As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today 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 the 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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Thank you for taken
the time to tune in.
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And this program is
specifically geared to,
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if you are a parent
looking for a college
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or maybe later on an academy
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for your son or
daughter or your children,
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this is a program
that would interest you
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tremendously.
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And if you want to find
out about Christian education,
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I also encourage
you to stay tuned.
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In the first
half of this program,
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we're going to be
talking to the president
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of Ouachita Hills College.
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I'll introduce
him in just a moment.
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And in the second half,
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we're going to be talking
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to the principal of the academy.
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But let me begin by thanking you
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for your prayers
and financial support
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of this network as we
continue going and growing,
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getting ready for
the coming of Jesus.
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But right now, let
me introduce to you
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not only a comrade in ministry,
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but a good friend of
3ABN as well as myself,
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Pastor David Shin,
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the president of the
Ouachita Hills College.
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Pastor Shin, are you there?
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Yes, I'm here.
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It's so good to be
with you here, Pastor John,
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and privileged
to be able to share
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a little bit about the college.
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Yes. Yeah.
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We are familiar
with you in preaching,
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also you with the
Michigan Conference,
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but just give us
a brief background
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of your journey
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and then how you ended up
at Ouachita Hills College?
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Yes, I began pastoring
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the Michigan Conference in 2003
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and I was there for
about 12 years to 2015.
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And it was early on
the Michigan Conference
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experience
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and pastoring there
that 3ABN reached out to me.
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I can remember, like yesterday
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Dee Hildebrand asked
me to be on Faith Chapel.
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I don't think they
broadcast that anymore,
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but that's where I began.
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And then I, they
invited me to camp meetings
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and I've been privileged to be
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a regular
speaker there with 3ABN.
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And then in 2015,
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the Lord called
our family to Alaska.
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And that was quite a
journey and an experience.
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And we were
there for five years.
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And then in
October of last year, 2020,
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the Lord called us to
Ouachita Hills College.
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And I was working on
my doctoral dissertation
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and getting ready to defend.
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And the Lord called me
to Ouachita Hills College.
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I received a phone
call from the Clarks
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who founded the
college and the academy.
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And they extended the invitation
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to serve in this capacity
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as the president of
Ouachita Hills College.
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Yes.
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And I know that as
I look at your life
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and the kind of individual
you are not only in ministry,
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but we've seen a life
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that is also reflective
of the Lord being with you
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and your family
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and praise the Lord for that.
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We know the college
is going to be blessed.
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Give our viewers and
listeners just an overview.
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And I also know
that in just a moment
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you have two young
people that are with you.
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Let's go ahead and
introduce them first
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and then we'll get an
overview of the college
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and what Ouachita
Hills College has to offer.
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First let's go to Josh Holly.
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Hello, Josh, how are you today?
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Yes, Josh Holly
is a theology major
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at Ouachita Hills College,
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and I'm going to give
the microphone over to him.
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And then after that,
it's Crystal Hernandez,
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who's an education major.
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Okay. Yes.
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Hello, Josh?
Hello. I'm doing well.
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Yes.
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How are you enjoying
your time at Ouachita Hills?
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Oh, it's been a
tremendous blessing to me,
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and I'm very
thankful to be here.
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It's just been
a good experience.
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Good, good.
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We're going to be
asking you some more questions.
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Well, let's just go
to Crystal right now,
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Crystal Hernandez.
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And God's blessing I
know is with you too,
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but how was your time
there at Ouachita Hills?
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It's been a joyous
experience. It really has.
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It's been an adventure as well,
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you know, going
to different places.
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So, you know,
being able to work here,
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but overall it's
been a rich experience.
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Yes.
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Well, for those who
are viewing the program,
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let me start
with you, Pastor Shin.
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What is Ouachita Hills,
and what makes it unique?
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The unique thing
about Ouachita Hills College
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is that, well, to give you
a little bit of the history,
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Dr. Mrs. Clark had a vision
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to start a school and
it began in their own home.
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Dr. Clark is a dentist
and they had this vision
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to follow the
principles of true education
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as found in the book Education.
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And they started
in their own home
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and it began to grow.
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And then through
Layman's Foundation,
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those, some property
bought about 10 miles away,
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which is the
campus that is today.
