As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
today's special program.
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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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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
and to my right is my co-pilot.
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I'm Angela Lomacang
and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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And truly the message is,
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"I wanna spend my life
mending broken people."
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That's right.
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And we have two
exciting guests with us today.
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Yes, we do.
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We'll introduce you
to them in just a moment.
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But we always like to begin
with a little housekeeping.
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Yeah.
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That is we thank
you for your prayers
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and all your financial
support of this network
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as we continue
going and growing,
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getting ready for the
return of Jesus Christ.
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It's exciting to know, Honey,
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that every time we do a program,
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we are one day closer
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to the coming of
the Lord, isn't it nice?
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Oh, I'm so looking
forward to that day.
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And I know you are too.
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And because we're
looking forward to that day,
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we have hope that
the Lord is soon to come.
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And on that segue,
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our program
today is "Impact Hope."
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And we'll let you know
in just a little moment
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what that program is all about.
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We're gonna
introduce our guests.
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Maybe let's do it right now
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before the music,
let's do that right now.
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Thank you. Okay? Okay.
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We'll start far
across, Renee Harms.
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Am I saying that correct?
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Good to have you here, Renee.
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Thank you. Nice to be here.
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Yes.
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A nutshell of what you do?
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Well, I live in
Walla Walla, Washington.
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I'm sure that we have viewers
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that are familiar with
Walla Walla, Washington,
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and I have been with Impact Hope
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for a year.
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Okay.
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I've been
working in nonprofit work
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and in charity related work
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for that's been my
heart for since college
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and so really excited
to be part of a program
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that I can absolutely get behind
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and can see the results of that.
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And love living in the northwest
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where all of our,
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you know, all of our
team works in the northwest,
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but it's fun to be in
another part of the country
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for a couple days.
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So you're
originally from the northwest?
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Yes, I am. Okay.
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Wow! Planted and grown.
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Yep. Home grown.
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Spent time in other
parts of the country
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which has been wonderful,
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but keep going
back to the northwest.
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Okay.
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And we have Liz Thompsen.
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Yes. Welcome, Liz.
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Share a little bit about you,
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who you are and
where you are from?
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Well, I am from
all over America.
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I've lived in almost
four corners of America
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and loved it.
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I enjoy meeting people.
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I enjoy cultures, which is
why I absolutely love missions.
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So I've been
working on mission projects,
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probably since I was in college
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and high school took
my first mission trip
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and I was hooked.
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And I am back
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and I'm with Impact Hope
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as their special
projects director
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working with
Mindy and Hans Thygeson.
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And absolutely love what we do
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and the work that people do
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all around the world for
these Congolese refugees.
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Wow.
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It's gonna be an
exciting program.
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I'm looking forward
to it. That's right.
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But before we go to
the program, we have music.
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Who do we have today, Honey?
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We have Scott Michael Bennett,
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and he's going to
share a song with us,
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"Go Light Your World."
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There is a candle
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In every soul
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Some brightly burning
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Some dark and cold
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There is a Spirit
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Who brings the fire
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Ignites a candle
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And makes His home
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Carry your candle
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Run to the darkness
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Seek out the hopeless
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Confused and torn
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Hold out your candle
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For all to see it
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Take your candle
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And go light your world
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Take your candle
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And go light your world
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Frustrated brother
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See how he's tried to Light
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His own candle
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Some other way
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See now your sister
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She's been robbed And lied to
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She still holds her candle
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Without a flame
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So carry your candle
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Run to the darkness
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Seek out the lonely
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The tired and worn
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Hold out your candle
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For all to see it
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Take your candle
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And go light your world
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Take your candle
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And go light your world
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We are a family
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Whose hearts are blazing
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So let's raise our candles
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And light up the sky
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Praying to our Father
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In the name of Jesus
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Make us a beacon
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In the darkest night
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Carry your candle
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Run to the darkness
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Seek out the helpless
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Deceived and poor
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Hold out your candle
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For all to see it
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Take your candle
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Go light your world
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Take your candle
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Go light your world
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Take your candle
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And go light your world
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Go light your world
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Go light your world.
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Thank you so much, Scott.
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That song is always indicative
of the kind of program
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we're doing today.
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Go light your world.
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And missions is
always an opportunity
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to light the world.
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I mean, we've been
on mission trips a lot.
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We love mission trips,
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and Africa is one of
our favorite places to go.
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And this ministry,
their fieldwork is in Rwanda.
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Well, once again,
welcome Liz and Renee to 3ABN,
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and just kind of
give us an overview
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because Impact Hope,
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as we had a
chance to talk about it
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briefly before the
program is an amazing ministry.
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I'll give each, any
one of you an opportunity
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to kind of talk
about its inception
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and how it got started?
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And really what the
power behind this really is?
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Our founder is
Mindy and Hans Thygeson.
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They heard about a Hope
School in Rwanda back in 2014.
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And they heard that it
was about to shut down.
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They went to go see it.
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And they learned
that the students
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who were ninth graders
wanted to continue education,
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so they tried to
create their own school.
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They invited
anybody to come and teach.
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But the government found out
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and said this isn't
an accredited school
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so they shut it down.
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Oh, this was in the
Congolese refugee camps?
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In the Congolese
refugee camps, yes.
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And so Mindy and Hans
went and saw this program
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and they said, "We
have to help these people."
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These are
mostly Adventist people
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that are in these camps.
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And so they came
back and they said,
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"We're gonna start
a sponsorship program,
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we're gonna find
people to help them
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to be able to
continue education."
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And that's how
it was born in 2015.
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So at that time
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in these Congolese refugee camps
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in Rwanda at that time
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the school was
only available to them
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till the ninth grade,
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which is why they
had these students had,
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had put this school
together themselves.
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School was only
available till the ninth grade.
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And so it happened to be
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that there are no
Adventist boarding schools
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in the area.
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In Rwanda, three four
Adventist boarding schools
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in Rwanda.
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And Hans and Mindy
said, "What can we do?
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What are we doing
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for our most of
the Congolese refugees
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are Seventh-day Adventist?"
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From where they came
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in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
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was mostly an Adventist area.
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And so most of these Congolese
were Adventist, and they said,
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"What can we do to
help these students
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and to help them
continue their education
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and get them into
a safe environment?
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And provide an opportunity
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for a different
future for them?"
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And that's where they started
to impact them with hope?
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Yes, absolutely.
With this impact.
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So whenever you start
to impact a person's life,
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especially when
there's a desire there,
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like you said, it was a desire
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to continue
learning and growing,
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but the
resources were not there,
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and the
accreditation was not there.
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And that's a good mission.
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So since 2015 Impact
Hope has been going forward.
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Yes.
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And what I want to do,
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before we go into
the specifics of it,
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I want to give our audience
a chance to look at this video,
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which kind of
summarizes the ministry
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and will give you an
overview and understanding
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of what Impact Hope is all about
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and then we're gonna come back
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and unpack the
story in specifics.
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Rwanda has
worked hard to recover
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from the brutal genocide
against the Tutsi in 1994.
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But refugees
continue to flood into Rwanda
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from neighboring Congo.
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Terrorists often threaten,
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beat or kill adults and children
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as they attempt to
escape the turmoil.
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After decades of war,
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many children are homeless
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and missing parents or siblings.
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And they said, "No, it's a trick
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you're not a soldier."
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Then they put my gun here.
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They said, "You
should be killed."
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And in that moment I remembered,
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I did not know how to pray
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but in my heart I
just kneeled down,
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head down, then I said,
"Oh, please my God help me.
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If I escape this place,
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I should serve
you all the time."
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My older brothers and
sisters are still in Congo
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because when the
war was broken out,
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I separated with them.
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They run away.
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Where, I don't know.
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Until now I
have never seen them.
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The number of people
fleeing Congo in 2016
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surpassed the number of refugees
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fleeing Syria in
the same time period.
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Yet the world knows little
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of the current
refugee crisis in Rwanda.
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Now the total number of people
in camps is nearly 80,000.
