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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Hi and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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It's a great
privilege for me to be here
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in a place that I
am not typically found.
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And you may figure
out why I'm not here
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because this is
not my expertise.
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I'm usually behind the piano
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because it gives me
something to do with my hands.
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But it's an honor
for me to interview today
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a dear friend, Jaime Jorge.
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He's a friend to a lot of you
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who have watched
3ABN throughout the years.
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And I'm looking
forward to this time.
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We're going to
have a great time.
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We're both musicians.
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And I really thought
Jaime that was the reason
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that they asked me to do this.
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I hope so. Absolutely.
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But whenever I saw you today,
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I realized you
know, we look a lot alike.
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So, maybe I
think that's probably.
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Absolutely.
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I mean we're both
tall, dark and handsome.
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They can't tell us apart.
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Right? So...
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So actually, it's kind of a risk
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to even put us
on the same screen.
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But we're going to
work our way through it.
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I think we'll make it.
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I think you're a
wonderful musician.
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I know you are
wonderful musician.
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And I haven't had
too many opportunities
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to perform with you.
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Just a couple of times.
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But up in Canada, we...
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I believe we performed together.
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And Skype.
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Yes, on Skype.
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That's right.
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Remember, my signal was delayed
and you delayed about 30.
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Yes.
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It was unbelievable. Right.
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We had a great time on that.
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If you may remember,
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if you watch Your
Favorites by Request,
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Jaime was my
guest one time on that.
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And so yeah, we did that.
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I like that.
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Thanks for reminding me.
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I've got a great memory,
it's just extremely short.
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Well, I have
photographic memory,
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but I keep running out of film.
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Well, I can tell we're
not only both talented,
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but we have corny jokes.
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Absolutely.
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So... We make
the world go round.
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Yes.
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So, well, we're delighted
that you're joining us at home
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and we hope that
you just enjoy this time
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to get to know Jaime
Jorge better and to get to know
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what's going on in his
life and in your ministry.
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So again, we're grateful to God.
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Thank you. Thanks
for having me here.
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Absolutely, my privilege, Jaime.
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You have a family now.
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You've got some
additions to your family.
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Yes.
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Tell me about you and your wife?
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So Rochelle and I
celebrated our eighth year
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of honeymoon in July.
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And we have a beautiful
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four and a half
year old daughter.
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She came on the
30th of March of 2017.
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She is a furry daughter.
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Okay.
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And so we spend out,
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spend our time sending
each other pictures and videos
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of Aria our puppy.
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You are one those?
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Yes.
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So that's been
a blessing though,
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you know for us.
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She keeps her Rochelle
company while I'm gone.
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So I didn't see the picture.
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What kind of dog is this?
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She's a mix of Boxer,
Pitbull and American Bulldog.
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Look at that stance.
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Quite spoiled.
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Now look at that coat.
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Wow, that's impressive.
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She's quite well taken care of.
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I can tell, that is fun.
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You know, we've gone
through a great time,
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maybe great is not the word.
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But 2020, of course,
everyone knows pandemic
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and I know a lot of
musician, musician friends
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who were
definitely impacted by that.
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It stopped a lot of travelling
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and so what did
that look like to you?
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Well, honestly,
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it was one of the most
difficult periods of my life.
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You know what it's
like to be on the road,
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you know what
it's like to make music
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because it's
what you love to do.
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And so it wasn't just that
for the first time in 19 years
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I didn't do 200 concerts,
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it's just that
everything stopped.
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And there was no end in sight.
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And it's not just that
you have a living to make,
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it's what you love to do.
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It's what
you're called to doing.
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And so as time
goes by, I just felt,
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you know, like, is this
ever really going to end?
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And I am afraid to
say it, but I say it
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because I want
to encourage people.
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I really
struggled with my faith.
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I went to God and
said, "Are you still around?
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Are you still here?"
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And I would say that
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of all of the
things that I went through,
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the greatest
blessing I think for me
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was that God taught me
the importance of faith.
