82\00:49:23.16
of no better
institution in the world
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.66
than the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:49:24.69\00:49:26.23
to be able to take
this health message
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.53
to scale to truly,
00:49:28.56\00:49:30.10
truly impact the
world for Christ.
00:49:30.17\00:49:31.70
Yes.
00:49:31.73\00:49:33.07
So we have these
five freedom priorities
00:49:33.10\00:49:35.07
that we are trying
to achieve this year.
00:49:35.10\00:49:37.77
And we want to have
the freedom from shame,
00:49:37.81\00:49:40.68
for the pads.
00:49:40.71\00:49:42.04
We want the freedom
to grow this program,
00:49:42.08\00:49:43.75
we want the freedom
to share the curriculum,
00:49:43.78\00:49:46.21
and we want freedom
from disease and drudgery,
00:49:46.25\00:49:48.78
which is bringing
fresh and clean water
00:49:48.82\00:49:50.69
into the community.
00:49:50.72\00:49:52.05
So people can check out
our website FarmStew.org
00:49:52.09\00:49:54.92
to learn about
these freedom priorities,
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.26
and that's where we hope
we are going in the future.
00:49:57.33\00:50:00.70
Nice.
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.06
What are some of your needs
00:50:02.10\00:50:03.47
as in ministry and organization?
00:50:03.50\00:50:05.53
Yes.
00:50:05.57\00:50:06.94
So for the most part
because we buy local,
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.97
we trade local, we focus local.
00:50:09.00\00:50:11.07
What we need most
from North Americans
00:50:11.11\00:50:13.01
is prayer first of all.
00:50:13.04\00:50:14.94
Our trainers are in
somewhat violent situations.
00:50:14.98\00:50:19.05
I just learned about
one of our communities
00:50:19.08\00:50:22.15
where someone was
murdered just last night.
00:50:22.18\00:50:24.62
I woke up to that message.
00:50:24.65\00:50:26.99
So we need
covering of prayer. Yes.
00:50:27.06\00:50:29.42
And then we do
need financial resources
00:50:29.46\00:50:31.49
to make all of
these freedoms happen.
00:50:31.53\00:50:34.33
So it's...
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We've calculated
and we don't plan this,
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but it kind of
worked out amazingly.
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It's basically $15 a garden,
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$15 a girl for pads,
or $15 a person for water.
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Wow.
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And it's nice.
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We do the
classes generally cost us
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about $37 a class.
00:50:49.51\00:50:51.38
Wow.
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So you can imagine
00:50:52.78\00:50:54.12
if we're trying
to take it scale,
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it's gonna take a lot
of people with the $15
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or a little bit less people
with, you know, larger check.
00:50:57.42\00:51:00.36
Yes.
00:51:00.39\00:51:01.72
But that's the
support that we need most.
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.96
And we will let you know
00:51:04.03\00:51:06.53
about the impact
of your investment
00:51:06.56\00:51:08.43
when you give to FARM STEW
00:51:08.46\00:51:09.80
you can be sure
you will hear from us
00:51:09.83\00:51:11.33
and you will know
our books are open,
00:51:11.37\00:51:13.34
we're transparent.
00:51:13.37\00:51:14.70
And we want to really make sure
00:51:14.74\00:51:16.50
that people have
confidence in their investment
00:51:16.54\00:51:18.81
bringing spiritual
and physical fruit.
00:51:18.84\00:51:21.48
And you also send out,
00:51:21.51\00:51:22.84
so you send out the newsletters
and all of that as well.
00:51:22.88\00:51:24.88
Yes. Yes, yes.
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Well, I can't believe our
time is running away from us.
00:51:26.95\00:51:30.62
We're gonna put up
your contact information.
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.75
Go to an address
role and a news break,
00:51:32.79\00:51:35.42
and then we will be right back.
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.13
Don't go anywhere.
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.49
FARM STEW improves the health
and well-being of poor families
00:51:42.16\00:51:45.10
and vulnerable
people in countries
00:51:45.13\00:51:46.74
where one in three children
are severely malnourished.
00:51:46.77\00:51:49.67
Your gifts make it possible
00:51:49.70\00:51:51.04
to mobilize local
Christian trainers
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.64
who share practical skills
00:51:52.67\00:51:54.01
that equip people
to help themselves.
00:51:54.08\00:51:56.18
Visit their
website, FarmStew.org
00:51:56.21\00:51:58.61
to find out more about
this important ministry.
00:51:58.65\00:52:00.92
Again, that's FarmStew.org
00:52:00.95\00:52:03.59
or call them at (434) 409-0866.
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You may also write to them
00:52:09.16\00:52:10.53
at FARM STEW, PO Box 291,
00:52:10.56\00:52:13.83
Princeton, Illinois 61356.
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