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These refugees are
trapped in desperate conditions
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in makeshift homes
with no running water,
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sewer or electricity.
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The refugees do not own land,
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so have no way to
raise their own food
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or keep their own animals.
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The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
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provides enough
for one meal per day
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per person.
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It is not a good place
for human beings to live.
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To find something to eat,
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something to
dress it is so hard.
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The refugees
desperately want a way
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out of the camps,
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but lack opportunity.
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Relief organizations
offer school in the camps
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until grade nine.
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Rwandan high schools
are located in the cities
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a long ways away from the camps.
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Often when returning from class,
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the students find nothing to eat
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since the family
has already eaten
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the one meal provided.
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Then the students
have to get up early
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and walk back to
school on an empty stomach.
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Brave girls who walk as
much as five miles one way
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risk assault or rape.
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It happens routinely.
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In this life that we live,
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if you were uneducated
pupil you cannot get anything.
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When we found out
that most of the people
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in the camps were
Seventh-day Adventists,
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yet they had no hope
to excel with an education
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or to get a job.
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We felt like we
needed to do something.
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In 2015, the
Thygeson started Impact Hope,
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an organization that
sends at risk refugee youth
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to safe boarding
schools in Rwanda.
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This gives the teens a chance
for a high school education,
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and also a place to
be empowered by hope.
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We feel passionate
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about helping
these refugee students
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because we have
been so impacted by them
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out of their dire situations,
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the hope and the crisis
of life that they're living.
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By helping them,
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we've been
incredibly blessed ourselves.
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For most of the
graduating refugees,
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a high school diploma
isn't enough to secure a job.
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In 2017 Impact Hope
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added a summer
trade school program.
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But summer program
teaches permaculture,
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hairdressing, sewing,
plumbing and electrical.
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These practical
trades equip students
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with a realistic way
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to make a living
when they graduate,
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a way to finally break
free from the refugee camps.
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Impact Hope is
making a difference
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because all of
our graduates so far
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have either received
university scholarships
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for continuing education,
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or they've received employment.
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In the first year
of the trade program,
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350 students attended
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the "Summer
Trade School" program.
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Now around 600
sponsored students
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are enrolling in
the trade school.
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Still, more needs to be done.
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With a donation of $50 a month,
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we can immediately
take a child out of a camp
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and place them in a
safe, secure boarding school.
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A sponsor gives a
young person an education
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and a vocational skill,
plus safety and enough to eat.
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And all that in an environment
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that will build
relationships with Jesus
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and create a life of
service to those around them.
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And there are even more students
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who need help.
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Each year, over 10,000
children from the refugee camps
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miss out on a
high school education
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and the chance to
learn a life changing trade.
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Right now the
doors to Rwanda are open.
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But given their past,
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we know that
those doors can shut.
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This is the time to
do the work in Rwanda.
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There are other
ways you can help too.
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You can volunteer,
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pray and share with others
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how students in
Rwanda's refugee camps
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find hope.
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Visit impact-hope.org
to find out more.
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You can impact hope.
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Oh, friends,
that was an overview,
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a wonderful overview of
the Impact Hope ministry
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and it really helps us to see.
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You know, whenever
we think about Rwanda,
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we often think
about the genocide.
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And that's what
stays in our minds.
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That is true.
Yeah, but it's different.
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It's not like that anymore.
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And what I like about this video
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shows that they learn a trade.
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It's so important, isn't it?
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They gonna learn a trade.
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Liz, as we talk about
what we're seeing here.
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It's good that we could use
a different point of reference
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to start scrubbing our brains
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from just the
genocide in Rwanda.
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Talk about that?
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I was encouraged
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when I was able to visit Rwanda.
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Flying in it is,
Kigali is a beautiful,
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a modern city.
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And we came in and I'm
like, this is just beautiful,
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and it's so clean.
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And they told me
that once a month,
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the entire country shuts down
and cleans the entire country,
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even the sides of the road.
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Wouldn't that be nice?
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Dirt, on the side of
the road, they sweep it.
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I mean, it is beautiful.
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So it's the land
of thousand hills.
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And it's green, and
it's on the equator.
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It's a gorgeous country,
and the people are so friendly,
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and it's very safe.
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And the weather's pretty good.
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Yes, it's very temperate. Yes.
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Between 70 and 85.
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And this on the
equator. Am I right?
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Yeah. It's on the equator.
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But that's very
impressive to see,
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because you look
at the disparity,
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all the refugees
living in without water,
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without electricity,
without basic supplies.
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Yes.
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That the people that
we often take for granted.
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But by now starting the school,
how do you pick your students?
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That's one of the things
that was coming to my mind,
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because you know, you talked
about the growth in numbers.
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Sure. Right.
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Either one of you could do that.
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Yeah. So we work very closely.
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We have Raya is our staff member
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that works in Rwanda.
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She's our program
coordinator on the ground there,
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a field worker.
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And she works through
ADRA and as our staff member.
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And she works very closely
with the camp administration.
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There are several partners
that run the refugee camps.
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And are looking
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at the
education of the students,
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work for the individuals there,
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if there's anything any
ways to get them to work
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or immigrated or
back to their countries,
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all the things that
are happening that are,
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the partners,
they're in the camp.
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And so she works directly with
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and they all work together
about eight different entities
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and they select students
that are going to school
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and they look at their
how they're doing in school,
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and they look at
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what the opportunity is for them
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to be able to leave the
camp to go to boarding school
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and they select the list for us.
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They choose the highest scoring
in the camps with their mark.
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So because we started
with the highest scores,
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we started with a lot
of boys in our program.
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And we looked at that
over the first two years.
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And we said, you
know, we really want to give
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equal opportunity to the girl.
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Amen.
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So we even though
there may be some boys
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with a little bit
higher scores in freshman year,
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we wanted to give
opportunity to girls.
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So now our
program is about 50/50.
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And we want to empower girls
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to be able to have
a future just as well,
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because many of the
camps are filled with females.
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And they need the opportunity
to raise up their kids.
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I do have to tell you one thing.
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Yes, go ahead.
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In the first two years,
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we had two students in
the Congolese refugee camp
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that had the highest
scores in the entire country
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of all students
in all over Rwanda
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two highest scores,
they're in medical school.
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Amen.
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Two of our Impact Hope students.
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Oh. It was a
blessing, a miracle.
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The whole camp celebrated.
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That's praise the Lord.
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It gives you a sense of pride.
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Yes, they just need the
tools, they need an opportunity.
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And the girls
that as she was saying
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that we have been
focusing on the girls
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because the girls
education is not necessary,
00:22:07.72\00:22:10.49
it's not prioritized there.
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And they are
expected to do the housework,
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.76
take care of the
family to, you know,
00:22:14.80\00:22:17.07
and so of course their
grades are going to suffer,
00:22:17.10\00:22:19.50
their schooling
is going to suffer
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because they don't have the time
00:22:21.57\00:22:23.51
to put into their studies.
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And so to give them a
place to where they were,
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school is the priority
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is something
that can change their,
00:22:29.94\00:22:32.28
you know, lift a community
when the girls are educated.
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Do you have
orphans too in the school?
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We do. Yes,
many of our students.
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We have students that were born.
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Most of them have been
born in the refugee camps.
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Their parents
came from the Congo.
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Some have actually
come in the last five years
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from other countries
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and they witnessed conflict
and their parents were killed.
00:22:51.70\00:22:57.01
So we have
orphans in our program.
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There are many orphans in
the Congolese refugee camp,
00:22:59.31\00:23:01.68
so we want to
help as many as we can.
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Now, Aurora, she's a reliable...
00:23:05.25\00:23:06.58
Araya.
00:23:06.61\00:23:07.95
Araya, she is a reliable person.
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.88
You need someone
out there though.
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Yes, she was
actually a refugee herself
00:23:11.55\00:23:14.49
when she was a young child.
00:23:14.52\00:23:16.36
And she was able to come
back to Rwanda and get educated,
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she finished her masters.