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The Bible says without faith,
it is impossible to please God.
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And we need to be,
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we need to have more
faith than obedience, basically.
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Yeah.
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And I was reminded of
that, I think I forgot about it.
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And that's why I was so ashamed.
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I think I went to
the Lord and I said,
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"You've brought me
this far in my life.
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My family came from
a communist country.
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You plucked us out of there.
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All the things that have
happened throughout my life
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and you're telling me,
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You're with me and
for me to doubt that,
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I never want to
lose my faith again."
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You know, one of the
things that Jesus said to Mary
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and people over and over
again throughout the Bible was,
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"Your faith has saved you.
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Your faith has liberated you.
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Your faith is."
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And so, I have come
out of this saying, "Lord,
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I never want to take
my eyes off of You again.
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I'm going to
continue to trust in You
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and have faith no matter what."
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Because my guarantee
was my concert schedule.
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Sure.
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When I've got
four or five concerts
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lined up every weekend,
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I know I'm going to at
least you know, make a living.
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You don't know
how it's going to be
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from concert to
concert or week to week.
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But when that all was gone,
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that's when I
need to trust in God
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more than
anything or anybody else.
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Right.
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You know, I think that musicians
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as in anybody who
finds their identity
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in what they do
and it's easy to do
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since our lives
are wrapped up at work,
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and in separation
of work and family
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and finding that
balance, it's almost impossible.
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That's right.
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But I know when
I was on the road,
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when I came off of the road
after having been on so long,
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it was an
identity crisis, really.
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And so I can only
imagine having the carpet
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pulled out from under
you when it wasn't something,
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you were forced.
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Right.
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That's off.
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So you know, that kind of a,
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for people who lose
their jobs or you go have to,
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go into retirement,
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you know, you hear so
many people that struggle.
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So I love that
finding your faith again.
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You know, we are
complete in Christ.
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That's right.
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And that's what
we have to remember.
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So that's an awesome thing.
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And, yeah, I want to be
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constantly faithful to God
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and not my position, my talent.
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My talent, it's all from Him.
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But that's sweet.
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I want to listen to some music
before we go on any further.
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And I think this is a
good song to start with.
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Absolutely.
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It's on purpose, of
course, we chose it that way.
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But it's about
putting Jesus Christ above all
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because that's what He did.
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Right.
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He gave
everything for you and me.
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And He wants us to do the same,
but we are the ones that gain
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when we focus on
Jesus Christ above all.
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Yeah, here's Jaime
Jorge playing Above All.
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Great, Jaime
Jorge playing Above All.
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We were talking
about the pandemic.
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Just in that
year, do you feel like,
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did you have to
spend more time practicing?
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Or did you want to play?
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You know, I...
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Sometimes if I'm not performing,
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there'll be days I
don't touch the piano.
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Right.
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And that's
dreadful for a musician
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and it's
dreadful for the audience
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whenever you play again
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and you haven't
touched the piano.
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That's right.
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So what was your
kind of schedule to it?
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So it was a little bit of both.
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And let me say that probably
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the second
greatest blessing after,
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you know, this
reconnecting with the Lord,
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the second
greatest blessing for me
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was spending so much
time with Rochelle and Aria
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that we spend more time
over the last year and a half
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than we did in the
previous six and a half years
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of our marriage
because you know,
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being on the road
200-300 days a year
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doesn't leave much time.
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But you know at first
I was all motivated like,
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what are we going to do?
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How am I going to get
ready so that when this is over,
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I come out of the
gate with new products,
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with new
resources, with new ideas?
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And then as time
went by and time went by,
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I felt like I almost
just sort of got petrified
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and paralysis hit.
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So I didn't want to play.
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You know, and it's when the Lord
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sort of brought me
back from all of that,
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that of course, I
started getting excited again
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about making
music and I don't think
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I've ever taken for
granted a single concert.
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But since I've been
able to get back on the road,
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I feel like I'm
living every single note.