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And it began with the academy.
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And I came to the
academy back in 1994,
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changed my
life, began canvassing
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and gave my heart to the Lord,
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had my
conversion experience here.
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And then about 20
years ago in 1999,
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they started to have a vision
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for a college
to be here as well.
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And in about 2004, 2005,
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they began a college here
and it's a four year degree.
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And what makes
Ouachita Hills College unique
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is that we endeavor to follow
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the principles found
in the Spirit of Prophecy
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related specifically
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to the vision
of Madison College.
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Now EA Sutherland
and Magan around 1907
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were inspired by Ellen White
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to begin a college
that Ellen White said
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was to be of a different order.
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And Madison College just
had a tremendous blessing
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that was there.
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Okay, I see. Wonderful.
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So, so would you say
that Ouachita Hills exists
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to centre its education
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not only on the
principles that you alluded to,
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but on Christian principles?
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Is that what I'm understanding?
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Absolutely,
Christian principles,
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and it goes back
to those principles
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of the school of the prophets
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that Samuel
instituted in Bible times.
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And the, there was
a work study program
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in the school of the prophets.
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And it was to
instill biblical principles
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in men and women
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that would go out to
bless the nation of Israel.
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And in this case
the Adventist Church,
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the Christian
community and the world.
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Okay.
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Let me ask Josh,
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because Josh is a
theology student there.
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I want to ask him,
how are those principles
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impacting your
study of theology?
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Oh, they've been a
tremendous blessing to me.
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Seeing how we not only focus
so much on just the academics,
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but the practical application
of them with work studies
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and what the canvassing program,
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and my experience
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here at Ouachita
Hills has been amazing.
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And I've seen the power
of God and the students here
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and even in my own life.
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Okay.
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And, Crystal, how has
these principles centering,
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you know, you're
taking education,
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how have these principles
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helped you in
understanding education,
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because you're
going to be a teacher?
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Expound on that briefly for me?
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Yes. And that's right.
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You know, being a
teacher is nothing easy,
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but coming to the school,
it just goes to show that,
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you know, the principles
that I'm gaining as a teacher
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are not only to
train my students
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to become students,
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you know, qualify to
serve our communities,
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but also to be
qualified to the life to come.
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You know, and I
think that's so important
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because even as a teacher,
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we need to understand that
as well for ourselves that,
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you know, it's
not only to teach,
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but it's a practical lifestyle
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that we need to learn ourselves.
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Let me ask you a question.
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How has the college experience
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there changed your life?
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You know, that's a
deep and profound question,
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you know, then, has been rolling
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in my mind lately as
I come to the end of my,
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you know, just
semester being here,
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but it has really
taught me that overall,
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you know, yes, education
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and, you know, academics matter.
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But overall, what will
help us be successful in life
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is having a
spiritual life with God.
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And I think that
that is very essential,
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you know, in becoming a teacher
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because teaching is
not just only what comes
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out of your mouth,
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but also what you
project to your students,
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and these
principles are going to be
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forever ingrained in my mind
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because it's not enough just to,
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you know, hear the Word,
but to be doers of the Word.
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And I think that
that is something
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that this school has
really impacted my life
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and just training me to
be a better teacher overall
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and a better child of God.
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Thank you so much.
Wow. That was wonderful.
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Josh, you're
going to be preaching
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from the Word of God.
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Let me also tell me
how has that shaped the way
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that you look at God's Word,
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because you're
living in an environment
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as Pastor Shin pointed out,
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the president
that the environment
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is to shape the student
with the principles of Christ.
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And I love that,
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he referred to Samuel
the school of the prophets.
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How has that shaped your
theological understanding
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of what your
mission is going to be
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after you leave school?
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Well, coming here,
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this has been a
place where I've noticed
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that people can come
from all walks of life
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and it's a place where
people are able to grow
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from any place that
you come from in life.
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And the way that I feel
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that the school has
impacted me the most
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is when I first came here.
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I remember my first day,
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I was so
impressed to wake up early
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and have
devotional life with the Lord.
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And I give my heart to the Lord
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before I came to school.
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But when I came here,
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this is when my
devotional life actually began.
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And I've been
here for three years.
