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, Friends.
Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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And I have with me
my bride, my queen.
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How you doing, honey?
And I have my king, right?
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Okay. I'm happy to be here.
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It's going to
be a great program.
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That's right.
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I'm looking forward
to this program today.
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That's right.
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It's gonna be about
health, not just about health,
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you know, a lot of people
have been facing the COVID-19.
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That's a word that has become
a part of our vocabulary...
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Coronavirus.
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Whether we want
it or not. Pandemic.
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Pandemic.
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But our guest
today is gonna be talking
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about health
and not just health,
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but there's some
natural aspects of health
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that don't come
from the pharmacy.
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That's right.
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They don't come from the shelves
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in the grocery stores.
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No.
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We're talking
about a kind of health
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that will outlast and
will give greater longevity
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to the body that
God has given to us,
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something about these bodies
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that just don't
like substitutes.
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And our guest is gonna
be talking about that today.
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Yeah.
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And this is a term
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that you become
familiar with FARM STEW.
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No, that's not a
favorite dish of your grandma.
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You'll find out what
that is in just a moment.
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Yeah.
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But thank you so much for
taking the time to join us.
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And we wanna thank
you for your prayers,
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and your financial
support of this network
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as we continue
going and growing,
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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Now before we go to the music,
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why don't we go ahead
and introduce our guests?
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Yeah.
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And let our viewers
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and if you're gonna be
listening to the program,
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let them also know who
we have as our guest today.
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We have Joy Kauffman here.
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And welcome, Joy. Thank you.
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It's wonderful to be here.
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It's not your first
time, you've been here before.
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I have been blessed by 3ABN
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helping to share the
message of FARM STEW,
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but today we have a
special way of looking at it,
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of blessing our
viewers with a message
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that will help them
survive in this environment.
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Yeah, that's right.
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And so, I know natural things
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from the garden is so important
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and we're gonna
be discussing that.
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Exactly.
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And before we go
into that, honey...
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That's right.
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We have some music
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that we'd like
to share with you.
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And the music is
from Martha Jhoana De Luna
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and the song is
"The Old Rugged Cross."
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Thank you so much, Martha.
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Wonderfully
played, what do you say?
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Yeah, wonderful rendition
of The Old Rugged Cross.
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A song that has
not lost its message,
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no matter how long we hear it,
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no matter how
long it's been played.
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No.
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Well, I'm so glad
that The Old Rugged Cross
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has a lot to do
also with our health.
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The Lord did not
just come to save us
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by sharing a gospel,
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but He wants to transform
us in every particular way.
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Absolutely.
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Not only spiritually,
but also physically.
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And our guest today Joy
is gonna tell us about that.
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Before you dive into your story.
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Welcome. Welcome back to 3ABN.
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Thank you.
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It's great to be here.
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Yes. Yeah.
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And tell us a little
bit about your background
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before we get into
your story about FARM STEW
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and the ministry that
the Lord led you into,
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just give our
viewers and listeners
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a little bit of history in
your journey because I know,
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we know some of what
is about your background.
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I think it's very interesting
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that our audience would find out
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about those things too.
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Great.
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Well, I was blessed to be raised
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in a Christian home.
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And from an
early age I feel like
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I was hearing the
voice of the Holy Spirit
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and in fact, became a vegetarian
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when I was nine.
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And my family
was very interested
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and insecure about this choice.
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They thought I would become
sickly and stunted myself.
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And that's one of the reasons
I chose to study nutrition.
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And also, I was
blessed with a home
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where we didn't
have alcohol or coffee
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or those types of things,
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but later in life
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many, many years
later in my early 40s,
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I struck a hard time.
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And it was a time
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when I was
experienced some of what
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maybe some of the
listeners are experiencing now
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with what's going on with COVID.
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I was experiencing depression,
and anxiety, and insomnia.
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And I really
struggled with that,
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but I had heard
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about the
Adventist health message,
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I was not Adventist,
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but I decided to run
the experiment on myself
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and apply what I
knew, and it worked.
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And I feel like I
was brought from darkness
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into His marvelous light.
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And so my passion
for health message
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and our ministry
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is because it
worked for me first,
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and now I've seen it
work for so many other people
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and I'm here today
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'cause I wanna share
it with your viewers.
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Wow.
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I don't morph
the gospel, isn't it?
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I like that when she
said she experimented,
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I'm almost tempted to
ask you, what did you do?
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I know.
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Give us a snippet
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of what that
experimented entailed.
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Well, at the time
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I had gotten into some patterns.
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I knew about Sabbath,
but I wasn't keeping it.
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I was starting
my day with coffee
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and ending with a glass of wine.
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Oh, wow. Which
so many people do.
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Yes.
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And just other things, I
wasn't doing Bible study,
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I wasn't resting, you know,
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sleeping those
hours before midnight
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are twice as
valuable as those after,
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so just some of those habits
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that I had just fallen into
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and just let what
I knew go dormant.
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And so I praise God,
I decided you know what?
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I'm gonna start each day
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with the Sabbath
School quarterly,
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which I love joining in
on the 3ABN Sabbath School,
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you guys, do a great job.
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And I, you know,
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start each day
with that discipline,
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and all of any mind
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altering substances of any kind,
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even if it's legal, right?
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And just commit
my way to the Lord.
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And I just, I praise
Him because He has...
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I just left all of that behind
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and even during
this dark time of COVID,
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I feel like the joy of
the Lord has been my strength.
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That' right.
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No pun intended.
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Her name is Joy.
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I like that. That's
true. Yes, beautiful.
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That's just a very good
pun, but so in your learning,
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it was about a
seven-year journey
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or talk about that?
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Right.
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So during those years
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I didn't know the
Adventist teachings,
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but from what I had
been taught a lot of it
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seemed a bit odd,
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but then when I
would really investigate,
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and really pray,
and really listen,
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and I had people
friendship evangelizing me,
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including my best friend
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and the only other
full-time co-worker
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with FARM STEW, her
name is Cherri Olin.
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And she and her family,
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their friendship evangelized me,
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and they took
time, they were patient.
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I was a tough nut to crack.
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And so, I just am so
thankful for the patience
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and the prayers.
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And just that I
actually came to the church
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where I fully got baptized
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was after being in
Uganda and meeting people there.
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Excuse me, what
was the breaking point
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where you said,
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"I am coming into this message."
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What was that? This
is the truth, you know.
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Honestly, it was our members
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in the
East-Central Africa Division.
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I wanna give a shout out
to the ECD and Pastor Ruguri,
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but I was there with
USA ID funded project
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as a public health nutritionist.
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That's my training.
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And when I met
the members there,
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I felt at home,
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I knew I had a spiritual family
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and I love my biological family.
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I'm a mother
with two teenage girls
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married 21 years,
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and I love my family,
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but when I realized I
had this global family
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around the world,
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including the African divisions
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which are growing so quickly
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that they don't always
have what they need to benefit
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from our health message.
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And that's where
FARM STEW was born
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was saying we want the things
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that are blessing
North American Adventists
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to be able to bless the world
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whether you're rich,
poor, black, white, purple,
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God, Jesus says He
wants us to live abundantly.
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John 10:10,
"Abundant life for all."
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Amen. That's right.
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And you have a picture
showing that then and now.
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Yeah, so this is
me training in Uganda.
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And it's been such a blessing
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to work alongside the trainers.
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So I myself, I'm not the one
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that's carrying on the training.
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It's a trainer
of trainer programs.
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So we have 30 full-time staff
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who have trained over "90,000
participant training days, "
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so I say that
carefully some people
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and what we want is for people
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to come to many
FARM STEW classes
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and really learn all the skills
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to transform their lives,
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but 90,000 people have spent
a day with FARM STEW hands on
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practical learning the skills
that will help them thrive
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even now during
this COVID environment.
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Wow.
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Beautiful.
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All right now what inspires you?
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Oh, goodness.
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Well, God, first of
all, and the Holy Spirit.
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I mean, He is my best friend.
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He is my father.
He takes care of me.
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He helps me
remember things I forget.
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So it's God who inspires me
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and seeing Him
work through His people,
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seeing Him
transform the lives of people.
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For example, we were invited
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by the president of
the Church of South Sudan,
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into the refugee camps
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where 1 million
South Sudanese refugees
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are living in Northern Uganda,
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including tens of thousands
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of Seventh-day
Adventist believers
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in these camps.
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I was there for a camp
meeting and the President,
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Pastor Clement invited us
to train the people there,
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the camp meeting.
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And I have seen
their lives transform.
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And I remember now and it just,
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it's one of those
wonderful memories.
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I said, "Do you
want your livelihood,
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the survival of your children
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to be dependent on
the United Nations?"
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Because they get their rations,
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you know, from
the United Nations.
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And, you know,
there's three agencies
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that decide whether a
refugee is gonna live or die,
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whether they're
gonna eat or starve.