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You know, not just
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oh, I got five
concerts this weekend.
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Well, okay I'll get through
them and I'll enjoy them.
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No, it's like, now I
want every opportunity.
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Wow!
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Sometimes we have to remember
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what we had when we
don't have it anymore.
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Yeah.
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So I started out all excited
and then I just dropped it.
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But thankfully, I
picked it up again
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before I started
playing publicly.
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Right.
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Because one of the
greatest violinists
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of all time,
Fritz Kreisler said,
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"If I don't practice
one day, I noticed it.
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If I don't practice two days,
my friends and family know it.
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And if I don't
practice three days,
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the whole world knows it."
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Right.
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So you can't hide when you're,
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when you haven't practiced
and you're not prepared.
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Very simple.
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Yeah, that's dangerous.
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So how many hours a
week do you practice?
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Between three and five,
depending on or per day,
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depending on the situation.
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When travelling, I'm
doing all of that stuff.
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Just because you know,
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you learn you
play as well as you do,
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you have to do scales,
you have to do exercises.
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You're an athlete of the piano.
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Right.
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I'm an athlete of the violin.
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And just because you
run the 100 yard dash
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in 9.85 seconds
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now doesn't mean
you will next month
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if you just sit down
and lay around the couch.
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So it's something you
have to continue to do
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and that's something my
teacher taught me early on.
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He said, "If you
practice six hours a day,
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you practice three hours scales
and three hours repertoire.
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If you practice
five hours a day,
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three hour scales,
two hours repertoire.
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Four hours a
day, three hour scales
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and one hour repertoire.
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And if you just
practice three hours a day,
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practice scales
for three hours a day."
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Really.
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So it's that warming up
and that training and...
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That's amazing.
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That conditioning. So...
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So tell, for those of
you, for those who don't know,
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how, what's your background
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is musically in
terms of learning?
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What was that?
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Well, I started
at the age of five
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with a violin teacher, my mom.
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Before I knew how
to read and write,
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I knew how to read music.
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My mom being a musician
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and a teacher taught
me all of those things.
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As I went you
know, through school,
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I had not only, you
know, violin lessons,
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I had music lessons theory,
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you know, all of that stuff.
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And then I did not
major in music in college,
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I wanted to be a doctor.
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But I still took orchestra.
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I still had lessons every
week, I still had performances.
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So I was very much,
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almost kind of a parallel
track of going music here.
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And then pre-med, you know,
there and I even kept it up
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through medical school.
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And then when the
Lord finally said,
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"This is not what
I called you to do."
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Then I really
threw myself into it,
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you know, full steam.
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Wow!
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Because you know,
like, probably you
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when I do
something, it's all or nothing.
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So, but when you
do music ministry too,
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you can't just
couple times a week,
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once a week here and there,
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you have to, it's
got to be full on.
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Yeah.
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So, but the technique is
in those scales and the...
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That's right.
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Arpeggios.
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Yeah.
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I am not
trained, so I play by ear.
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Yeah.
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And it's, to me,
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if I can't do I mean,
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I'm going to
take that home with me
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because I
probably need to implement
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that little plan of three hours
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because I go
straight to the repertoire
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and because if I can't perform
that whenever I get on stage.
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I'm certainly not
going to sit there
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and do scales
and address anybody.
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Sure.
00:19:36.10\00:19:37.44
So I go straight for the songs.
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And I tried to maybe incorporate
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some of those skills in
those but the technique see,
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that's why they
had me interview you
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so I could learn how
to do them, do it right.
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Oh, I think you know plenty.
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No.
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But you know a sprinter
doesn't run the 100 yard dash
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or the meter
dash, right off the bat.
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He's got to warm up his muscles.
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Yeah. And that's what we do.
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You take just a few minutes.
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Yeah.
00:20:02.96\00:20:04.30
Because you,
you're a great pianist,
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of course, you know that.
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So all you need to do
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is just warm up
your muscles, that's all.
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You know, I need
to do that as well.