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And as I look
back on my time here,
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I can just see a
complete transformation,
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like not even
just in my own life,
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but in the lives
of those around me.
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And the school is focused
on not only just preaching,
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but also canvassing.
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And these different works
that the school has put us
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in a position to do have...
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They've just been an
amazing experience for me.
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Praise the Lord.
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Pastor Shin, going
back to the school,
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talk about some of the majors
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that are offered there
at Ouachita Hills College?
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Yes.
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We have a religion department,
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which has the religion
major or the theology major
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as well as biblical studies.
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And then we have
the education department
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that has secondary
education, elementary education.
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We have a business department,
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we offer a business degree
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and we also
offer a music degree.
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That's right.
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We have a music degree
that is a relatively new degree
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that we've started.
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And we have a new
series of Scripture songs
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through the
music degree department
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that we've been
putting together with video
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and so forth.
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So those are the
main degrees that we have.
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And as Josh mentioned,
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the unique thing
about Ouachita Hills
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is that they are able to
pay their way through school,
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through the canvassing program.
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We're living in a time
of insurmountable debt,
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where people are
getting out of school
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with 80, 90, 100,000
dollars worth of debt,
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and that's just
for their bachelor's.
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Then, then they have
to go for their master's.
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But we believe in a
no debt system here.
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And the majority of our students
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are able to pay
their way through school,
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through the canvassing
program that we've interwoven
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through our curriculum here.
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And so that's a unique thing
about Ouachita Hills College.
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We believe that
it's a sustainable system
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in which they can go out
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and do ministry
for the Lord Jesus
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and not be burdened
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with this financial debt
from their educational process.
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We believe that they should
be able to go out and work
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and not have to worry
about paying off student loans.
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That's good.
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For those who may not
know what the term canvassing
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or the word canvassing
means, briefly explain that?
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Yes, canvassing
or otherwise known
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as colporteur ministry
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is where you go door to door,
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selling books like
Christ Object Lessons
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which is Ministry of Healing,
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Desire of Ages,
Great Controversy.
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We do have
healthy cookbooks as well,
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and they're able
to earn their way
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through school by selling
these books door to door.
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That's what we
call the canvassing work
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or the colporteur ministry.
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Wonderful, and
that offsets their debt.
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I know, you know, it's
amazing when you talked about
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how much education costs.
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Somebody once said to me
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they were
talking about education.
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They said, "We have to
consider that education is,
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Christian education is
an investment in eternity."
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But I also responded, I said,
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"But the students
shouldn't be paying
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for their debt eternally either.
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And so it's encouraging to know
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that they could work
their way through school.
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And because I've known
students that have graduated,
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you know,
200,000, $300,000 debt,
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by the time they
get their master's
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or sometimes
their doctorate degree.
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And really you have
to get rid of that debt
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before you even start
thinking about getting a house
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and getting settled.
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So we praise the
Lord that Ouachita Hills
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has put into place a program
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that says to the students,
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you don't have to
worry about leaving here
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and dragging a
train of debt behind you.
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That's a wonderful philosophy
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and a wonderful program.
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Talk about some of the,
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some of the costs
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because a lot of
times parents say,
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well, you know,
this sounds great,
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but is it a cost
effective education?
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Is it synonymous to
education on the level
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that we see in a
lot of colleges today
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or more affordable?
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Yes, our annual
tuition is $10,000 a year,
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which is very, very affordable
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considering that we're
looking at colleges now
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that are going
upwards of 30 to $40,000
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just for one year.
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So we're looking at $10,000.
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And if you work
during the summer program,
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and then we have a
spring, winter program
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and other ones interspersed
throughout the year,
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you're able to pay off
a significant part of that
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as you're going through school.
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So that's the
beauty of this model.
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We believe that
it's a sustainable model.
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And at the same time,
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Ellen White indicates
that the canvassing work
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is the best
preparation for ministry.
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And so it's, it's not
just, you're just working,
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but you're
actually doing ministry
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and you're preparing
yourself for the Lord's service.
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And at the same time,
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you're getting
books like the book,
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Great Controversy into the home.
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And I believe we're
living in the last days.