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Really? They're
all based in one city.
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Wow.
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What city could you
imagine that would be the least?
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In America?
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Nope. It's a global city.
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And there's three
agencies based there,
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the Food and
Agricultural Administration,
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the UN...
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Oh, my goodness, I
can't say all three agencies,
00:15:39.53\00:15:41.70
but they're based in
one city, which is Rome.
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Unbelievable.
00:15:44.41\00:15:45.74
Rome decides
00:15:45.77\00:15:47.11
whether hundreds of millions
of refugees live or die.
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And on April 1 of this
year, when COVID began,
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they decided
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the refugee rations are gonna be
00:15:54.92\00:15:56.25
one third less
00:15:56.28\00:15:58.85
just because of COVID
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so they all
receive one day less food.
00:16:00.32\00:16:03.26
I was going to say Rome
00:16:03.29\00:16:04.63
because that's where
my mind is right now.
00:16:04.66\00:16:06.29
Exactly, I know you would know.
00:16:06.33\00:16:08.36
I've asked that
question, guess what city?
00:16:08.40\00:16:11.07
I talked about there
are two places on earth
00:16:11.10\00:16:12.97
that are cities within a country
00:16:13.00\00:16:14.64
that are not governed
00:16:14.67\00:16:16.00
by the country's
political system?
00:16:16.04\00:16:18.41
Wow, that's
interesting, but very telling,
00:16:18.44\00:16:20.44
but I'll let you continue.
00:16:20.48\00:16:21.81
We control it. So, yeah.
00:16:21.84\00:16:23.31
So I'm just blessed
because our trainers,
00:16:23.35\00:16:25.38
we have 30 full-time
staff, 10 in the refugee camps,
00:16:25.41\00:16:28.58
10 up in South Sudan as well,
00:16:28.62\00:16:31.22
that are training
people how to live abundantly.
00:16:31.25\00:16:33.12
And I think
we're gonna roll a clip
00:16:33.15\00:16:34.76
from a couple of people
that have seen this firsthand.
00:16:34.79\00:16:38.66
This will be Tamara Schoch.
She is a volunteer with us.
00:16:38.69\00:16:42.16
And then the next
would be Edward Kawesa
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.40
who is our Country
Director in Uganda.
00:16:44.43\00:16:46.53
Okay, let's look
at that. Let's see it.
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In the refugee camp,
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we could see
00:16:50.74\00:16:52.37
where the FARM
STEW trainers had been.
00:16:52.41\00:16:54.48
We would see
these tippy tap stations
00:16:54.51\00:16:56.64
just over and over again
00:16:56.68\00:16:58.01
and if you're right next
to these latrines or toilets,
00:16:58.05\00:17:02.25
which had just
been freshly built.
00:17:02.28\00:17:03.65
So people are immediately taking
00:17:03.69\00:17:05.35
into practice the
sanitation aspect.
00:17:05.39\00:17:07.49
We would see in
those same places,
00:17:07.52\00:17:09.02
we would see a small garden
00:17:09.06\00:17:11.43
that was being
well taken care of.
00:17:11.46\00:17:12.79
These people are
now able to raise
00:17:12.83\00:17:14.73
their own crops.
00:17:14.76\00:17:16.46
One thing that I
saw yesterday and heard
00:17:16.50\00:17:20.00
is one of the
people living there
00:17:20.04\00:17:21.64
in the refugee camp.
00:17:21.67\00:17:23.91
They've been very discouraged.
00:17:23.94\00:17:25.87
They're given a very
small amount of land,
00:17:25.91\00:17:27.54
and they feel like
00:17:27.58\00:17:28.91
there's nothing
they can do with it
00:17:28.94\00:17:30.28
because the rent, the
land that they've been given
00:17:30.31\00:17:31.65
is very rocky.
00:17:31.68\00:17:33.01
There's not a lot
of resources there
00:17:33.05\00:17:34.98
as far as
growing their own things.
00:17:35.02\00:17:36.79
And the techniques and
hope that they have been given
00:17:36.82\00:17:41.72
through the FARM STEW trainers,
00:17:41.76\00:17:43.26
they're like we can do something
00:17:43.29\00:17:44.96
even with this
small amount of resources,
00:17:44.99\00:17:47.43
we can contribute to
the health of our children,
00:17:47.46\00:17:50.53
we can take some ownership
00:17:50.57\00:17:53.44
and be able to have
00:17:53.47\00:17:54.80
some kind of positive effect
not only on their own family,
00:17:54.84\00:17:58.31
but also on their
neighbors as well.
00:17:58.34\00:17:59.87
So their lives
are being changed.
00:17:59.91\00:18:01.84
And that was very encouraging
to see them taking to heart,
00:18:01.88\00:18:05.08
these different
aspects of FARM STEW
00:18:05.11\00:18:07.32
and it truly
being a blessing to them
00:18:07.35\00:18:09.42
to their children and
even to their neighbors.
00:18:09.45\00:18:11.69
When I was still walking
in my cafe is when I met Joy,
00:18:11.72\00:18:17.03
the founder of
FARM STEW, Uganda.
00:18:17.06\00:18:20.10
She came she
wanted to do some stuff
00:18:20.13\00:18:23.20
on printing and design.
00:18:23.23\00:18:25.93
And that is how we met.
00:18:25.97\00:18:29.27
And after a meeting,
00:18:29.30\00:18:32.71
she told me about her idea
00:18:32.74\00:18:35.11
of starting an
organization FARM STEW,
00:18:35.14\00:18:40.92
Uganda.
00:18:40.95\00:18:42.38
And when I flashed back my
life which was not easy at all,
00:18:42.42\00:18:47.09
and there was
another opportunity
00:18:47.12\00:18:49.52
of going to serve people
00:18:49.56\00:18:51.73
like how I grew up
00:18:51.76\00:18:55.43
and I knew exactly
00:18:55.46\00:18:57.40
what was people
are going through
00:18:57.43\00:18:59.60
I decided and I said,
"Yes, I'll be there to serve."
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The FARM STEW it goes down
00:19:28.16\00:19:30.47
to those range and train them
how they can change their life,
00:19:30.50\00:19:35.10
how they can utilize the land
00:19:35.14\00:19:38.07
which you are
having to be productive.
00:19:38.11\00:19:41.81
FARM STEW provides
vegetable seedlings
00:19:41.84\00:19:45.68
to those people
after training them
00:19:45.71\00:19:47.72
how they can grow them.
00:19:47.75\00:19:50.99
Thank you so much
for that video, Joy.
00:19:51.02\00:19:53.76
What we saw there is a section
in Uganda where you work,
00:19:53.79\00:19:58.66
where you have a FARM STEW.
00:19:58.69\00:20:00.03
You mentioned
00:20:00.06\00:20:01.40
it's in various parts of Africa.
00:20:01.43\00:20:02.76
What are some
of the other places
00:20:02.80\00:20:04.13
where FARM STEW is?
00:20:04.17\00:20:05.50
So as Edward
mentioned, we started in Uganda.
00:20:05.53\00:20:08.60
He's our country director.
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.37
And then the Lord
led us into South Sudan
00:20:10.41\00:20:12.87
by the
invitation of the president
00:20:12.91\00:20:14.28
of the church there.
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.14
And Zimbabwe,
00:20:16.18\00:20:17.91
where I went with
00:20:17.95\00:20:19.28
It Is Written
actually as a health evangelist
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.32
and we had some
key people there.
00:20:21.35\00:20:23.42
And we started a team
there and most recently,
00:20:23.45\00:20:25.85
we are going to start in Rwanda,
00:20:25.89\00:20:28.52
would have started already
00:20:28.56\00:20:29.89
had the school
been able to open,
00:20:29.92\00:20:32.03
but we're excited to partner
00:20:32.06\00:20:33.40
with the
Adventist School of Medicine
00:20:33.43\00:20:35.90
in Kigali, Rwanda.
00:20:35.93\00:20:37.47
Okay.
00:20:37.50\00:20:38.90
That is opening a lot of doors.
00:20:38.93\00:20:40.84
Now, we've
mentioned the word FARM STEW
00:20:40.87\00:20:42.34
a number of times farm and stew.
00:20:42.37\00:20:45.27
What does FARM STEW mean? Right.
00:20:45.31\00:20:47.41
Well, we have the
letters here in a picture
00:20:47.44\00:20:49.54
that people can see.
00:20:49.58\00:20:50.91
So it's a health
message with eight letters.
00:20:50.95\00:20:53.21
And each letter stands
for something so farming,
00:20:53.25\00:20:56.85
attitude, rest, and
meals, sanitation, temperance,
00:20:56.89\00:21:03.79
enterprise, and water.
00:21:03.83\00:21:06.39
So those are the letters.
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.00
Here it is farming, attitude,
rest, meals, that's farm,
00:21:08.03\00:21:13.57
and sanitation, temperance,
enterprise, and water.