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All right. Then
the brain follows.
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All right, well,
we're, you know what,
00:20:14.74\00:20:16.08
we're going to cut
this program short,
00:20:16.11\00:20:17.81
so I can go practice.
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So, no, honestly,
what a great lesson
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I've just learned, folks,
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and you were here to witness it.
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So thanks and I know you
expect to hear the difference.
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So you have a...
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Regarding the,
you've talked about
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now appreciating
the opportunities
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that you have now,
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have you been able
to see your schedule
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a difference in it?
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Yes.
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Thankfully, I am back to doing
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you know, three, four,
five concerts a weekend.
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And I'm definitely loving it.
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And one of the
things that I started doing
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during the pandemic
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was to teach
online violin lessons.
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Awesome.
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So I've had about 50 students
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all together over
the course of that time
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and I'm enjoying it.
00:21:01.59\00:21:02.92
Now it's presenting a challenge,
00:21:02.96\00:21:04.89
because I'm hitting
the road doing concerts.
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.26
And I don't want to
just drop my students
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.33
because some of these
kids are absolutely precious.
00:21:09.36\00:21:12.20
And it's also given
me a love for wanting
00:21:12.23\00:21:15.94
to motivate and
challenge young people
00:21:15.97\00:21:19.27
to develop their
talents for the glory of God.
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Right.
00:21:21.48\00:21:22.81
And so I don't want to just say,
00:21:22.84\00:21:24.41
"Hey I'm busy
now, I can't teach."
00:21:24.45\00:21:26.18
So I'm keeping them.
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And so sometimes, I have to be
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where I'm going
to be that weekend
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from the beginning of the week
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because once I
start teaching lessons,
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
there's no chance for me
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to fly out Wednesday or
Thursday, like I used to
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.33
for concerts you know,
the rest of the weekend.
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So I'm going to be
spending a little bit more time
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on the road.
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But it's worth it
because I feel like
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I am making an
investment in the future
00:21:48.70\00:21:51.41
of these young people.
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Yeah.
00:21:52.81\00:21:54.14
They may never be
concert violinists.
00:21:54.18\00:21:56.04
But the discipline
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and the joy and the
love of playing an instrument
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is going to benefit them
and their families, you know?
00:22:01.32\00:22:03.85
Yeah, indeed.
00:22:03.89\00:22:05.49
Teaching, for me, ooh,
that's a different animal.
00:22:05.52\00:22:10.49
And it's very draining,
00:22:10.53\00:22:11.86
let me tell you
especially on Zoom
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.03
because you can't
just be slacking off.
00:22:14.06\00:22:15.80
You've got to be
paying attention,
00:22:15.83\00:22:17.97
so that you can share
with them what needs to be,
00:22:18.00\00:22:20.84
you know, tweaked or
worked on or improved.
00:22:20.87\00:22:23.64
So how many
students do you have?
00:22:23.67\00:22:25.01
Fifty.
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Fifty?
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My word?
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.11
Yeah, I'm going to have to,
00:22:29.14\00:22:30.95
I'd have to take
00:22:30.98\00:22:32.75
some patience lessons.
00:22:32.78\00:22:37.22
Or maybe that would be
patience lessons to do that.
00:22:37.25\00:22:40.89
Because I've just, yeah,
00:22:40.92\00:22:42.49
especially on Zoom, goodness me.
00:22:42.52\00:22:44.76
Do you plan on
possibly doing any in person?
00:22:44.79\00:22:47.36
Do you have that option?
00:22:47.40\00:22:48.73
Well, I have a few that
00:22:48.76\00:22:50.53
live in the Chattanooga
area or even Atlanta.
00:22:50.57\00:22:52.73
Sure.
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.10
And they will drive
once a month or come,
00:22:54.14\00:22:55.74
you know, every so often
00:22:55.77\00:22:57.57
because, of
course, that's much better.
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.24
How do you tell somebody,
00:22:59.27\00:23:01.11
you know, do this
and this, it's very hard.