00:23:20.53\00:23:21.86
What!
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Now she helps run
our program for refugees.
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She's a perfect person.
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.50
And she has the
biggest heart for kids.
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Do we have a
photo of her? We do.
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She has a heart for these kids
00:23:32.31\00:23:35.01
that you know that
you would not believe
00:23:35.04\00:23:36.85
she sees them,
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.21
talk to them every day
00:23:38.25\00:23:39.58
and so she is a
critical link for us.
00:23:39.61\00:23:42.78
Since we live
here in the States,
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.29
we are not there every day.
00:23:44.32\00:23:45.75
She is a critical link
00:23:45.79\00:23:47.19
to what's
happening with these kids
00:23:47.22\00:23:49.62
and how we can best help them.
00:23:49.66\00:23:52.39
She's there with the students?
00:23:52.43\00:23:53.86
Yes, there with the students
00:23:53.90\00:23:55.56
Needs to be
someone that has gone
00:23:55.60\00:23:56.93
through the program,
00:23:56.97\00:23:58.30
benefited from it
now is giving back.
00:23:58.33\00:24:00.74
She has given her heart
and soul for this program.
00:24:00.77\00:24:04.97
Tell us about Thygeson? Yes.
00:24:05.01\00:24:07.34
Mindy and Hans Thygeson?
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.71
Yes. Yes.
00:24:08.74\00:24:10.08
Our founders, they.
00:24:10.11\00:24:11.78
Hans is, owns a
development company
00:24:11.81\00:24:13.82
in Portland, Oregon.
00:24:13.85\00:24:15.18
And Mindy is an OR nurse.
00:24:15.22\00:24:18.22
And they just have
had a heart for years
00:24:18.25\00:24:21.39
that they
wanted to do something.
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.43
And they're like, "Lord,
show us what we should do."
00:24:23.46\00:24:25.66
And so one day an
organization reached out
00:24:25.69\00:24:28.26
and said,
00:24:28.30\00:24:29.63
"You know, we
heard about these people
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.40
in these refugee camps
00:24:31.43\00:24:32.77
and they're
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:24:32.80\00:24:34.20
Do you want to come
see what they're doing?"
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.34
And so Hans went to Rwanda
00:24:36.37\00:24:38.17
and learned about the program
and it all started from there.
00:24:38.21\00:24:40.28
Wow.
00:24:40.31\00:24:41.64
Yeah, because they had
a desire to do something.
00:24:41.68\00:24:44.35
This is one of the things
that I think is so beautiful
00:24:44.38\00:24:46.61
about the program about God.
00:24:46.65\00:24:50.15
Because I just, it's amazing
how we can see how God works,
00:24:50.19\00:24:56.02
you know, as He is
limitless, He has power,
00:24:56.06\00:25:00.40
He is not limited by
time or space distance.
00:25:00.43\00:25:04.20
And I've often
thought of the, you know,
00:25:04.23\00:25:07.77
the story of the
refugees from Egypt,
00:25:07.80\00:25:12.11
you know, the Israelites.
00:25:12.14\00:25:13.48
Israelites. Yes.
00:25:13.51\00:25:14.84
God said one day to Moses,
"I hear the cries of My people.
00:25:14.88\00:25:19.21
And I need you to go and
help bring My people out."
00:25:19.25\00:25:22.82
And here we have
refugees in Rwanda,
00:25:22.85\00:25:26.32
they're way from their home
and God said to Mindy and Hans,
00:25:26.35\00:25:30.79
these are people that I
love, and you can help them.
00:25:30.83\00:25:35.03
And here we are.
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.40
Wow.
00:25:36.43\00:25:37.77
So we have a
photo of the Thygesons,
00:25:37.80\00:25:39.13
I think you may
have seen in the video.
00:25:39.17\00:25:40.50
But this is a
picture of the Thygesons
00:25:40.54\00:25:42.60
right there to the left,
00:25:42.64\00:25:43.97
and the lady that's
standing with him, who's that?
00:25:44.01\00:25:45.67
She's Mindy's
mother, Argina. Okay, okay.
00:25:45.71\00:25:48.01
Big supporter,
00:25:48.04\00:25:49.38
she's been in Rwanda many times.
00:25:49.41\00:25:51.25
So it's a family
passion. Yes, yeah.
00:25:51.28\00:25:53.52
It started as a family,
00:25:53.55\00:25:54.88
this family sacrificed years
to make this program happen
00:25:54.92\00:25:58.29
on their own by
themselves without help.
00:25:58.32\00:26:00.86
And so just this last year,
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.66
they brought
together a team of people,
00:26:02.69\00:26:05.06
so that we can help lift them up
00:26:05.09\00:26:07.03
and support them and grow
00:26:07.06\00:26:09.43
and be able to help and
support more sponsorship
00:26:09.46\00:26:12.10
in the students.
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.47
Beautiful. They
have a big heart.
00:26:13.50\00:26:15.07
Yes. Yeah.
00:26:15.10\00:26:16.44
God's people are everywhere.
00:26:16.47\00:26:17.81
Now what about Gihembe,
is that how do you say that?
00:26:17.84\00:26:20.11
The Gihembe Camp?
Tell us about that?
00:26:20.14\00:26:21.58
Yes, it's one of
the six refugee camps
00:26:21.61\00:26:25.01
that exist in Rwanda.
00:26:25.05\00:26:26.82
And this is one of the camps
where our students come from.
00:26:26.85\00:26:31.12
The camps themselves
they, as you saw in the video,
00:26:31.15\00:26:35.16
no electricity,
no running water,
00:26:35.19\00:26:37.43
they have to
haul water up hills,
00:26:37.46\00:26:39.83
to get them to their houses.
00:26:39.86\00:26:42.16
We, I visited there,
00:26:42.20\00:26:43.57
and one of our students
took us into their home.
00:26:43.60\00:26:47.10
There, his father
invited us in and they have,
00:26:47.14\00:26:50.91
they have nothing,
they have one chair.
00:26:50.94\00:26:52.57
And then they make,
00:26:52.61\00:26:53.94
they make their
little beds out of mud.
00:26:53.98\00:26:55.78
And the children
all sleep on the floor.
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.75
And there's usually
families of five to eight,
00:26:57.78\00:27:00.02
in one little hut.
00:27:00.05\00:27:01.38
So...
00:27:01.42\00:27:02.75
No bed? No beds, no.
00:27:02.78\00:27:04.92
When our students
went to our refuge,
00:27:04.95\00:27:07.86
to our boarding schools,
first time they had mattress,
00:27:07.89\00:27:11.36
ever slept on a mattress.
00:27:11.39\00:27:12.73
First time they
ever had their own bed,
00:27:12.76\00:27:15.43
coming to our
Adventist boarding schools.
00:27:15.46\00:27:18.70
Okay, I have to
tell you this one thing.
00:27:18.73\00:27:21.00
One student that when he got
on the bus for the first time,
00:27:21.04\00:27:25.17
left the camp,
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.54
and they got out
onto the main highway,
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.84
he's like, "What
is that black stuff?"
00:27:28.88\00:27:31.88
And he got out and
he's stepping on it.
00:27:31.91\00:27:33.62
And he's like, what is this
and they're like, it's asphalt.
00:27:33.65\00:27:35.68
Right.
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.05
And he's like,
"I've never seen it,
00:27:37.09\00:27:38.42
I've never touched it."
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.12
It's incredible,
00:27:40.16\00:27:41.56
what we just don't understand
00:27:41.59\00:27:43.19
that they have
never experienced.
00:27:43.22\00:27:45.69
And so when I
went there and saw this
00:27:45.73\00:27:48.13
and saw that they've
never seen a refrigerator,
00:27:48.16\00:27:50.93
they don't even
know what a freezer is.
00:27:50.97\00:27:53.23
It was just, I mean,
00:27:53.27\00:27:55.20
the ability to be
able to bring this,
00:27:55.24\00:27:58.67
to open this up to them is
what our viewers are doing.