00:21:13.60\00:21:17.01
Wow. Innovative.
00:21:17.04\00:21:19.04
How'd you come up with the idea?
00:21:19.07\00:21:20.74
Honestly, I
believe that was a gift
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.68
completely from God.
00:21:22.71\00:21:24.41
And it was really came to
me in one Sabbath afternoon
00:21:24.45\00:21:26.92
I was reading a lot
of Adventist literature,
00:21:26.95\00:21:29.98
I was actually out on
the trampoline for my kids.
00:21:30.02\00:21:32.85
Just getting some sun,
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.22
you know,
building the vitamin D.
00:21:34.26\00:21:35.72
And I was just
praying like, asking God,
00:21:35.76\00:21:39.16
"Is there something
that the poorest of the poor
00:21:39.19\00:21:42.66
could benefit from?"
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.30
But amazingly,
00:21:44.33\00:21:45.67
it's not just the
poor, like sanitation.
00:21:45.70\00:21:48.07
That's not something that's in
00:21:48.10\00:21:49.44
any of our
other health messages,
00:21:49.47\00:21:51.51
but now we know hand washing,
00:21:51.54\00:21:54.04
you know, the
World Health Organization
00:21:54.08\00:21:56.28
says it can save more lives
00:21:56.31\00:21:57.71
than any immunization
00:21:57.75\00:21:59.28
or any other
medical treatment combined.
00:21:59.31\00:22:01.58
Just hand washing. Right.
00:22:01.62\00:22:03.59
So we've all
been getting a lesson
00:22:03.62\00:22:05.99
recently in hand washing.
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.22
So when you
think about FARM STEW,
00:22:08.26\00:22:09.76
how could that help
people in difficult times?
00:22:09.79\00:22:12.53
So one of the things that
we did as an organization,
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.30
our board, which we
don't have a big headquarters,
00:22:15.33\00:22:18.43
we've always been just
working from our homes here
00:22:18.47\00:22:20.70
in North America.
00:22:20.74\00:22:22.07
And so we've
always met virtually,
00:22:22.10\00:22:24.04
so our board of
directors got together
00:22:24.07\00:22:26.07
when things started
00:22:26.11\00:22:27.44
getting interesting around here.
00:22:27.48\00:22:29.11
And I said, "How can we
make FARM STEW be a blessing
00:22:29.14\00:22:32.11
to people here?"
00:22:32.15\00:22:33.48
And so we came out with
this, I believe you have it,
00:22:33.52\00:22:35.98
the FARM STEW wellness guide.
00:22:36.02\00:22:37.39
Yes, that's right.
00:22:37.42\00:22:39.12
And I wanna let
all of the viewers know
00:22:39.15\00:22:40.96
that you can go to FarmStew.org.
00:22:40.99\00:22:44.16
So it's just FarmStew.org
00:22:44.19\00:22:48.03
and if you wait
about 5 or 10 seconds,
00:22:48.06\00:22:49.96
there'll be something pop
up that says help fight COVID
00:22:50.00\00:22:52.70
and get your wellness guide,
00:22:52.73\00:22:54.14
and that's what we wanna
spend a little bit of time
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.30
talking about today.
00:22:56.34\00:22:58.07
Because, you know,
00:22:58.11\00:22:59.44
you've been
hearing a lot messages
00:22:59.47\00:23:00.81
and they basically all
say the same three things,
00:23:00.84\00:23:03.18
isolate yourself,
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.71
wear your mask,
and wash your hands.
00:23:04.75\00:23:06.61
Those are important,
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.02
but there's so much more
00:23:08.05\00:23:09.38
to building a
healthy immune system
00:23:09.42\00:23:11.29
and having a healthy outlook
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.25
that's going to help
people not only stay healthy,
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.66
but stay sane during this time.
00:23:15.69\00:23:18.19
So that's what
our wellness guide
00:23:18.23\00:23:19.56
is designed to do.
00:23:19.59\00:23:21.23
Yeah, we went there
and we saw a pop up.
00:23:21.26\00:23:22.60
Yeah.
00:23:22.63\00:23:23.97
If you do go to that
website, you get a chance to see
00:23:24.00\00:23:26.47
that when you
go to FarmStew.org.
00:23:26.50\00:23:28.97
It just like she
said, wait about 10 seconds
00:23:29.00\00:23:30.34
and it will pop up.
00:23:30.37\00:23:31.71
It did.
00:23:31.74\00:23:33.07
As a little
caption in the center
00:23:33.11\00:23:34.44
where you can put
your first and last name
00:23:34.48\00:23:35.81
and email
00:23:35.84\00:23:37.18
and get a copy of
the wellness guide.
00:23:37.21\00:23:38.55
Exactly.
00:23:38.58\00:23:39.91
I'm gonna keep it up
so we can try that out.
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.42
That's wonderful.
00:23:41.45\00:23:42.78
Well, we invite you to do that.
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.15
We're excited to be able to stay
00:23:44.19\00:23:45.62
in touch with you,
00:23:45.65\00:23:46.99
but right now what I
wanna talk about is farming.
00:23:47.02\00:23:50.13
Gardening gets you outside.
00:23:50.16\00:23:53.13
It gets you out in
the fresh air, sunshine,
00:23:53.16\00:23:55.80
you're getting exercise.
00:23:55.83\00:23:57.40
There was a study that
came out actually just this week
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.43
from Princeton University.
00:23:59.47\00:24:01.50
It was saying that
gardening makes you happy,
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.31
even as much as
really rigorous exercise.
00:24:04.34\00:24:07.18
Now I'm all for exercise too,
00:24:07.21\00:24:09.11
but gardening is
a form of exercise.
00:24:09.14\00:24:11.18
And it cuts across all classes,
races, colors, anywhere,
00:24:11.21\00:24:14.82
so you don't have
to live in the country,
00:24:14.85\00:24:17.19
although that's a
blessed thing to be right now,
00:24:17.22\00:24:20.16
but even if you can
just put a small area
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.42
about the size of this table,
00:24:22.46\00:24:23.93
you can grow a lot
of food for your family.
00:24:23.96\00:24:27.73
And, you know, at this time,
when so many things are dying,
00:24:27.76\00:24:33.54
whether it's people
in your life, loved ones,
00:24:33.57\00:24:37.31
maybe it's just your dream.
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.24
Maybe you couldn't graduate,
00:24:39.27\00:24:40.64
maybe you lost your job
or your business is dying.
00:24:40.68\00:24:44.91
There's something very healthy
about seeing something grow.
00:24:44.95\00:24:48.98
So we wanna encourage people
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.49
just get out
there with your shovel.
00:24:50.52\00:24:51.95
Don't make it too big so
that it feels oppressive.
00:24:51.99\00:24:54.66
That's right. And get started.
00:24:54.69\00:24:58.03
There's some,
lot of news programs
00:24:58.06\00:24:59.59
and they're showing
00:24:59.63\00:25:00.96
how people are growing
gardens today, even in New York,
00:25:01.00\00:25:04.30
on their roofs,
00:25:04.33\00:25:05.93
they are growing gardens
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.34
and so even in
the city as you said,
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.57
you can grow a garden.
00:25:09.60\00:25:10.94
Exactly.
00:25:10.97\00:25:12.31
And on our FARM STEW website
00:25:12.34\00:25:13.68
we also have a place
where it says the Recipe.
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.14
And you can click on that
00:25:16.18\00:25:17.71
and there's an
E-Learning program.
00:25:17.75\00:25:20.88
And what I'm so excited
about is there's just the basics
00:25:20.92\00:25:23.42
we call it FARM
STEW basic is up there.
00:25:23.45\00:25:25.75
It is the basics
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.12
of what our trainers
are teaching in the field
00:25:27.16\00:25:28.49
you saw in the videos,
the rows and the string,
00:25:28.52\00:25:31.76
you know, helping
them plant properly.
00:25:31.79\00:25:34.06
So you can, anyone in the
world can sign up for that.
00:25:34.10\00:25:37.07
And we made it free
00:25:37.10\00:25:38.43
so that you
don't even have to have
00:25:38.47\00:25:39.80
a credit card.
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.17
We have people signing up
from Senegal, from South Sudan,
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.11
from the Philippines.
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.87
We don't even know
00:25:45.91\00:25:47.24
where all these
people are signing up,
00:25:47.28\00:25:48.94
but we wanna invite your
listeners also to sign up
00:25:48.98\00:25:52.01
and take the FARM
STEW E-Learning course
00:25:52.05\00:25:54.85
to learn the
basics of gardening.
00:25:54.88\00:25:56.52
That's right.
00:25:56.55\00:25:57.89
Now the 10 things,
00:25:57.92\00:25:59.25
the 10 things you
talked about of temperance?
00:25:59.29\00:26:01.96
Talk about that? Yeah.