00:23:01.14\00:23:04.68
When it's, you
know, by video camera,
00:23:04.71\00:23:07.08
in person, you can say
raise your elbow a little bit,
00:23:07.12\00:23:10.22
straighten out your wrist.
00:23:10.25\00:23:11.59
But it's that
much more challenging.
00:23:11.62\00:23:13.96
Wow!
00:23:13.99\00:23:15.39
Well, talk to me about
the ministry opportunities,
00:23:15.42\00:23:20.70
the opened doors you've seen
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.60
maybe over the
past two, three years?
00:23:22.63\00:23:24.57
So I'm excited to
share something with you
00:23:24.60\00:23:28.10
that goes back to my roots.
00:23:28.14\00:23:31.01
As you know, I was born in Cuba.
00:23:31.04\00:23:34.08
And I left when
I was 10 years old.
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I had been given
a scholarship offer
00:23:37.18\00:23:40.02
when I was 10,
00:23:40.05\00:23:41.38
by the Government of
Cuba, to go to Moscow
00:23:41.42\00:23:43.82
and study at the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory Music.
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Wow!
00:23:46.22\00:23:47.56
And, of course, I've told
that story many times here
00:23:47.59\00:23:50.39
and in many other
places because everybody,
00:23:50.43\00:23:53.36
especially when they're getting
to know me for the first time
00:23:53.40\00:23:55.23
they want to know, you
know, about that stuff.
00:23:55.26\00:23:57.17
But what's tied to all of that
00:23:57.20\00:23:58.77
is that the
gentleman that offered me
00:23:58.80\00:24:02.30
that scholarship on
behalf of the government
00:24:02.34\00:24:05.81
who wanted me to
renounce my faith in Christ,
00:24:05.84\00:24:09.24
to be able to
receive the scholarship.
00:24:09.28\00:24:10.98
When I told him that I
was not willing to do that.
00:24:11.01\00:24:13.42
He said, "You'll
never be anything.
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.75
You're giving up God,
a God that doesn't exist
00:24:15.78\00:24:19.35
for real tangible
opportunities here."
00:24:19.39\00:24:22.82
Anyway, two years ago
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.36
and I've been
involved in outreach to Cuba
00:24:25.39\00:24:28.00
for a number of years.
00:24:28.03\00:24:29.46
First, with an
organization that took Bibles
00:24:29.50\00:24:33.27
and printed Bible lessons
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.27
and sponsored
the pastor salaries
00:24:35.30\00:24:37.64
and things like that.
00:24:37.67\00:24:39.44
But then when I started my
own non-profit organization
00:24:39.47\00:24:43.65
about eight years
ago, Healing Music,
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.45
I decided I wanted to continue
00:24:47.48\00:24:49.28
to support some
of those projects
00:24:49.32\00:24:50.69
that they weren't
supporting anymore.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.49
But, of course, I dreamed
of doing something with music.
00:24:52.52\00:24:56.12
And two years ago,
00:24:56.16\00:24:58.46
when I went to Cuba
on one of those trips,
00:24:58.49\00:25:00.66
I was invited to have dinner
00:25:00.70\00:25:02.33
with two of Cuba's
greatest musicians,
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.63
classical musicians.
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.80
And these are a couple
of pictures that we have.
00:25:07.84\00:25:10.87
He is an operatic tenor
by the name of Ulises Aquino.
00:25:10.91\00:25:15.78
A baritone, I'm
sorry, not a tenor.
00:25:15.81\00:25:18.25
And then probably Cuba's
greatest classical pianist,
00:25:18.28\00:25:21.28
Frank Fernandez.
00:25:21.32\00:25:22.75
I didn't know about Mr. Aquino.
00:25:22.78\00:25:24.12
But I had heard
of Mr. Fernandez,
00:25:24.15\00:25:26.02
very well-known
guy around the world,
00:25:26.05\00:25:28.86
in classical circles.