00:27:58.71\00:28:02.28
It's what the people
are doing to give back
00:28:02.31\00:28:04.71
and to help shape their future.
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.68
It's amazing how
much we take for granted.
00:28:06.72\00:28:08.98
You know, a refrigerator,
00:28:09.02\00:28:10.72
some houses have
two living rooms.
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.75
Right.
00:28:12.79\00:28:14.12
You know, we have
all these comforts,
00:28:14.16\00:28:15.49
creature comforts
that we take for granted,
00:28:15.52\00:28:17.43
a mattress,
00:28:17.46\00:28:18.79
you know, we can choose
the kind of mattress we want,
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.46
whereas people are
making beds out of mud.
00:28:20.50\00:28:23.73
And we've seen a
little bit of that
00:28:23.77\00:28:25.10
in some of the
places we've gone.
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.47
Yeah, yeah.
00:28:26.50\00:28:27.84
But you have a few,
00:28:27.87\00:28:29.20
you have a few more pictures
about this refugee camp.
00:28:29.24\00:28:31.27
As we go through those,
describe what we're seeing?
00:28:31.31\00:28:33.11
Sure. Absolutely. Look at that.
00:28:33.14\00:28:35.28
And this is a picture of
the Gihembe Refugee Camp.
00:28:35.31\00:28:38.18
And there are about
12,000 people that live
00:28:38.21\00:28:41.42
on the top of
this hill in this camp.
00:28:41.45\00:28:43.85
But the view is beautiful.
00:28:43.89\00:28:45.22
Now is that brick or
mud, what is that made of?
00:28:45.25\00:28:47.69
That is mud.
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.59
And then some of
them have tin roofs,
00:28:49.62\00:28:52.19
very few though,
00:28:52.23\00:28:53.56
and others is
just threadbare tarps.
00:28:53.60\00:28:57.17
And mostly the rain doesn't,
00:28:57.20\00:28:59.37
you know, they have rain
that comes into their houses.
00:28:59.40\00:29:01.34
So these students have never,
00:29:01.37\00:29:04.07
they've never had
like an actual building
00:29:04.11\00:29:06.57
that they've lived in.
00:29:06.61\00:29:07.94
So being able to
have the opportunity
00:29:07.98\00:29:10.45
to leave the camp,
it's just incredible.
00:29:10.48\00:29:13.42
Let's go to the next
one about the refugee camp.
00:29:13.45\00:29:14.78
Oh, look at that.
00:29:14.82\00:29:16.15
This is where
they all live together.
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.95
Right, a bunch of little houses.
00:29:19.99\00:29:22.22
And then the water
flows right through.
00:29:22.26\00:29:23.99
See the canal there,
00:29:24.03\00:29:25.39
just to kind of keep
the water from settling.
00:29:25.43\00:29:27.43
Their little
showers there just...
00:29:27.46\00:29:30.33
What do they do to bathe?
00:29:30.37\00:29:32.80
Splash.
00:29:32.83\00:29:34.17
It's they just,
they, when they find water,
00:29:34.20\00:29:36.10
they just clean themselves,
but they're very clean people.
00:29:36.14\00:29:38.94
So it is incredible
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.34
how they take
care of themselves.
00:29:40.38\00:29:42.34
So we are, we're so impressed
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.05
with just their determination
to change their life.
00:29:44.08\00:29:47.15
I think we have
one more of the camp
00:29:47.18\00:29:48.52
of refugee camp.
00:29:48.55\00:29:50.52
Yes, this is a
group of our volunteers
00:29:50.55\00:29:52.55
that went over
00:29:52.59\00:29:53.92
for one of our
vocational programs.
00:29:53.96\00:29:55.86
And we were able to
visit the refugee camp.
00:29:55.89\00:29:59.16
So when we do
bring volunteers over,
00:29:59.19\00:30:01.70
we introduce
them to our students,
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.67
families at refugee camps,
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.20
and they get to see firsthand
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.10
what it's like to actually
come from a refugee camp.
00:30:08.14\00:30:11.84
And these families had homes,
they had farms in the Congo,
00:30:11.87\00:30:16.58
and it was just all taken.
00:30:16.61\00:30:18.41
And so this is where they live.
00:30:18.45\00:30:21.98
You know, good.
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.49
It's good to know that
people can actually go over
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.65
and see what
their funds are doing.
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.02
Yes.
00:30:27.06\00:30:28.39
And we're gonna
reach out to our viewers
00:30:28.42\00:30:29.76
in just a moment
here and our listeners
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.53
about how they can be a
part of the sponsorship of this.
00:30:31.56\00:30:34.66
But it's good that
people can go and see.
00:30:34.70\00:30:37.20
A lot of times ministries happen
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.14
and people say, "Well, I wonder
00:30:40.17\00:30:41.94
if I'm even
making a difference."
00:30:41.97\00:30:45.47
Describe the
facilities that you have here.
00:30:45.51\00:30:49.44
I don't know if we
have, we'll go through those.
00:30:49.48\00:30:52.15
And maybe we'll
come up along that.
00:30:52.18\00:30:53.65
But describe the facilities,
I mean, on the campus you have,
00:30:53.68\00:30:56.55
do you have a number of campuses
00:30:56.58\00:30:57.92
or one major campus?
00:30:57.95\00:30:59.29
There are three
Adventist schools,
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.89
Adventist
boarding schools in Rwanda,
00:31:01.92\00:31:03.63
and since the camps are,
00:31:03.66\00:31:05.49
are situated all
around the country,
00:31:05.53\00:31:07.86
students from each
camp go to a certain school,
00:31:07.90\00:31:10.63
and they'll spend three
years there at that school.
00:31:10.67\00:31:13.97
And then we'll
have vocational school
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.34
for trades as well.
00:31:16.37\00:31:17.87
But on these campuses, I mean,
00:31:17.91\00:31:20.11
you know, there are
concrete block buildings
00:31:20.14\00:31:22.74
that are built,
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
but they're an actual place
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.35
where they have a
desk to sit at for schools,
00:31:26.38\00:31:29.42
where they have a chalkboard,
00:31:29.45\00:31:31.39
where there are teachers
00:31:31.42\00:31:32.75
that are
teaching them in English,
00:31:32.79\00:31:34.62
and teaching them, you know,
this second language for them.
00:31:34.66\00:31:37.69
And a lot of them speak Swahili,
00:31:37.73\00:31:39.76
because of, they
came from the Congo,
00:31:39.79\00:31:41.53
so they speak
Kinyarwanda, Swahili,
00:31:41.56\00:31:44.23
and they're learning English.
00:31:44.27\00:31:45.77
And so this is really making
a difference for their future.
00:31:45.80\00:31:48.54
What about the girls' dorm?
00:31:48.57\00:31:50.97
What is that like?
00:31:51.01\00:31:52.34
The girls are so excited
00:31:52.37\00:31:54.74
when they get to
come to these dorms
00:31:54.78\00:31:56.41
because there's bunk beds.
00:31:56.44\00:31:58.31
Oh! With a mattress?
00:31:58.35\00:31:59.95
With a mattress
00:31:59.98\00:32:01.32
and they each get
their own mattress.
00:32:01.35\00:32:02.78
And they all, they're all in,
you know, big rooms together,
00:32:02.82\00:32:07.89
not necessarily
our boarding schools
00:32:07.92\00:32:09.82
here in America, it's
usually two roommates,
00:32:09.86\00:32:11.69
but they're all, you know,
bunk beds and in big rooms.
00:32:11.73\00:32:14.53
And they have facilities like
00:32:14.56\00:32:19.70
most boarding
schools would with the,
00:32:19.73\00:32:22.34
you know, places that
they can play their sports
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.41
and go to the cafeteria,
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.78
and they have a
worship building,
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.18
that's their
regular boarding schools
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.68
in that sense.
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.22
And in fact,
00:32:34.25\00:32:36.22
in these boarding
schools are at this point.