00:26:01.99\00:26:03.46
So there's a lot in
this wellness guide,
00:26:03.49\00:26:05.79
and it would take us a long time
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.16
to unpack the whole thing,
00:26:07.20\00:26:08.53
but I wanna say a few
things and also the 10 things.
00:26:08.56\00:26:12.10
If you download
this wellness guide,
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.50
there's also on our website,
00:26:13.54\00:26:14.87
a much longer document
that talks about 10 free things
00:26:14.90\00:26:17.77
you can do to
build your immune system,
00:26:17.81\00:26:20.78
but we started with farming,
00:26:20.81\00:26:22.31
you're gonna get
out there and garden
00:26:22.34\00:26:23.75
small, but productive,
00:26:23.78\00:26:25.61
then with attitude,
00:26:25.65\00:26:26.98
you know, a joyful
spirit is like good medicine.
00:26:27.02\00:26:31.55
You know,
00:26:31.59\00:26:32.92
but you don't
want dry bones, right?
00:26:32.95\00:26:35.22
No.
00:26:35.26\00:26:36.59
Because the immune system
00:26:36.62\00:26:38.06
actually is
coming from your bones,
00:26:38.09\00:26:40.10
you're producing
those immune cells
00:26:40.13\00:26:41.76
from your bones.
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.13
So we've got to
have a joyful spirit.
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.50
We've have to choose
an attitude of gratitude
00:26:44.53\00:26:47.47
and attitude of forgiveness,
00:26:47.50\00:26:48.87
letting go of
what you are losing
00:26:48.90\00:26:52.14
and looking forward
00:26:52.17\00:26:53.51
and knowing first and foremost
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:26:53.54\00:26:56.04
That's right.
00:26:56.08\00:26:57.41
So...
00:26:57.45\00:26:58.78
Now we've the
picture of the farm field,
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.15
the bean field.
00:27:00.18\00:27:01.52
Yeah. Okay, let's look it.
00:27:01.55\00:27:02.88
Yeah.
00:27:02.92\00:27:04.25
So there's a
wonderful picture of a woman
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.62
with a soy bean field
00:27:05.65\00:27:07.26
that she is in
this productive garden.
00:27:07.29\00:27:10.56
Now you can tell kind
of by how she's dressed
00:27:10.59\00:27:12.46
and everything.
00:27:12.49\00:27:13.83
She may not be
the wealthiest person.
00:27:13.86\00:27:15.23
I'm not even sure
if she has shoes on,
00:27:15.26\00:27:17.73
but you can see the joy she has
00:27:17.77\00:27:20.40
and the careful and
diligent tending of this garden.
00:27:20.44\00:27:24.21
This happens to be a soy
garden which FARM STEW...
00:27:24.24\00:27:26.51
It's a rich just like,
00:27:26.54\00:27:29.51
like you're
walking in a vitamin field.
00:27:29.54\00:27:31.35
Exactly.
00:27:31.38\00:27:32.71
And actually, I'm very,
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.08
I have to give a shout out
to one of our staff in Uganda.
00:27:34.12\00:27:37.15
He's an agronomist
00:27:37.19\00:27:38.79
who graduated from
the Adventist University,
00:27:38.82\00:27:41.46
Bugema University in Uganda.
00:27:41.49\00:27:43.56
And he is an
excellent agronomist,
00:27:43.59\00:27:46.39
meaning he has
all sorts of skills
00:27:46.43\00:27:48.00
in agriculture
00:27:48.03\00:27:49.36
and he's teaching
00:27:49.40\00:27:50.73
in what we call a
farmer field school.
00:27:50.77\00:27:53.23
So this woman is
part of a basically a club
00:27:53.27\00:27:56.00
of other people
that are all learning
00:27:56.04\00:27:58.27
very disciplined farming schools
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.38
that's gonna yield the
most productive results.
00:28:00.41\00:28:03.01
So would that be agronomy?
00:28:03.04\00:28:05.51
Yes. Okay.
00:28:05.55\00:28:06.88
All right, you
know, strangely enough.
00:28:06.92\00:28:08.25
I had never heard
of the word before.
00:28:08.28\00:28:09.62
I thought I heard all the words.
00:28:09.65\00:28:10.99
Yeah.
00:28:11.02\00:28:12.35
Agronomist, that's interesting.
00:28:12.39\00:28:13.72
Yeah.
00:28:13.76\00:28:15.09
I've heard agriculturalists,
00:28:15.12\00:28:16.46
but agronomist is a
very interesting one.
00:28:16.49\00:28:17.89
What's the
difference between the two?
00:28:17.93\00:28:19.29
I mean, I don't
know if you've even...
00:28:19.33\00:28:21.30
I think they just come
from the same root word.
00:28:21.33\00:28:23.77
So you can have a botanist,
you can have agronomist,
00:28:23.80\00:28:26.67
and they are just
00:28:26.70\00:28:29.17
what's most
important about it is
00:28:29.20\00:28:30.71
they are skilled with plant life
00:28:30.74\00:28:33.38
and know how to
make things thrive.
00:28:33.41\00:28:34.94
And so we combine,
00:28:34.98\00:28:36.51
we have also nutritionists
on our staff that know,
00:28:36.54\00:28:40.38
you know, not only
what do the plants need
00:28:40.42\00:28:41.78
to grow and thrive,
00:28:41.82\00:28:43.15
but what do the
children need to grow and thrive
00:28:43.18\00:28:44.85
because we're
working in countries
00:28:44.89\00:28:46.52
where one third of the children
are severely malnourished.
00:28:46.55\00:28:51.29
And so that's kind of our target
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.33
is, you know,
00:28:53.36\00:28:54.70
we want all of God's
children to have abundant life.
00:28:54.73\00:28:58.80
And if I have
brothers and sisters in Christ
00:28:58.83\00:29:01.37
around the world, guess what?
00:29:01.40\00:29:03.10
That makes me and
joy to their children.
00:29:03.14\00:29:05.97
Amen.
00:29:06.01\00:29:07.34
So I married into a
big Mennonite farm family.
00:29:07.38\00:29:10.15
I'm a convert to Adventism.
00:29:10.18\00:29:12.28
So I have 20 nieces and nephews.
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.38
If one of my nieces
and nephews was starving,
00:29:15.42\00:29:18.75
would I sleep at night?
00:29:18.79\00:29:20.12
No. No.
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.49
Absolutely not.
00:29:21.52\00:29:22.86
If one of my nieces or
nephews couldn't go to school
00:29:22.89\00:29:24.93
because they
didn't have the money,
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.76
or the girls
couldn't go to school
00:29:26.80\00:29:28.16
'cause they had
their menstrual cycle
00:29:28.20\00:29:30.03
and had no way to
handle those things.
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.23
I wouldn't sleep at night.
00:29:32.27\00:29:34.80
FARM STEW can
partner with our churches,
00:29:34.84\00:29:38.24
our brothers and
sisters around the world
00:29:38.27\00:29:40.18
to make sure that
we have those things
00:29:40.21\00:29:42.84
not only
00:29:42.88\00:29:44.21
for our spiritual
nieces and nephews,
00:29:44.25\00:29:46.61
but for the people
in their communities.
00:29:46.65\00:29:48.15
So it's salt and light
00:29:48.18\00:29:49.52
and bringing truth
and the message of Jesus
00:29:49.55\00:29:52.95
and His abundant life
00:29:52.99\00:29:54.32
to people all
throughout the community,
00:29:54.36\00:29:55.99
whether they're Adventist
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.93
or their whole
surrounding communities
00:29:57.96\00:30:00.40
we can be a blessing.
00:30:00.43\00:30:01.76
Okay. That's beautiful.
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.33
And we know in the
Bible it talks about planting.
00:30:03.37\00:30:05.90
Is that the new earth?
00:30:05.93\00:30:07.34
Oh, yeah, well in the
new earth we're gonna have...
00:30:07.37\00:30:10.21
I like the Bible says,
we're gonna plant vineyards
00:30:10.24\00:30:11.61
and eat of them.
00:30:11.64\00:30:12.97
Yeah. Exactly.
00:30:13.01\00:30:14.34
So that's what's
happening already in Africa,
00:30:14.38\00:30:15.71
in the places where
FARM STEW is they're planting
00:30:15.74\00:30:17.41
and they're eating
of their own crops.
00:30:17.45\00:30:18.85
Yes.
00:30:18.88\00:30:20.22
They're not planting
and just selling to stores
00:30:20.25\00:30:21.62
and buying it back and eating,
00:30:21.65\00:30:22.98
but they're eating right
there from nature's bounty.
00:30:23.02\00:30:25.52
Right.
00:30:25.55\00:30:26.89
And we just
started something new.
00:30:26.92\00:30:28.29
Actually, we've
gotten a big delivery
00:30:28.32\00:30:30.43
of fruit trees recently.