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And Josh, we just went
out a couple of weeks ago
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and he was in a parking lot
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and he sold in one day
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over 50 Great
Controversies in one day.
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And so these are the experiences
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that they're having
and they're coming back
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on fire for the Lord.
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And it has a way
of just enriching
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the educational experience here.
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So the canvassing...
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The canvassing work,
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the canvassing
experience is one that is,
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is central part
of the curriculum.
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It helps pay for their tuition,
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at the same time their
own experiences enrich.
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They're able to
grow spiritually,
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gain skills of
relating and talking to people.
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And at the same time, get books
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into the home, like the
book, Great Controversy.
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They're so critical
for these last days.
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Wow.
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Let me give Josh or
Crystal an opportunity
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to share maybe a miracle story,
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something that
you've experienced
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that has really
impacted you positively
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as you've gone out canvassing.
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Which one of you
would like to share that?
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Yeah, I've had an experience
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before where I
knocked on a lady's door
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and she opened the door to me
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and I started canvassing her
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and she was
interested in my book.
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She bought the
Great Controversy from me,
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Steps to Christ,
and Desire of Ages.
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And, but I asked
her after we were done,
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if I could, if there's anything
I could pray with her about.
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And as soon as I said that,
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this grown lady just broke down,
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crying uncontrollably.
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Like she was
weeping, uncontrolled,
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but she covered her
face with the books.
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And as she covered
her face with a book,
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she pulled them away.
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And she said, I can't
believe you showed up today.
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And she put her
face back over the books
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and began weeping.
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And at this time I'm
getting kind of emotional myself
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and she took the
books away again.
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And she said, "I can't
believe you showed up today."
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And she said,
"Yes, I need prayer.
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Please come in."
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And so I come in the
house and I'm kinda crying now.
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And she's still
uncontrollably crying.
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And she puts the
books back over her face
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and her daughter
walks in the room,
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her daughter, she was an adult
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and her daughter's crying too.
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And she looked at her
daughter and she said,
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"Can you believe
he showed up today?"
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Hmm.
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And her daughter
just shook her head
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and they were
crying and I was crying.
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And I asked her, I said,
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"Do you want to share
with me what's going on?
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Or would you
just like me to pray?"
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And she said,
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"We just want
to keep it private,
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just please pray for us."
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And I pray with that lady.
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And I went away there
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knowing that God
had sent me there.
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And we have many
stories of people having dreams
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about the Great Controversy,
people having visions.
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But that was
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the most
powerful experience for me
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because I knew that
God had sent me there
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to, to help bind
up the broken hearted.
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Wow.
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It's amazing how the
Lord sent you there that day.
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Harriet, I mean, yeah.
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Crystal, would you like
to share something with us?
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Because I know that, you know,
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canvassing is in and
of itself takes bravery,
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but what has, what
have you experienced
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that has impacted your
life going out on canvassing?
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Yes. Yes. Oh, I
have so many of them.
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I'm just trying to
think of which ones to share,
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there's so many.
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But one of the ones
that really comes to mind
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and has really just
impacted my life overall
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has been one where, you know,
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overall canvassing
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is not always
rainbows and butterflies.
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You know, you have those moments
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where you're just like,
oh Lord, help me, you know?
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And I was having
one of these days
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and I was just
like, Lord, please.
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I know that You want to use me,
00:19:01.24\00:19:02.74
but right now I
just feel inadequate
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and nothing was going on.
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And I'm just like,
Lord, like what's going on,
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please help me.
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And in the midst of this,
00:19:10.95\00:19:12.41
you know, kind of like
wanting to be discouraged,
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but holding on to God
00:19:15.52\00:19:16.85
knowing that He
could do something,
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I knock on this
door, and you know,
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I wasn't expecting anybody.
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I was about to walk away
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and automatically this
door like opens really quick
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and I'm just like, oh, hey.
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And I kind of
stumbled through my,
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through my canvas, as
I'm sharing with this man,
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you know what we're doing?
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And he's like, hold on.
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And he goes back and
he comes back changed.
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And he's like, sorry about that.
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Tell me what is
it that you're doing?
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And, you know, I started
proceeding to tell him like,
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hey, we're canvassing,
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or, you know, I tell him
about the Great Controversy.