00:32:36.25\00:32:41.49
It's about a
third of the students
00:32:41.52\00:32:43.96
at each of these schools
00:32:43.99\00:32:45.33
are Impact Hope
sponsored students,
00:32:45.36\00:32:47.56
and they're big,
they're big schools,
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.27
500 to 700 students at
these boarding schools.
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.60
And so they're interacting
with each other and...
00:32:53.64\00:32:57.31
Really?
00:32:57.34\00:32:58.67
There are showers and
toilets, so it's hard.
00:32:58.71\00:33:02.34
They see a shower and feel like,
00:33:02.38\00:33:04.41
they need instruction
on how to use the shower,
00:33:04.45\00:33:07.32
but they are excited.
00:33:07.35\00:33:09.28
And in fact, our
program, being over there,
00:33:09.32\00:33:14.06
we do a summer
vocational program.
00:33:14.09\00:33:18.13
It's like a summer camp
for vocational training.
00:33:18.16\00:33:22.03
And I think was it last year
00:33:22.06\00:33:24.23
that they actually did
some repairs on the showers,
00:33:24.27\00:33:27.94
built some additional showers.
00:33:27.97\00:33:29.64
So our program
actually is a benefit
00:33:29.67\00:33:33.78
to the schools as well.
00:33:33.81\00:33:35.78
To the Adventist
boarding schools.
00:33:35.81\00:33:37.15
I think we have a graphic
on the Impact Hope girls,
00:33:37.18\00:33:39.68
and this is pretty interesting.
00:33:39.71\00:33:41.25
Oh, look at that.
00:33:41.28\00:33:42.62
Smiles. So many.
00:33:42.65\00:33:43.99
So many smiles.
00:33:44.02\00:33:45.35
They're just always excited.
00:33:45.39\00:33:46.72
And they just want to
hug you and just talk to you.
00:33:46.76\00:33:49.79
And they love learning English.
00:33:49.82\00:33:53.13
And so they want to speak to us
00:33:53.16\00:33:54.63
even though we want to
learn Kinyarwanda ourselves,
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.87
but there, they
have beautiful souls.
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.93
Oh. Just sweet.
00:33:59.97\00:34:01.47
They wear uniforms? They do.
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.14
Our program also offers
them two sets of uniform
00:34:04.17\00:34:07.61
for the school year,
00:34:07.64\00:34:09.34
as well as all
their hygienic supplies.
00:34:09.38\00:34:12.11
Even for the
females... That's important.
00:34:12.15\00:34:13.75
And which is something
00:34:13.78\00:34:15.12
that they don't
have in the camps.
00:34:15.15\00:34:16.99
What a person?
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.35
It's a full program
00:34:18.39\00:34:19.72
that offers them
everything they need
00:34:19.75\00:34:21.62
to be able to learn
and become educated.
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.59
Is there a church
there or a chapel?
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.36
Yes, every
school has a big chapel,
00:34:27.40\00:34:30.07
a pastor at the schools.
00:34:30.10\00:34:32.47
Yes.
00:34:32.50\00:34:33.94
So they've worship
services and all that?
00:34:33.97\00:34:35.84
Yeah. Absolutely.
00:34:35.87\00:34:37.21
These are Christian
Adventist boarding schools
00:34:37.24\00:34:39.61
that they're
teaching about Christ
00:34:39.64\00:34:42.91
and being followers of
Christ and living that life.
00:34:42.94\00:34:46.58
In fact, one of
these boarding schools
00:34:46.61\00:34:49.28
is at the campus
00:34:49.32\00:34:50.89
of one of the earliest missions.
00:34:50.92\00:34:54.86
Okay. Adventist
missions in Rwanda.
00:34:54.89\00:34:58.23
Oh, the cafeteria.
What about the food?
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.96
Yes, they have
three meals a day.
00:35:01.00\00:35:02.33
Three?
00:35:02.36\00:35:03.70
That is unheard of in the camps.
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.07
Yes.
00:35:05.10\00:35:06.43
And so, part of our program
is bringing their health up
00:35:06.47\00:35:10.11
and giving them water
00:35:10.14\00:35:12.17
and teaching them the
benefits of drinking water.
00:35:12.21\00:35:15.01
So just water
and staple food is,
00:35:15.04\00:35:19.21
it helps their minds and
so that they can learn so,
00:35:19.25\00:35:22.35
very important part of program.
00:35:22.38\00:35:23.72
Basic hygiene,
00:35:23.75\00:35:25.09
yet brushing your
teeth and things like that?
00:35:25.12\00:35:26.99
And when you think about it,
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.36
that is a lot of support
00:35:28.39\00:35:29.72
that you need to take
the number of students
00:35:29.76\00:35:33.96
that you have in
the combined campuses
00:35:34.00\00:35:36.60
and bring them to the place
00:35:36.63\00:35:38.63
where life becomes a new normal,
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.37
a better normal.
00:35:41.40\00:35:42.74
Now talk about Impact Hope also.
00:35:42.77\00:35:44.31
You have a graphic to
show us about Impact Hope.
00:35:44.34\00:35:46.74
And we've been talking about it.
00:35:46.78\00:35:48.64
But this graphic
that we're going to show
00:35:48.68\00:35:50.25
about Impact Hope,
describe this to us?
00:35:50.28\00:35:53.35
These are students
00:35:53.38\00:35:54.82
that attended
our vocational school
00:35:54.85\00:35:57.49
last December, so
it's their summer break.
00:35:57.52\00:35:59.85
And so the
reason why we did this,
00:35:59.89\00:36:02.76
I have to tell
you this is awesome.
00:36:02.79\00:36:04.13
Yes.
00:36:04.16\00:36:05.49
So Mindy was over there
00:36:05.53\00:36:06.86
at the end of one
of the school years,
00:36:06.90\00:36:08.23
and they had a group of girls,
00:36:08.26\00:36:09.83
and they were all
singing Amazing Grace together.
00:36:09.86\00:36:12.40
And during the song,
these girls started sobbing,
00:36:12.43\00:36:16.24
and they just
uncontrollable sobbing,
00:36:16.27\00:36:18.84
and Mindy's like,
wow, look, that's so sweet.
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.74
They're just, they're crying
because they're so grateful.
00:36:21.78\00:36:24.51
And they kept sobbing,
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.58
and she's like, "What is wrong."
00:36:26.61\00:36:27.98
And so the girls
looked at her and they said,
00:36:28.02\00:36:29.75
"Mindy, we don't want
to go back to the camp.
00:36:29.78\00:36:32.32
Because when we
go back to the camp,
00:36:32.35\00:36:34.16
our bodies are not our own.
00:36:34.19\00:36:36.19
And there's times
that we get violated."
00:36:36.22\00:36:39.56
And so they were scared,
00:36:39.59\00:36:41.66
they're scared
to leave the safety
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.87
of the Adventist boarding school
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.70
and return to the camp.
00:36:45.73\00:36:47.40
Now I can't say that,
00:36:47.44\00:36:48.87
you know, all
the camps are unsafe,
00:36:48.90\00:36:50.67
because they do have
measures to keep them safe.
00:36:50.71\00:36:53.04
But things happen.
00:36:53.07\00:36:54.81
And girls are
undervalued at times
00:36:54.84\00:36:57.91
and they're taken advantage of.
00:36:57.95\00:37:00.28
And so they were
afraid to go back.
00:37:00.32\00:37:03.45
And when the
school season started
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.99
two months later,
all of them came back.
00:37:06.02\00:37:08.96
And they praise
God and hugged Mindy
00:37:08.99\00:37:11.19
and said, "Thank you, God,
00:37:11.23\00:37:12.99
for bringing us back here
00:37:13.03\00:37:14.40
so that we can
continue our education."
00:37:14.43\00:37:17.03
So there is a
factor of being unsafe
00:37:17.07\00:37:21.40
at our girls' space.
00:37:21.44\00:37:22.77
Yes, as a female. Yes.