00:30:30.46\00:30:33.46
So we're actually
when you said the trees,
00:30:33.50\00:30:35.30
you know, I think
of the tree of life
00:30:35.33\00:30:37.27
and a different
fruit for every season,
00:30:37.30\00:30:40.24
you know, it's
gonna be so awesome.
00:30:40.27\00:30:42.00
And we try to
really train people
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.01
about the nutritional
value of fruits and vegetables.
00:30:44.04\00:30:46.88
That's for the M
for our meals curriculum
00:30:46.91\00:30:49.28
is this whole
food plant-based diet.
00:30:49.31\00:30:51.98
And we actually are
building a solar dryer in Uganda
00:30:52.01\00:30:55.88
and in South Sudan
00:30:55.92\00:30:57.25
so we can help people
solar drying of their fruit.
00:30:57.29\00:31:02.06
So they can preserve it
and make money off of it.
00:31:02.09\00:31:06.86
You know, if all the mangoes
become ripe at the same time
00:31:06.90\00:31:08.86
I hate to say,
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.23
but a lot of them are
rotting on the ground.
00:31:10.27\00:31:11.60
That's true.
00:31:11.63\00:31:12.97
You could do a lot more
that can give you longevity
00:31:13.00\00:31:15.60
for food down the
road, if it's preserved.
00:31:15.64\00:31:18.57
Exactly.
00:31:18.61\00:31:19.94
Now how was FARM STEW
moving forward in Africa?
00:31:19.97\00:31:23.31
So these invitations
like I mentioned in Rwanda
00:31:23.35\00:31:26.51
to partner with the
local medical school,
00:31:26.55\00:31:28.95
the seventh Adventist
medical school in the world.
00:31:28.98\00:31:32.65
We also are doing so much
and I wanna show one thing
00:31:32.69\00:31:36.46
we started this year
which is our first new well,
00:31:36.49\00:31:39.79
and we have a picture of it.
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.16
Let's see.
00:31:41.20\00:31:42.53
We really felt
like the committees
00:31:42.56\00:31:43.90
where we're working,
00:31:43.93\00:31:45.27
they have a lot
of what they need
00:31:45.30\00:31:46.74
and they're
building a lot of capacity,
00:31:46.77\00:31:48.10
but if you don't
have clean water,
00:31:48.14\00:31:50.04
you can't be healthy.
00:31:50.07\00:31:51.41
You can't.
00:31:51.44\00:31:52.77
In fact, 2,300
children die every day
00:31:52.81\00:31:57.11
from contaminated water
00:31:57.15\00:31:58.71
or lack of water
globally every day.
00:31:58.75\00:32:02.12
So, you know,
00:32:02.15\00:32:03.49
the world has stopped for COVID.
00:32:03.52\00:32:05.35
Right. But it hasn't.
00:32:05.39\00:32:06.72
What about hunger?
00:32:06.76\00:32:08.09
You know,
00:32:08.12\00:32:09.46
there's 9 million
people die every year of hunger
00:32:09.49\00:32:12.53
related diseases.
00:32:12.56\00:32:14.30
And the world has
not stopped for that.
00:32:14.33\00:32:17.07
And I don't want us to stop.
00:32:17.10\00:32:18.83
I want us to start.
00:32:18.87\00:32:20.20
I want us to start
caring for the poor
00:32:20.24\00:32:22.34
as Jesus called us to.
00:32:22.37\00:32:24.71
And, you know, Sister White,
00:32:24.74\00:32:26.07
we had a quote that popped
up before I wanna share a quote,
00:32:26.11\00:32:28.54
how do we care for the poor?
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.95
She gave us amazing counsel.
00:32:30.98\00:32:33.65
It starts like this.
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.12
It says, "You give to
the poor and endure them
00:32:35.15\00:32:40.26
by teaching
them to be dependent.
00:32:40.29\00:32:43.26
Instead teach them
to help themselves."
00:32:43.29\00:32:46.59
And she says,
00:32:46.63\00:32:47.96
"The needy must be
placed in a position
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.17
where they can help themselves."
00:32:50.20\00:32:51.97
And I love that quote
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.34
because there's a
role for us as outsiders,
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.77
but it's not to
come and do for people.
00:32:55.80\00:32:58.61
It's to place them in a position
00:32:58.64\00:33:01.14
where they can help themselves.
00:33:01.18\00:33:02.51
Exactly.
00:33:02.54\00:33:03.88
And that's what
we do with our staff
00:33:03.91\00:33:05.25
and our trainers.
00:33:05.28\00:33:06.61
For example, Edward,
00:33:06.65\00:33:07.98
who is speaking
before our country director,
00:33:08.02\00:33:10.82
he has an amazing
story. He was an orphan.
00:33:10.85\00:33:14.09
And his story you can find
on our website at about us,
00:33:14.12\00:33:17.49
this his seven-minute story,
00:33:17.53\00:33:18.86
the Outpost
Centers International came
00:33:18.89\00:33:21.00
and they did
these videos for us.
00:33:21.03\00:33:22.80
They captured his story
in such a beautiful way.
00:33:22.83\00:33:25.10
His life has been transformed
into a life of service.
00:33:25.13\00:33:28.97
And he is fulfilled
because he is serving people.
00:33:29.00\00:33:32.01
And he went through
hardship, as he mentioned.
00:33:32.04\00:33:35.64
And, you know, for all of us
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.01
going through
hardship right now,
00:33:37.05\00:33:38.61
one of the best ways
to get out of our funk,
00:33:38.65\00:33:42.02
whatever that might be,
is to serve somebody else.
00:33:42.05\00:33:45.52
You know, write somebody a card,
00:33:45.55\00:33:47.99
you know, just
reach out to neighbor,
00:33:48.02\00:33:49.42
maybe dig a little garden
tree to your neighbor as well.
00:33:49.46\00:33:52.29
So... That's true.
00:33:52.33\00:33:53.66
And you also talked about Wyatt.
00:33:53.70\00:33:56.26
Talk about Wyatt?
00:33:56.30\00:33:58.00
So Wyatt is a young
man, he's a volunteer.
00:33:58.03\00:34:02.00
And we are thrilled to have him.
00:34:02.04\00:34:03.67
He's actually a "botanist."
00:34:03.71\00:34:05.37
We were talking about
agronomist and botanist,
00:34:05.41\00:34:07.41
and he recently
dedicated himself to FARM STEW.
00:34:07.44\00:34:12.71
And he actually
went over to Uganda
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.18
and was doing the training
00:34:14.22\00:34:16.38
to be ready to launch
our program in Rwanda.
00:34:16.42\00:34:19.29
And I think we have a
video, why it was involved in,
00:34:19.32\00:34:22.26
so let's jump to that.
00:34:22.29\00:34:23.76
Okay, let's look at that.
00:34:23.79\00:34:25.13
I want to tell you a story.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.63
There was once a village
00:34:31.67\00:34:33.00
deep in the
heart of East Africa.
00:34:33.03\00:34:34.80
Passing by, one can see
there were lots of children
00:34:34.84\00:34:37.71
and laughter,
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.07
farms that stretched for miles
00:34:39.11\00:34:40.48
and everyone been huge
grins as people drove by.
00:34:40.51\00:34:44.71
Many passed in way to
the friendly villagers,
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.25
but there were things
that lay hidden beyond
00:34:47.28\00:34:48.92
the sight of a
passing car window.
00:34:48.95\00:34:51.79
No one saw the
villager scavenging in trees
00:34:51.82\00:34:54.49
looking for leaves to eat.
00:34:54.52\00:34:56.19
No one seemed to understand
00:34:56.22\00:34:57.66
that no matter
how hard they tried,
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.69
those miles of farmland
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.20
had stopped
producing food years ago,
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.70
their soil was dying.
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.27
And the village's drinking water
00:35:05.30\00:35:06.70
was contaminated with
feces and roadside chemicals.
00:35:06.74\00:35:09.94
No one knew
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.31
that the village's
children were hungry.
00:35:11.34\00:35:13.14
Things were getting
worse. Children were dying now.
00:35:13.17\00:35:16.14
It didn't used to be this way.
00:35:16.18\00:35:18.68
FARM STEW is an acronym
00:35:18.71\00:35:20.62
for a recipe to
an abundant life.
00:35:20.65\00:35:24.22
The ingredients are
farming, attitude, rest, meals,
00:35:24.25\00:35:30.86
sanitation, temperance,
enterprise, and water.
00:35:30.89\00:35:36.40
The ingredients encouraged
change using education
00:35:36.43\00:35:39.73
to improve the health and
well-being of poor families
00:35:39.77\00:35:43.51
and vulnerable people.
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.14
I saw FARM STEW demonstrating
00:35:45.17\00:35:47.28
how to
effectively repair the soil
00:35:47.31\00:35:49.41
and grow
nutritionally sensitive crops
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.41
like soy and fruit trees.