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I hand him first
habits that he'll,
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he said, he said, hold on.
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He goes inside.
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And I'm just thinking, oh
Lord, he just took my book.
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And he said, you know,
00:19:58.26\00:19:59.59
and I'm already like
sizing up the situation.
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He, he's not gonna
bring back my book, right?
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And he comes back
00:20:06.33\00:20:07.80
and he comes
back without the book
00:20:07.84\00:20:09.17
and I'm just like, oh no.
00:20:09.20\00:20:10.54
And I'm just like, okay,
Crystal, show him another book.
00:20:10.57\00:20:12.47
And I'm just like, okay, well,
00:20:12.51\00:20:14.11
let me show you
Christ Object Lessons.
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This book has been a powerful,
00:20:15.81\00:20:18.31
you know, just
devotional in my life.
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And then he's like, oh, wow.
00:20:20.38\00:20:21.82
Yeah, hold on.
00:20:21.85\00:20:23.18
And he goes back
inside and he takes the book
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and he comes
back without the book.
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And I'm just
thinking, oh, this is it.
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He's really
going to take my books.
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Lord, what more can I ask for?
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Long story short, and I said,
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"Sir, you know what we're doing,
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And I refocus and I
just get really personal
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and tell him,
you know, the reason
00:20:42.64\00:20:44.07
why we're doing here is
just to be able to bring
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hope to people.
00:20:46.71\00:20:48.04
And he says, I had in my hand,
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The Great
Controversy was the last one.
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And he says, what's that book?
00:20:52.05\00:20:55.02
And I was like, oh, oh yeah.
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And I showed him
The Great Controversy.
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And he says, "Can I have it?"
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And you know, he took it,
he goes inside and I said,
00:21:02.36\00:21:04.89
"Oh Lord, what am
I going to do now?"
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.50
You know, he comes
back with all three books
00:21:07.53\00:21:09.93
and he says, you know,
this is exactly what I needed.
00:21:09.96\00:21:14.60
And he, you know,
everything happened so quick
00:21:14.64\00:21:17.64
that I was just like,
00:21:17.67\00:21:19.01
not able to
process what was going on,
00:21:19.04\00:21:20.68
but the story
does not end there.
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I was able to...
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He brings back a check
and it was a decent amount.
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I was able to leave
more books with him,
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Desire of Ages and other books.
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And I prayed with him.
00:21:28.92\00:21:30.25
And as I was walking
away, he says, whoa, wow.
00:21:30.29\00:21:36.26
Like, and I'm just
like, what just happened.
00:21:36.29\00:21:38.46
I don't understand
everything happened so quick.
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And guess what? The
story does not end there.
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But later on, I get
a letter from the mail
00:21:43.70\00:21:46.87
and it basically
describes all the things
00:21:46.90\00:21:49.27
that were going
behind the scene.
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This man previously to
me knocking on the door,
00:21:50.67\00:21:53.48
he was looking online on Amazon
to buy The Great Controversy.
00:21:53.51\00:21:57.35
And as soon as I
knocked the door,
00:21:57.38\00:21:58.71
I had The Great
Controversy for him.
00:21:58.75\00:22:00.78
And then morning, he
had just committed Lord,
00:22:00.82\00:22:03.52
I'm going to leave
all of the unhealthy,
00:22:03.55\00:22:06.49
unclean meats and I'm
going to become vegan.
00:22:06.52\00:22:09.29
And I had, the first
book that I handed to him
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.73
was Habits that Heal.
00:22:11.76\00:22:13.60
And that's why he was
like, wow, wait for me a second.
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And now I'm just
like, wow, this is so crazy.
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Not only that he was so impacted
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by the prayer
that I had with him,
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that it did with him that
he sent an extra donation.
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And that moment, when
I came back to school,
00:22:26.24\00:22:28.24
I was wondering
if I was going to be
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able to stay
another semester in school
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and finished my education.
00:22:32.05\00:22:33.42
But it was because of the impact
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that we have out
there in these houses,
00:22:35.02\00:22:37.29
he was not Adventist
or anything like that,
00:22:37.32\00:22:39.39
that he was able to donate.
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And that's why I'm still here.
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Praise the Lord. Wow.
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Pastor Shin,
that is just amazing.