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.14
And so that's why
00:37:24.17\00:37:25.51
we want to give them opportunity
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.48
to be able to learn
in a different light.
00:37:27.51\00:37:31.01
You have good staff
there? Oh, yeah, absolutely.
00:37:31.05\00:37:34.48
Yes, Impact Hope
provides on the ground staff.
00:37:34.52\00:37:37.82
And then ADRA
helps run our program
00:37:37.85\00:37:41.19
on the ground while we're there
00:37:41.22\00:37:43.66
and while they're there.
00:37:43.69\00:37:45.03
And then our schools themselves
are a safe environment
00:37:45.06\00:37:48.16
from the conflicts that's there.
00:37:48.20\00:37:49.53
So we're very
particular about that.
00:37:49.56\00:37:52.30
And having been
with the ministry
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.70
as on a short basis,
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.14
as you have so far,
what is it doing for you?
00:37:55.17\00:37:57.67
I know you've been
in politics as you said,
00:37:57.71\00:38:00.48
your background?
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.24
Yes, absolutely.
00:38:02.28\00:38:03.61
What I love about Impact Hope
00:38:03.65\00:38:05.51
and being part of this ministry
00:38:05.55\00:38:08.58
is knowing that the direct,
00:38:08.62\00:38:12.89
the direct relation
of what happens here
00:38:12.92\00:38:16.96
that we're doing
for the students,
00:38:16.99\00:38:18.83
so when we have
sponsors that say,
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.26
"Yes, I'm behind this,
00:38:21.30\00:38:23.43
and I want to get it
and see one of these kids
00:38:23.47\00:38:26.03
be in a different environment."
00:38:26.07\00:38:28.14
And that's what's happening,
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.11
and they are going to school,
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.54
and I was over
there in March for,
00:38:31.57\00:38:35.64
actually right before
COVID shut everything down.
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.55
We literally came back
about three days before,
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.38
things were shut down.
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
And we visited just
checked in and took students,
00:38:42.78\00:38:45.42
pictures of the new students
visited each of the schools.
00:38:45.45\00:38:48.92
And to see the
smiles on these kids faces
00:38:48.96\00:38:51.49
and to read some of their poetry
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.33
and their work about,
00:38:54.36\00:38:55.70
you know, the life
that they had before
00:38:55.73\00:38:57.73
and what their life is like now
00:38:57.77\00:39:00.37
and just to see
that direct impact.
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.57
That's exactly I mean,
that's what we're here for.
00:39:03.61\00:39:07.44
And that's why
00:39:07.48\00:39:09.08
I want to be
involved in this work.
00:39:09.11\00:39:11.61
Okay.
00:39:11.65\00:39:12.98
How has COVID affected
the ministry out there?
00:39:13.01\00:39:16.69
Well, it's affected us
on both sides of the world.
00:39:16.72\00:39:20.29
For the Impact
Hope organization,
00:39:20.32\00:39:23.73
we take the opportunity
to visit camp meetings
00:39:23.76\00:39:27.00
and churches and
our ASIs and this year,
00:39:27.03\00:39:31.93
we haven't been able to do that.
00:39:31.97\00:39:33.74
By God's grace,
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.10
He's given our
sponsors the heart to continue
00:39:35.14\00:39:38.04
to sponsor our students.
00:39:38.07\00:39:39.41
And so because of that,
00:39:39.44\00:39:40.91
we've been able to
give critical food supplies
00:39:40.94\00:39:43.45
to our students
and their families,
00:39:43.48\00:39:45.48
as well as hygiene supplies
00:39:45.51\00:39:47.22
and something that
we received from AWR
00:39:47.25\00:39:50.79
is these wonderful solar radios
00:39:50.82\00:39:53.46
that we're able to
give to our students
00:39:53.49\00:39:56.36
because during
this time of COVID,
00:39:56.39\00:39:58.79
in order to continue learning,
00:39:58.83\00:40:01.33
they needed to
get on the airwaves.
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.30
And they don't have internet,
00:40:03.33\00:40:04.67
they don't have the
capacity to have a computer.
00:40:04.70\00:40:07.00
But on the radio, they
can hear the instruction.
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.90
And so, we're grateful
to AWR for providing those
00:40:09.94\00:40:13.64
and also, they
have their Godpods.
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.98
So they have sermons,
00:40:16.01\00:40:18.11
they have the story hour
and encouraging messages.
00:40:18.15\00:40:21.28
So they were so excited
to be able to receive those.
00:40:21.32\00:40:24.92
I'm excited because
I work for 3ABN Radio
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.79
and story hour and
all that we had on air.
00:40:27.82\00:40:30.73
And it's so, good to know
that radio is reaching them.
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.59
Whole families
get to hear it now,
00:40:32.63\00:40:34.43
so it's beautiful.
00:40:34.46\00:40:37.07
Okay, we have another
graphic about a student group.
00:40:37.10\00:40:39.87
Yes.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.24
What is this about?
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.60
This is our students at
Gahogo Adventist Academy.
00:40:42.64\00:40:47.04
So it's one of our,
00:40:47.08\00:40:48.41
our schools that we send them to
00:40:48.44\00:40:50.71
and about every
three to four months,
00:40:50.75\00:40:52.91
we go over,
00:40:52.95\00:40:54.28
and we're able to
visit our students.
00:40:54.32\00:40:55.65
And so, we bring
them all together.
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.95
And we're able to talk with them
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.89
and encourage them
00:40:59.92\00:41:01.26
and then they write
their sponsor letters.
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.69
And then we're able
to bring back pictures
00:41:03.73\00:41:05.59
and sponsor letters
for our sponsors as well,
00:41:05.63\00:41:08.36
so there...
00:41:08.40\00:41:09.93
There are a couple
pictures that are coming up
00:41:09.96\00:41:11.93
that show about
our vocational aspect
00:41:11.97\00:41:17.74
of the program.
00:41:17.77\00:41:19.44
Now let's talk
about Hans Thygeson,
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.11
and tell us about that,
00:41:21.14\00:41:22.48
because we have the
graphic showing who he is.
00:41:22.51\00:41:24.78
But here he is with the...
00:41:24.81\00:41:26.98
I noticed the
students are older,
00:41:27.02\00:41:28.35
these are, they seem older.
00:41:28.38\00:41:30.55
Yes, these students are actually
00:41:30.59\00:41:32.65
from our culinary program.
00:41:32.69\00:41:34.76
So we help our students learn
from one of these five areas,
00:41:34.79\00:41:39.46
so that, while
they're on their school break,
00:41:39.49\00:41:42.06
we provide this month long
and vocational skills training.
00:41:42.10\00:41:46.07
And so, Hans was with
several of the students
00:41:46.10\00:41:48.90
that were part of
the culinary program,
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.87
and they're learning to cook.
00:41:50.91\00:41:52.57
And we actually have
students that once they finished
00:41:52.61\00:41:57.18
our Impact Hope
vocational program,
00:41:57.21\00:41:58.58
they went on
00:41:58.61\00:41:59.95
to a state
sponsored vocational program
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.75
because of our sponsorships.
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.89
And they were able
to finish a full year
00:42:03.92\00:42:06.09
and you'll see another
picture of some graduates
00:42:06.12\00:42:09.32
from our vocational program.
00:42:09.36\00:42:11.03
And there was 80 of them and...
00:42:11.06\00:42:12.76
That many?
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.36
Some of them are in
hotel industries now
00:42:14.40\00:42:16.67
and they're able to
work outside the camp,
00:42:16.70\00:42:19.40
others have started
small businesses in the camps.
00:42:19.43\00:42:21.84
And so, we're working on
that entrepreneurial piece
00:42:21.87\00:42:24.51
to help them
00:42:24.54\00:42:25.87
so, that if, if
cities are too far for them
00:42:25.91\00:42:28.84
to go get a job,
00:42:28.88\00:42:30.21
they can start something
right there where they live.
00:42:30.25\00:42:32.81
Igniting hope in the
eyes of the hopeless.