00:35:51.45\00:35:53.52
I witness the
first farmer field school
00:35:53.55\00:35:56.15
being used to teach a community
how to grow their own food.
00:35:56.18\00:36:00.49
Six brand new
wells were installed
00:36:00.52\00:36:02.89
in our communities.
00:36:02.92\00:36:04.39
Clean,
sparkling water flowed out
00:36:04.43\00:36:06.43
to all that needed it.
00:36:06.46\00:36:08.20
I watched FARM
STEW make soy milk,
00:36:08.23\00:36:10.30
whole grain porches,
00:36:10.33\00:36:11.67
and teach how to
collect nutritious greens
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.07
growing wild in the field.
00:36:14.10\00:36:16.24
The children of
these communities
00:36:16.27\00:36:17.97
were not going to starve.
00:36:18.01\00:36:19.71
FARM STEW is a tool
to meet people's needs
00:36:19.74\00:36:22.08
and bring the love of Jesus
to the works of this church.
00:36:22.11\00:36:26.08
Wyatt.
00:36:26.11\00:36:27.45
Beautiful. It's amazing.
00:36:27.48\00:36:28.82
You can see how the
people are excited about.
00:36:28.85\00:36:30.72
And how do you feel
00:36:30.75\00:36:32.55
when you see the
sense of accomplishment
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.79
and transforming lives?
00:36:34.82\00:36:36.16
Because you talked
about contaminated water,
00:36:36.19\00:36:38.16
food supplies
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.53
and when you mentioned
the backdrop of one third
00:36:39.56\00:36:41.96
of the supplies
have been cut to people
00:36:42.00\00:36:45.17
that have this great food need.
00:36:45.20\00:36:47.80
When you think about FARM STEW,
00:36:47.84\00:36:49.34
what sense of
accomplishment do you sense?
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.84
Honestly, I just praise God
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.38
because I've talked
to a lot of our trainers
00:36:53.41\00:36:55.61
over the last few
weeks and they just said,
00:36:55.64\00:36:57.41
you know, "Joy, this message
was for such a time as this."
00:36:57.45\00:37:01.72
And there are many
people suffering right now
00:37:01.75\00:37:04.72
all over the world,
00:37:04.75\00:37:06.09
many starving before
the virus will hit them,
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.82
they will starve, but, you know,
00:37:08.86\00:37:10.63
in the FARM STEW communities,
00:37:10.66\00:37:12.06
the people that have taken
00:37:12.09\00:37:13.63
this message to heart,
they are not suffering.
00:37:13.66\00:37:17.40
They're out in
these rural villages,
00:37:17.43\00:37:18.93
they're growing their own food.
00:37:18.97\00:37:20.74
They're washing
their hands properly.
00:37:20.77\00:37:22.64
They have their latrines.
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.44
You know, they
are not struggling
00:37:24.47\00:37:25.87
in the same way.
00:37:25.91\00:37:27.24
And I praise God for that.
00:37:27.28\00:37:28.61
I only wish we were bigger.
00:37:28.64\00:37:31.21
And I know God wants us to grow
00:37:31.25\00:37:33.08
because I know He wants
00:37:33.11\00:37:35.02
abundant life for all people.
00:37:35.05\00:37:37.12
And, you know, why we
had to bring Him home.
00:37:37.15\00:37:39.95
His time in Rwanda
is gonna have to wait
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.02
until the school can open,
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.49
but praise God,
00:37:43.53\00:37:44.86
our 30 African
staff are still there,
00:37:44.89\00:37:48.46
and they are still
doing what they can.
00:37:48.50\00:37:50.73
So when we first heard
about the virus we had,
00:37:50.77\00:37:53.70
Betty will show
a picture of her.
00:37:53.74\00:37:56.04
We made a flyer about COVID
before there was even a case
00:37:56.07\00:38:01.21
in Uganda or South Sudan,
00:38:01.24\00:38:02.64
we were out
handing out these flyers
00:38:02.68\00:38:05.48
and putting them up
and educating people
00:38:05.51\00:38:07.52
and actually the
local governor of Iganga,
00:38:07.55\00:38:10.55
which is the capital
city where we are in Uganda.
00:38:10.59\00:38:12.79
Okay.
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.16
They thanked us on live radio
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.99
saying we were
doing a great job,
00:38:16.02\00:38:17.96
and then we've
been able to go out
00:38:17.99\00:38:19.73
and teach the hand washing.
00:38:19.76\00:38:21.56
Now everybody's listening.
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.53
Before people were
just in hand washing,
00:38:23.57\00:38:25.40
but you can see
them with their masks.
00:38:25.43\00:38:28.00
I know I noticed that
the people had a mask.
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.94
And you talk about
a little girl Tippy.
00:38:30.97\00:38:34.74
Yeah, the next picture
is one of my favorites.
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.98
You know, we can teach adults
and the adults we teach them
00:38:37.01\00:38:40.12
to love their children.
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.92
And we're excited about...
00:38:41.95\00:38:43.69
Is this her? Yes, this is her.
00:38:43.72\00:38:46.19
So she, you know, as
young as five years old,
00:38:46.22\00:38:48.46
they can really learn how
to take care of themselves.
00:38:48.49\00:38:50.96
I don't know if
people caught that,
00:38:50.99\00:38:52.33
she's washing her hands.
00:38:52.36\00:38:53.70
Exactly.
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.06
You know, we did
it like that too.
00:38:55.10\00:38:56.43
Yeah, so a tippy tap.
I'll just say briefly.
00:38:56.46\00:38:57.83
It's what you how you can wash
your hands with running water
00:38:57.87\00:39:00.50
in an area
00:39:00.54\00:39:01.87
where there is no running water.
00:39:01.90\00:39:03.34
And, you know, the
Bible is the first place
00:39:03.37\00:39:05.94
where it said we should
wash with running water.
00:39:05.97\00:39:08.71
That was long before
germs were discovered.
00:39:08.74\00:39:10.85
God knew
00:39:10.88\00:39:12.21
that we needed
to wash off germs.
00:39:12.25\00:39:14.05
So that's what we train
and now people really get it.
00:39:14.08\00:39:18.02
There's a lot of
interest in our message.
00:39:18.05\00:39:20.62
That's true. Oh, my...
00:39:20.66\00:39:23.46
Now talk about
FARM STEW in the gospel.
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.89
How is it spreading the gospel?
00:39:25.93\00:39:27.26
Oh, yeah.
00:39:27.30\00:39:28.63
Well, first, I just praise God
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.20
because all of our
curriculum is infused
00:39:30.23\00:39:33.37
with the Scripture, our staff,
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.80
our godly people
who love the Lord
00:39:35.84\00:39:38.77
and love His church.
00:39:38.81\00:39:40.41
And so the
gospel goes with them,
00:39:40.44\00:39:43.28
but we also feel
that we are the right arm
00:39:43.31\00:39:46.11
of the gospel.
00:39:46.15\00:39:47.48
So we're just opening
the door for the church.
00:39:47.52\00:39:50.39
And I wanna share with you a
video by Pastor Thomas Amoli,
00:39:50.42\00:39:54.19
he is actually the pastor
that's over the refugee camps,
00:39:54.22\00:39:57.53
the South Sudanese camps
00:39:57.56\00:39:58.89
and he shares it so eloquently
00:39:58.93\00:40:01.40
I would love to let
him put it in his words.
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.43
Okay, Pastor Thomas Amoli.
00:40:03.47\00:40:06.63
FARM STEW come in with this idea
00:40:06.67\00:40:10.31
that we can grow our food
00:40:10.34\00:40:13.78
from those small compounds
00:40:13.81\00:40:15.51
or small plot given to us by UN,
00:40:15.54\00:40:18.68
that was when our eyes
open that we can see light
00:40:18.71\00:40:24.52
where things are
coming for our own good.
00:40:24.55\00:40:30.26
That makes me to
remember what Paul says in Roman
00:40:30.29\00:40:34.00
that all things happen
for the good of God's people.
00:40:34.03\00:40:39.17
On that point I
think FARM STEW came
00:40:39.20\00:40:43.91
through Mama Doreen in March,
00:40:43.94\00:40:47.34
I think it was in
Bidibidi and April it reached us
00:40:47.38\00:40:51.95
and we started moving.
00:40:51.98\00:40:53.31
I was there
00:40:53.35\00:40:54.68
with my
associate pastor Everest.
00:40:54.72\00:40:57.72
We moved from camp to camp,
00:40:57.75\00:41:00.89
taking Mama Doreen
00:41:00.92\00:41:02.42
teaching all these new skill
00:41:02.46\00:41:06.80
that FARM STEW is
bringing in our life,
00:41:06.83\00:41:10.63
in our church to our members.
00:41:10.67\00:41:13.57
And you can see light
coming to members' face.