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I'm glad we put
that testimony in there
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because this is
what's taking place
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in the lives of
the students briefly
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before we end our...
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Yes, go ahead.
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No, absolutely.
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'Cause when the students
come back from canvassing,
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their faces are
glowing with the experience
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and the testimonies
that they have out there.
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And this, this brings up to us
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to a core philosophy
of Ouachita Hills College
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is that we believe
that in the highest sense,
00:23:11.25\00:23:13.86
the work of education
00:23:13.89\00:23:15.22
and the work of
redemption are one.
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In other words, your
education should save you,
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Christian
education should save you.
00:23:21.76\00:23:24.13
And it is through
the canvassing work
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that there was an important part
00:23:26.53\00:23:29.10
of Christian
development, Christian growth,
00:23:29.14\00:23:31.17
Christian
resilience that is brought out
00:23:31.21\00:23:34.54
in being out there
on the front lines,
00:23:34.58\00:23:36.58
canvassing in service,
00:23:36.61\00:23:37.98
because we know that service
is an important integral part
00:23:38.01\00:23:41.08
of the salvation
process, selfless service.
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And, you can see
that in the experience
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of the two
students that we have here.
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Thank you.
00:23:48.96\00:23:50.29
And about a minute or so,
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give me a little
less than that actually.
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How can a student apply?
00:23:53.23\00:23:54.56
And I'm going to
put the address roll
00:23:54.60\00:23:55.93
on just a moment here,
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.30
but how can a student apply
00:23:57.33\00:23:58.67
for being a part
00:23:58.70\00:24:00.54
of the Ouachita
Hills College program?
00:24:00.57\00:24:04.07
Yes, if you want to be a
part of educational process
00:24:04.11\00:24:06.88
that is going to be redemptive,
00:24:06.91\00:24:09.01
that is going to
give you the skills
00:24:09.04\00:24:12.08
to be able to minister to people
00:24:12.11\00:24:14.22
and be able to be up
00:24:14.25\00:24:16.05
on front lines of
Christian ministry,
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.95
apply to Ouachita Hills College.
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.79
You can go to ohc.org
00:24:20.82\00:24:25.09
and you can apply
there for one of our majors.
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.63
We'd love to have
you come visit our campus
00:24:27.66\00:24:30.20
here in Amity, Arkansas.
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.13
And we believe that
Jesus is coming soon.
00:24:32.17\00:24:34.97
And it is the mission
of Ouachita Hills College
00:24:35.00\00:24:37.74
to train a
generation of young people
00:24:37.77\00:24:40.38
to take the gospel to the world.
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.61
So please visit us ohc.org
00:24:42.64\00:24:46.61
Yes, Pastor Shin,
thank you so much.
00:24:46.65\00:24:48.98
Josh and Crystal,
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.79
may the Lord bless you both
00:24:50.82\00:24:52.15
as you continue
working in the field,
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.36
that's getting you ready
for the coming of the Lord
00:24:54.39\00:24:56.46
and transforming
and changing other lives
00:24:56.49\00:24:59.23
through the avenue
of Christian education
00:24:59.26\00:25:02.13
there at Ouachita Hills College.
00:25:02.16\00:25:03.93
Here's the
information that you will need
00:25:03.97\00:25:05.97
to get in
contact with the college
00:25:06.00\00:25:07.54
to take it to the next level.
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.71
If you would like
more information about
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.31
Ouachita Hills College,
00:25:12.34\00:25:13.81
you can write to
them at 46 Madison Way,
00:25:13.84\00:25:17.11
Amity, Arkansas 71921.
00:25:17.15\00:25:20.35
Again, Ouachita Hills College,
00:25:20.38\00:25:22.52
O-u-a-c-h-i-t-a
H-i-l-l-s College,
00:25:22.55\00:25:28.42
46 Madison way,
Amity Arkansas 71921.
00:25:28.46\00:25:33.46
You can call them
at (870) 342-6210.
00:25:33.50\00:25:37.93
That's (870) 342-6210.
00:25:37.97\00:25:41.50
You can check out
their website at ohc.org
00:25:41.54\00:25:45.54
or email them at info@ohc.org
00:25:45.57\00:25:50.08