00:42:32.85\00:42:35.68
But you always say
"teaching them to fish."
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.05
Right.
00:42:37.09\00:42:38.42
You know, if you give a person
a fish, you know the saying,
00:42:38.45\00:42:40.59
they eat one day, but
if you teach them how,
00:42:40.62\00:42:42.76
that blessing continues to
roll and changes their lives.
00:42:42.79\00:42:46.53
Permaculture, what is that?
00:42:46.56\00:42:48.40
Permaculture and I wondered that
00:42:48.43\00:42:50.57
when I first went, like,
00:42:50.60\00:42:51.93
what is
permaculture and they're like,
00:42:51.97\00:42:53.34
well, it's
similar to agriculture.
00:42:53.37\00:42:55.54
But there's so much
more to permaculture,
00:42:55.57\00:42:58.21
it's getting us the soil
ready for the right crops.
00:42:58.24\00:43:02.01
And so, they have some,
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.75
some technical
information that they learn
00:43:03.78\00:43:05.91
about how to provide
nutrients for the soil
00:43:05.95\00:43:09.55
to be able to make
better crops and so.
00:43:09.58\00:43:12.79
So they can
sell, you know, grow,
00:43:12.82\00:43:15.09
grow food and support their,
themselves and their families,
00:43:15.12\00:43:18.49
but also sell food as business.
00:43:18.53\00:43:21.26
So, dirt is not just dirt.
00:43:21.30\00:43:23.26
Dirt is not just dirt.
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.03
That's a whole
other lesson, isn't it?
00:43:25.07\00:43:28.40
Just got the
nutrients in the soil.
00:43:28.44\00:43:29.77
And the Bible
talked about that you know,
00:43:29.80\00:43:31.54
how to plant and how to
give the land a chance to rest.
00:43:31.57\00:43:34.21
So, there's a
science behind that.
00:43:34.24\00:43:36.01
I'm glad there is
because sometimes,
00:43:36.04\00:43:38.18
you know, the food
tastes good, but it doesn't...
00:43:38.21\00:43:40.25
You can't just put any,
any seed in any kind of soil.
00:43:40.28\00:43:43.39
I guess there's something
that goes along with that.
00:43:43.42\00:43:45.72
But it's exciting
that the students graduate,
00:43:45.75\00:43:48.79
that is just a big
thank you, Jesus, isn't it?
00:43:48.82\00:43:52.29
Yes, it is.
00:43:52.33\00:43:53.66
And we praise God for
the opportunity for them
00:43:53.70\00:43:57.00
and for their families.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.37
Their family
celebrate when they find out
00:43:58.40\00:44:00.44
that their student is chosen,
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.37
because they know that
they have a bright future.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.87
And they have opportunities
00:44:04.91\00:44:06.27
that are going
to be given to them
00:44:06.31\00:44:07.91
that thousands don't have.
00:44:07.94\00:44:10.58
And they help their
families too, don't they?
00:44:10.61\00:44:11.95
They do.
00:44:11.98\00:44:13.31
Yes, they support,
they send money back
00:44:13.35\00:44:14.98
to their families,
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.35
they, when they're able
to work outside of the camps.
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.65
And so, our hope is that one day
00:44:19.69\00:44:22.22
they'll be able to
move out of the camp
00:44:22.26\00:44:23.96
and to be able
to support a family
00:44:23.99\00:44:25.99
and then give
back in their future.
00:44:26.03\00:44:28.06
Now you talked about graduates.
00:44:28.10\00:44:29.53
I think we have a picture
of some of the graduates there
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.40
that really shows the impact.
00:44:31.43\00:44:33.80
This was our first culinary
government sponsored program,
00:44:33.84\00:44:37.84
we sent them to a
year-long program.
00:44:37.87\00:44:41.24
So they had
beautiful facilities,
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.35
they learned about ovens.
00:44:43.38\00:44:46.21
Just everything you
need to be able to cook,
00:44:46.25\00:44:49.95
you know,
wonderful meals and so,
00:44:49.98\00:44:52.29
they were so excited
00:44:52.32\00:44:53.66
and that was
their first graduation.
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.22
And they have cap and
the gown, I love that.
00:44:56.26\00:44:58.26
Yes, it's beautiful.
00:44:58.29\00:45:01.33
It gives them hope.
00:45:01.36\00:45:03.03
And it gives the
people around them hope
00:45:03.06\00:45:05.13
to know that there's
potential to more sponsorship.
00:45:05.17\00:45:09.27
If there's more people out there
00:45:09.30\00:45:10.71
that have the
heart to want to send
00:45:10.74\00:45:12.27
one of these students
00:45:12.31\00:45:13.64
off the refugee
camp into schools,
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.91
we have the mobility to do it.
00:45:15.94\00:45:19.08
We just need those to help us.
00:45:19.11\00:45:21.15
People can help. Okay.
00:45:21.18\00:45:23.12
We'll talk about that
before the program is over.
00:45:23.15\00:45:24.95
Shukuru. Shukuru.
00:45:24.99\00:45:26.82
Am I saying that
correctly? You are.
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.56
Okay. Good job.
00:45:28.59\00:45:29.92
So Shukuru, I think
that's the next picture.
00:45:29.96\00:45:32.46
So, when Shukuru was
00:45:32.49\00:45:34.60
one of the first
one of the graduates
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.87
in that photo that we just saw.
00:45:37.90\00:45:40.27
The culinary?
00:45:40.30\00:45:41.64
The culinary school,
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.00
he was one of the
graduates sitting there.
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.17
And you mentioned about the age
00:45:45.21\00:45:48.74
noticing the age of
the students with the,
00:45:48.78\00:45:50.75
with Hans.
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.11
And many of the students
00:45:52.15\00:45:53.95
especially in the
first year or two were older.
00:45:53.98\00:45:57.45
We have range of ages
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.05
because of how
they're coming into the camps
00:45:59.09\00:46:01.09
and what's happened
with their education.
00:46:01.12\00:46:02.52
But many of those
students were older,
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.89
especially in those
first two or three years
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.40
because of their loss of age,
00:46:07.43\00:46:10.67
you know, the
loss of those years
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.67
and moving into
the refugee camps
00:46:12.70\00:46:15.00
and then not having the
school available to them
00:46:15.04\00:46:17.27
and looking for
trying to find ways
00:46:17.31\00:46:19.84
and that was Shukuru
story as he did not have,
00:46:19.87\00:46:22.38
there was not a way to continue
his education at that time,
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.68
and Impact Hope came along
00:46:25.71\00:46:29.15
and provided that opportunity
00:46:29.18\00:46:30.72
and he went to school
00:46:30.75\00:46:32.09
and he did the culinary program.
00:46:32.12\00:46:33.96
We saw him in
March when we were there.
00:46:33.99\00:46:38.23
And that's the photo
00:46:38.26\00:46:39.59
that that we just saw with him
00:46:39.63\00:46:41.30
standing there next to an oven.
00:46:41.33\00:46:42.66
Okay.
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.03
And Shukuru has opened
a small bakery/restaurant.
00:46:44.07\00:46:48.07
And he served us.
00:46:48.10\00:46:50.17
He served us Amanda's
and chapatis, you know.
00:46:50.21\00:46:53.24
Oh, yeah. Okay.
00:46:53.27\00:46:54.61
And the special drink there.
00:46:54.64\00:46:56.78
And when we got there,
there were customers there.
00:46:56.81\00:46:59.65
He has started a
business there in Rwanda,
00:46:59.68\00:47:03.05
and the training
that he received,
00:47:03.08\00:47:05.82
the education he received,
00:47:05.85\00:47:07.19
and then the culinary training
00:47:07.22\00:47:08.96
allowed him and his own,
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.99
you know, motivation
allowed him to start this.
00:47:11.03\00:47:14.70
One of our sponsors
heard that he was cooking
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.57
over a little fire pit.