00:41:13.60\00:41:16.50
Now we have hope
for our children,
00:41:16.54\00:41:19.67
we have hope for ourselves.
00:41:19.71\00:41:22.21
We have new things
00:41:22.24\00:41:24.75
when we learned
about the soya bean.
00:41:24.78\00:41:27.78
Ah, people could
make milk from soya bean.
00:41:27.82\00:41:30.59
People say, "Wow,
that is the point.
00:41:30.62\00:41:33.46
We left our milk.
00:41:33.49\00:41:35.02
God has brought our milk back
00:41:35.06\00:41:37.26
through getting milk from soil."
00:41:37.29\00:41:40.10
That was a big takeout.
00:41:40.13\00:41:42.36
You know, I tell people
00:41:42.40\00:41:43.73
that I see now FARM STEW be like
00:41:43.77\00:41:48.44
John the Baptist going ahead,
00:41:48.47\00:41:51.74
and then we as
pastors and ministers
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.68
will follow with the
message, with the gospel,
00:41:53.71\00:41:57.08
it's powerful.
00:41:57.11\00:41:59.18
They prepare people
health's wise, food wise,
00:41:59.21\00:42:03.22
natural food, making everything.
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.72
I think that is a
very powerful thing.
00:42:05.75\00:42:08.52
That with the help of FARM STEW
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.43
is a right hand
for me as a pastor.
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.10
As they move, the gospel goes
00:42:14.13\00:42:18.30
and people hear the word of hope
00:42:18.33\00:42:20.94
and they eat the natural food
00:42:20.97\00:42:23.17
that they produced by
themselves powerfully.
00:42:23.20\00:42:28.08
We've already seen
dramatic improvements
00:42:28.11\00:42:30.45
in the lives of
thousands of people
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.51
FARM STEW has trained.
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.58
The FARM STEW
recipe of abundant life
00:42:34.62\00:42:37.05
has developed by
examining the factors
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.79
that lead to global hotspots
of health and longevity,
00:42:39.82\00:42:43.79
the Blue Zones.
00:42:43.83\00:42:45.39
FARM STEW is real
tested and working solution.
00:42:45.43\00:42:50.63
Also Pastor Amoli
is very much involved
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.83
in the gospel
aspect of FARM STEW there
00:42:52.87\00:42:56.24
and what area is
he in by the way?
00:42:56.27\00:42:58.84
So he is
overseeing the refugee camps
00:42:58.87\00:43:01.81
and the South
Sudan attached territory
00:43:01.84\00:43:04.18
actually goes into Uganda.
00:43:04.21\00:43:07.02
And so because they
have so many members
00:43:07.05\00:43:10.25
that actually live in Uganda
00:43:10.29\00:43:11.62
because of the
volatile situation
00:43:11.65\00:43:13.76
in the country of South Sudan,
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.92
it's quite a
dangerous place, actually.
00:43:15.96\00:43:18.76
Yes.
00:43:18.79\00:43:20.13
Now what is your vision
for Africa with the FARM STEW?
00:43:20.16\00:43:26.00
Yeah.
00:43:26.03\00:43:27.37
So the vision that I feel
that God has given not only me,
00:43:27.40\00:43:31.37
but our entire
board of directors,
00:43:31.41\00:43:32.77
I have a fabulous,
fabulous Board of Directors
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.94
very engaged.
00:43:34.98\00:43:36.31
We have volunteers all
over the United States.
00:43:36.34\00:43:37.91
I just wanna shout out to
them and thank them as well.
00:43:37.95\00:43:41.35
The vision is
that we could partner
00:43:41.38\00:43:43.42
with the church
around the world.
00:43:43.45\00:43:46.05
For example, there
are 8 million members
00:43:46.09\00:43:48.22
in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
00:43:48.26\00:43:50.53
Adventists? Adventist members.
00:43:50.56\00:43:52.76
Eight million?
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.13
Yes, and growing,
00:43:54.16\00:43:56.00
40% of the church
growth is happening
00:43:56.03\00:43:58.10
in the three
divisions of Sub-Saharan Africa.
00:43:58.13\00:43:59.73
Beautiful.
00:43:59.77\00:44:01.10
So we can partner with them.
00:44:01.14\00:44:02.47
I'd love every church to
have a FARM STEW committee.
00:44:02.50\00:44:05.54
You can see a picture
here of Pastor Dukubiey
00:44:05.57\00:44:09.04
learning to wash his
hands from FARM STEW,
00:44:09.08\00:44:11.35
so Pastor Dukubiey has
been the original pastor.
00:44:11.38\00:44:15.78
I played clips of
him on other 3ABN shows.
00:44:15.82\00:44:19.09
He says that
where FARM STEW goes,
00:44:19.12\00:44:21.12
people come.
00:44:21.16\00:44:22.49
And so they use us
going out before a TMI effort,
00:44:22.52\00:44:25.99
total number involvement effort
to bring and attract people
00:44:26.03\00:44:28.83
to the gospel.
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.20
So it's really,
really a blessing,
00:44:30.23\00:44:32.10
and then I wanna show one thing
00:44:32.13\00:44:33.74
we were able to do last October,
00:44:33.77\00:44:36.20
I was in South Sudan.
00:44:36.24\00:44:37.87
We brought in leaders
from the whole country,
00:44:37.91\00:44:41.54
actually church leaders,
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
and you can see
one of the pastors,
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.28
Pastor Paul,
00:44:44.31\00:44:45.65
up in the northern
part of South Sudan.
00:44:45.68\00:44:48.85
I've never been there
00:44:48.88\00:44:50.22
probably never
will get to go there,
00:44:50.25\00:44:51.79
but you can see him
holding the FARM STEW rainbow,
00:44:51.82\00:44:54.72
that's our food guide.
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.29
And he is teaching
00:44:56.32\00:44:57.79
the whole foods
plant-based diet.
00:44:57.83\00:44:59.39
We sent them out with seeds.
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.16
We had 62 people
00:45:01.20\00:45:02.53
go through a
four-day intensive training
00:45:02.56\00:45:04.97
where myself and the
local trainers lead out
00:45:05.00\00:45:08.34
and taught partners
from all over the church.
00:45:08.37\00:45:10.51
So that's our dream.
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.61
Okay.
00:45:12.64\00:45:13.98
That's fabulous.
00:45:14.01\00:45:15.34
And I noticed that
you said Blue Zones.
00:45:15.38\00:45:17.81
Yes. What are Blue Zones?
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.18
Well, as you may know,
00:45:19.21\00:45:21.28
the Loma Linda
area has been identified
00:45:21.32\00:45:24.65
as one of the Blue Zones,
00:45:24.69\00:45:26.15
one of the five
places in the world
00:45:26.19\00:45:28.09
with a hotspot of
health and longevity.
00:45:28.12\00:45:30.63
So our dream is
that we could have
00:45:30.66\00:45:33.09
Blue Zones pop up
all over the world,
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.16
no matter your race,
00:45:35.20\00:45:36.53
no matter your economic status.
00:45:36.56\00:45:38.60
People can live
healthy, abundant lives
00:45:38.63\00:45:40.44
with the
gardening, the fresh air,
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.07
the sunshine, the good habits,
00:45:42.10\00:45:44.44
not using alcohol
and drugs and all of that
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.64
we can live
abundantly and that's my dream.
00:45:47.68\00:45:51.75
And when you talk about support,
00:45:51.78\00:45:54.58
when you look at
the future of FARM STEW,
00:45:54.62\00:45:57.52
what are some of
the areas that you need
00:45:57.55\00:45:59.12
your financial support
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.02
because you talk about
developing the ministry
00:46:01.06\00:46:02.89
how it's still growing.
00:46:02.92\00:46:04.59
And I think this
is a great opportunity
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.13
to let our viewers
and listeners know,
00:46:06.16\00:46:08.00
here are some of the needs
00:46:08.03\00:46:09.36
and then we can
give them information
00:46:09.40\00:46:10.90
on how they could support it.
00:46:10.93\00:46:12.27
Absolutely.
00:46:12.30\00:46:13.64
So one of the
things I wanted to show
00:46:13.67\00:46:15.00
is two of our trainers.
00:46:15.04\00:46:16.37
These are South
Sudanese refugees,
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.74
and also church
elders on a motorcycle.
00:46:17.77\00:46:20.48
So one of the
things I mentioned,
00:46:20.51\00:46:22.01
we don't have a big
headquarters anywhere,
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.65
we don't believe in that,
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.01
we want people to go
out into the rural villages,
00:46:25.05\00:46:27.52
but it takes staff
00:46:27.55\00:46:29.08
like these two wonderful guys,
00:46:29.12\00:46:30.89
this is Joseph and Elias.
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.25
It takes them
being paid salaries
00:46:33.29\00:46:36.02
even now during COVID.
00:46:36.06\00:46:37.73
We were able to
actually advance their wages
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.10
before the lockdown
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.46
because there was
price spikes that happened
00:46:41.50\00:46:43.37
and the Holy Spirit I feel
00:46:43.40\00:46:44.90
directed me to
advance their wages
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.87
so that they could be
able to feed themselves.
00:46:46.90\00:46:50.57
And we believe a
laborer is worthy of their hire.
00:46:50.61\00:46:52.67
So these are full-time people
that are out working hard.
00:46:52.71\00:46:56.04
So we have staff
wages, transportation,
00:46:56.08\00:46:59.41
and we also help girls
with the menstrual cycle.
00:46:59.45\00:47:02.38
So we have a pads
project for the girls $15 a girl
00:47:02.42\00:47:06.45
to keep them in school and...
00:47:06.49\00:47:07.82
Fifteen? Yes.
00:47:07.86\00:47:09.19
That's all?
00:47:09.22\00:47:10.56
Yes. Is that for how long?
00:47:10.59\00:47:11.93
Those will last
00:47:11.96\00:47:13.29
for two or three years actually.
00:47:13.33\00:47:14.66
Fifteen dollars?
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.03
Fifteen dollars. Yes.
00:47:16.06\00:47:17.40
It's beautiful.
I didn't plan this.
00:47:17.43\00:47:18.87
I feel like God did
is $15 to start a garden,
00:47:18.90\00:47:21.47
$15 for pads,
00:47:21.50\00:47:23.07
we can bring
water to a community
00:47:23.10\00:47:25.21
and it averaged out.
00:47:25.24\00:47:26.57
I didn't plan
this to $15 a person.
00:47:26.61\00:47:29.41
So we try to make it easy.
00:47:29.44\00:47:31.11
Everything in FARM STEW
is taking complex ideas.
00:47:31.15\00:47:34.95
You know, I
went to Johns Hopkins
00:47:34.98\00:47:36.58
for my master's
in Public Health.
00:47:36.62\00:47:38.82
I got a lot of
education, but you know what,
00:47:38.85\00:47:40.79
if it's not simple,
if it's not practical,
00:47:40.82\00:47:44.46
people aren't gonna do it.
00:47:44.49\00:47:46.09
So we want to put those
simple practical skills.
00:47:46.13\00:47:49.56
And also, you
know, I wanted to show,
00:47:49.60\00:47:52.30
we have these wells
that we're trying to put in
00:47:52.33\00:47:55.30
and that a well, a
water that is life for people.
00:47:55.34\00:47:59.77
And we have a matching
grant this year for these wells
00:47:59.81\00:48:03.45
where every dollar is
matched up to $84,000.
00:48:03.48\00:48:06.38
We have a plan
to put in 50 wells,
00:48:06.41\00:48:09.12
we have six in
00:48:09.15\00:48:11.05
and we would have
had six more in April
00:48:11.09\00:48:13.82
where it not for the downtime,
00:48:13.86\00:48:16.09
but we are trying to work
00:48:16.12\00:48:17.46
really hard to reach our
goal so that's $4,600 per well.
00:48:17.49\00:48:22.23
And that is our dream
00:48:22.26\00:48:23.73
to get those
installed this year.
00:48:23.77\00:48:26.00
But it feed,
well, the well, what,
00:48:26.03\00:48:29.27
how many people will
get use of that well?
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.51
A lot of people
will. Oh, a lot of people.
00:48:31.54\00:48:33.54
It's supposed to be
defined for about 300,
00:48:33.58\00:48:36.61
but as you know,
00:48:36.64\00:48:37.98
when you put
water into community,
00:48:38.01\00:48:40.22
people come.
00:48:40.25\00:48:41.68
And, of course, we
teach them also about Jesus
00:48:41.72\00:48:44.12
and the living water
00:48:44.15\00:48:45.49
that would flow from
Him for eternal life.
00:48:45.52\00:48:49.26
Now I noticed, you talked
about integrating the truth
00:48:49.29\00:48:53.03
with scientific truths.
00:48:53.06\00:48:55.26
That's very interesting.
00:48:55.30\00:48:56.63
Talk about that briefly? Yes.
00:48:56.67\00:48:58.43
So as a trained
Public Health Nutritionist,
00:48:58.47\00:49:02.07
I do believe in science,
00:49:02.10\00:49:04.11
there's a lot we
can learn from science.
00:49:04.14\00:49:07.24
But we have to start
knowing that the Word of God
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is the foundation for truth
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and we build the
scientific ideas upon that.
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So there it needs to
be an integration and,
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you know, we've
gotten some pushback
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of people that say,
00:49:19.72\00:49:21.16
"Well, why are you
including the Bible
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in your health curriculum?"
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You know, when I'm out
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talking to the world about that,
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but local people in countries
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where the spiritual
life and the physical life
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are not so disconnected,
they're integrated.
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And so I believe
that this Holy Scripture
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has the power to
motivate behavior change
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in a way that
nothing else can do.
00:49:43.21\00:49:45.61
And so I've
actually been able to be
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in the halls of powerful places,
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you know, seeking
resources for FARM STEW
00:49:50.29\00:49:54.66
making actually a
case for the Word of God.
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.83
Oh, yeah. Beautiful.
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.19
And that's one of the
things we're excited about
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we're doing research
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actually with the
University of Macquarie,
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University in Uganda.
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And we have some plans,
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actually to do
some other projects
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with other non-Christian
non-Adventist groups,
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but all the while
defending the Word of God
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being central to our program,
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.48
and we will not
depart from that plan.
00:50:17.51\00:50:21.28
I like that, you're talking
about not only it's just bread,
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temporary bread,
but the bread of life.
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Amen. How it all
connects together.
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That's interesting.
00:50:26.86\00:50:28.19
I like that you put that
in defending the Word of God.
00:50:28.22\00:50:31.49
What makes that?
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How did that challenge come
00:50:33.13\00:50:34.46
about that you had to
include God's Word in that?
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Well, as you know,
leading a nonprofit, I mean,
00:50:38.67\00:50:42.30
money doesn't grow on trees.
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True. Not at all.
00:50:44.01\00:50:45.34
So we try to get creative,
00:50:45.37\00:50:47.11
where are we going
to look for the funds
00:50:47.14\00:50:49.54
to be able to keep
these workers going out,
00:50:49.58\00:50:51.68
to keep the seeds, you
know, we buy a lot of seeds,
00:50:51.71\00:50:54.82
we buy the pads for the girls.
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.89
We've served
6,000 girls already.
00:50:56.92\00:50:59.65
So we get ideas who
could we partner with?
00:50:59.69\00:51:03.12
Because, you
know, Sister White says,
00:51:03.16\00:51:04.86
"Don't just take
money from Adventists."
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.49
There are so many
Adventist Ministries,
00:51:06.53\00:51:07.86
I don't wanna only be
asking Adventist for funds.
00:51:07.90\00:51:11.43
I want to reach out.
00:51:11.47\00:51:13.87
And if I can do it,
and our board is committed,
00:51:13.90\00:51:16.37
if we can do it in
a way with integrity,
00:51:16.40\00:51:18.97
where we still uphold everything
00:51:19.01\00:51:21.14
about the truth of this church,
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.24
and honor God,
00:51:23.28\00:51:24.61
then anybody can
give us resources
00:51:24.65\00:51:26.75
if your stimulus check
arrived and you don't need it.
00:51:26.78\00:51:29.55
I like that. I love that.
00:51:29.58\00:51:31.49
I know people
that are not getting
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.12
a stimulus check.
00:51:33.15\00:51:34.49
Wow.
00:51:34.52\00:51:35.86
Well, you know,
on the other side,
00:51:35.89\00:51:37.23
we're gonna just
take a little break,
00:51:37.26\00:51:38.59
but what we've
learned about FARM STEW,
00:51:38.63\00:51:39.96
it's a very, very worthy cause.
00:51:40.00\00:51:41.33
Yes, it is.
00:51:41.36\00:51:42.70
And we have a few
more things we're gonna say
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.23
about before our program ends,
00:51:44.27\00:51:45.60
but we're gonna
take a short news break
00:51:45.63\00:51:47.54
and come back on the other side
00:51:47.57\00:51:48.90
with a few closing thoughts.
00:51:48.94\00:51:50.31
Right.
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If you'd like to find out
00:51:52.91\00:51:54.24
more about how to
support FARM STEW International,
00:51:54.28\00:51:56.61
visit their
website FarmStew.org.
00:51:56.64\00:51:58.98
That's FarmStew.org.
00:51:59.01\00:52:01.42
You may also call
them at 815-200-4925.
00:52:01.45\00:52:06.86
Send an email to hi@farmstew.org
00:52:06.89\00:52:11.36
or write to FARM
STEW International,
00:52:11.39\00:52:13.66
PO Box 291,
Princeton, Illinois 61356.
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