00:47:17.60\00:47:19.17
And she said,
00:47:19.20\00:47:20.54
"Can I provide some
money to give him an oven,
00:47:20.57\00:47:22.90
so he can cook and bake?"
00:47:22.94\00:47:25.07
And we were able to get him.
00:47:25.11\00:47:26.44
And that was the oven
he was standing beside?
00:47:26.47\00:47:27.81
Yeah, that's right.
Well, that was the oven.
00:47:27.84\00:47:29.18
They were able to give him.
00:47:29.21\00:47:30.55
I want to see that
photo one more time.
00:47:30.58\00:47:32.21
I want to look at that.
00:47:32.25\00:47:33.58
Now, that makes him
relative standing by.
00:47:33.62\00:47:34.95
Yes.
00:47:34.98\00:47:37.09
That's why he's
standing there, okay.
00:47:37.12\00:47:38.92
That's beautiful. No proud.
00:47:38.95\00:47:40.66
Just before we
talk about sponsors up,
00:47:40.69\00:47:42.12
I think we have
one more photo here.
00:47:42.16\00:47:43.49
Yeah of a girl.
Move just right into it.
00:47:43.53\00:47:45.46
There we go. Okay, there we are.
00:47:45.49\00:47:47.60
So, this is Joy.
00:47:47.63\00:47:49.36
And she was one of
the sponsored students.
00:47:49.40\00:47:51.07
She has graduated,
00:47:51.10\00:47:52.43
she has completed the education
00:47:52.47\00:47:54.47
through Impact Hope,
00:47:54.50\00:47:55.84
and she is holding
a sponsorship card.
00:47:55.87\00:47:58.84
So, when a student,
00:47:58.87\00:48:01.08
when we have new
students come in,
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.51
we create a sponsorship card
for them, it looks like this.
00:48:03.55\00:48:07.65
And well, this
one looks like this,
00:48:07.68\00:48:09.22
we tried to
change it up a little bit
00:48:09.25\00:48:10.85
to give information and,
but it has their picture,
00:48:10.89\00:48:14.59
and it has their name.
00:48:14.62\00:48:16.22
And when you open it up,
00:48:16.26\00:48:17.59
you get to get a
little information
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.26
about these students.
00:48:19.29\00:48:20.70
So, when a sponsor says
00:48:20.73\00:48:22.66
when somebody
says I want to sponsor
00:48:22.70\00:48:24.47
one of these students,
00:48:24.50\00:48:26.43
then they will
get one of these cards
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.10
and find out a
little bit more and have be,
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.17
able to have that connection.
00:48:31.21\00:48:32.87
We have students writing letters
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.24
to their sponsors in the year,
00:48:35.28\00:48:37.18
those are coming up
actually pretty soon.
00:48:37.21\00:48:39.48
And so, we encourage connection
through letter writing.
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And we want the
sponsor and the student
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to know that they are connected
00:48:46.15\00:48:48.12
that way and the students,
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they are so happy and grateful
00:48:50.39\00:48:54.13
and loving about their sponsors
and want to say thank you.
00:48:54.16\00:48:58.47
Do they know who
their sponsor is?
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Like, do they
have a picture of them?
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Sometimes the families will send
00:49:01.90\00:49:03.34
a picture of
themselves, it is up to them.
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But just recently
we received a letter
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from one of the families
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and it had a picture of them
and we're going to take it back
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and give it to their student.
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Oh, I love it.
00:49:13.11\00:49:14.45
I want to get to the
financial part of this,
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how to support the ministry
and maybe some of the needs
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.95
in the next two
minutes or so, that we have
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so, that those watching
and listening to the program
00:49:20.19\00:49:22.19
could know how to sponsor,
00:49:22.22\00:49:23.99
and what specifically
to be able to earmark
00:49:24.03\00:49:26.80
their gifts as they send,
00:49:26.83\00:49:28.16
and we'll give the
information on how to do that.
00:49:28.20\00:49:29.70
But give us some idea
of how people could sponsor
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and what some of
the needs might be?
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Sure.
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So a general sponsorship
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is $50 a month or $600 a year
00:49:36.87\00:49:39.64
to send them to
a boarding school.
00:49:39.67\00:49:41.84
And it takes
care of all the needs
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.88
that we talked
about during this program
00:49:43.91\00:49:46.15
and it takes them
through high school
00:49:46.18\00:49:47.82
to graduate
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.18
and then on to
00:49:49.22\00:49:50.55
a vocational program afterwards.
00:49:50.59\00:49:52.59
And so, that we have
sponsors that have several kids,
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or many kids, others.
00:49:56.69\00:49:58.06
So you don't miss,
not necessarily just one.
00:49:58.09\00:50:01.50
Right. You could have as many?
00:50:01.53\00:50:02.86
You can sponsor as
many kids as you want.
00:50:02.90\00:50:04.73
Yes, absolutely.
00:50:04.77\00:50:06.50
And we have a
lot of people who do,
00:50:06.53\00:50:08.74
they sponsor more than
that, and others are donors.
00:50:08.77\00:50:12.81
And so, people
that want to donate
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.41
specifically for the
ministry or for a project and...
00:50:15.44\00:50:18.91
Go ahead.
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The more support we
have through sponsorships
00:50:20.32\00:50:23.08
and donors that want
to support the program,
00:50:23.12\00:50:25.09
the more students
that we can put into school
00:50:25.12\00:50:28.02
and into vocational training,
so it is directly related.
00:50:28.06\00:50:31.39
Our vocational
training takes sewing machines,
00:50:31.43\00:50:35.06
some of our
programs take computers.
00:50:35.10\00:50:37.63
So there are all
kinds of needs that we have.
00:50:37.67\00:50:40.57
Our vocational program
itself is a huge undertaking.
00:50:40.60\00:50:45.41
Last year, we had
420 something students
00:50:45.44\00:50:48.24
that we provided
these five trades for,
00:50:48.28\00:50:51.61
and so, in order to run
that it takes a lot of money,
00:50:51.65\00:50:56.45
so that is an area that
our donors can also help.
00:50:56.48\00:50:59.25
Foundations,
they help us as well.
00:50:59.29\00:51:02.52
Well, you know, we are gonna go
00:51:02.56\00:51:04.33
to a news break in just a moment
00:51:04.36\00:51:05.69
and give you the address roll.
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.26
But I want to let you
know that as you're listening
00:51:07.30\00:51:09.73
to the program and watching,
00:51:09.76\00:51:11.47
Impact Hope is impacting lives.
00:51:11.50\00:51:13.94
And I'm going to
say by the hundreds,
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.14
maybe by the thousands.
00:51:16.17\00:51:17.51
We have up to 1100 students
that we have helped support.
00:51:17.54\00:51:19.57
Eleven hundred.
00:51:19.61\00:51:20.94
And so, the information
that you need to participate
00:51:20.98\00:51:24.88
to sponsor or even maybe travel
00:51:24.91\00:51:27.65
to Rwanda and volunteer.
00:51:27.68\00:51:29.98
The needs for computers
and educational facilities
00:51:30.02\00:51:32.65
and the needs for
sponsoring a child
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.96
can all be done
if you contact them
00:51:34.99\00:51:37.23
through this address roll.
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.79
For more
information about Impact Hope,
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.26
please contact
them at their website
00:51:42.30\00:51:44.37
Impact-Hope.org.
00:51:44.40\00:51:47.37
That's Impact-Hope.org.
00:51:47.40\00:51:51.14
Their email address
is Info@Impact-Hope.org.
00:51:51.17\00:51:55.74
That's Info@Impact-Hope.org.
00:51:55.78\00:52:00.02
Their phone
number is (503) 673-3905.
00:52:00.05\00:52:05.29
That's (503) 673-3905.
00:52:05.32\00:52:10.03
And their mailing
address is P.O Box 632,
00:52:10.06\00:52:13.33
West Linn, Oregon 97068.
00:52:13.36\00:52:17.47
That's P.O Box 632,
West Linn, Oregon 97068.
00:52:17.50\00:52:23.57