00:25:28.89\00:25:30.76
And they invited me
to have dinner with them.
00:25:30.79\00:25:34.83
And we talked for several hours.
00:25:34.86\00:25:37.67
And at the end of
the evening, they said,
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.50
"The reason why we invited you
00:25:39.53\00:25:41.27
is because
someone told us about you.
00:25:41.30\00:25:44.04
And we've been checking you out.
00:25:44.07\00:25:47.14
We have a concert in two months
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.05
at the most important
performance venue in Cuba,
00:25:50.08\00:25:52.68
The Great Theatre of Havana."
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.68
The equivalent of Carnegie Hall,
00:25:54.72\00:25:56.62
Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center,
all of those things in one.
00:25:56.65\00:26:00.69
It's a building
00:26:00.72\00:26:02.06
that's actually right
next to the capital of Cuba.
00:26:02.09\00:26:04.49
When you look at the pictures,
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.33
all lit up at
night, gorgeous place.
00:26:06.36\00:26:08.96
And they said, "We're
going to be performing
00:26:09.00\00:26:11.47
with the National
Symphony Orchestra and choir.
00:26:11.50\00:26:14.50
And we want to invite you
00:26:14.54\00:26:16.71
to perform as our guest
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.57
with the National
Symphony Orchestra."
00:26:18.61\00:26:21.04
So the first weekend in April,
00:26:21.08\00:26:22.58
that is a picture of that night,
00:26:22.61\00:26:24.05
the audience there.
00:26:24.08\00:26:25.41
First weekend, in
April 2019, I went
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.85
and nearly 39 years to the day
00:26:27.88\00:26:30.42
when that man had told me
00:26:30.45\00:26:31.79
I would never be
a good violinist.
00:26:31.82\00:26:33.49
And for the first time
00:26:33.52\00:26:34.86
in the history
of communist Cuba,
00:26:34.89\00:26:36.22
a Christian was on that stage,
00:26:36.26\00:26:38.19
praising the name
of Jesus Christ Wow!
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.03
Praise the Lord.
00:26:40.06\00:26:41.40
And as a result of
that, the doors have opened up
00:26:41.43\00:26:44.33
and the government
has given us permission
00:26:44.37\00:26:47.54
to open a music school.
00:26:47.57\00:26:50.74
And so we have a
school that is operating now
00:26:50.77\00:26:55.78
with 25 kids and we're
getting ready to expand.
00:26:55.81\00:26:58.88
Rochelle who is into sports,
00:26:58.91\00:27:01.05
she was a football
player and is still very active.
00:27:01.08\00:27:05.35
She takes duffel bags
full of sports equipment there
00:27:05.39\00:27:08.92
because churches have
these awesome sports programs
00:27:08.96\00:27:12.16
that reach tens of thousands
of young people in Cuba
00:27:12.19\00:27:15.23
on the streets.
00:27:15.26\00:27:16.60
And that's how many of them
00:27:16.63\00:27:17.97
are coming to know Jesus Christ.
00:27:18.00\00:27:19.47
And so she'll fill duffel bags
00:27:19.50\00:27:21.44
and take them
there for that purpose.
00:27:21.47\00:27:23.77
But in July, not long ago
00:27:23.81\00:27:26.37
I was able to go to
Cuba and purchase a building,
00:27:26.41\00:27:29.68
this very building
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.28
that we're about to
see here on the camera,
00:27:31.31\00:27:33.65
that we are going to
turn into our music school.
00:27:33.68\00:27:38.62
We've gotten
permission to use this place.
00:27:38.65\00:27:42.52
It used to be a hostel.
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.09
We have to
remodel it and all that
00:27:44.13\00:27:45.93
because everything is
falling apart over there.
00:27:45.96\00:27:47.93
Sure.
00:27:47.96\00:27:49.30
But we are going
to use that building
00:27:49.33\00:27:51.33
as our music school
and missionary outreach.
00:27:51.37\00:27:55.04
We'll be able
to have missionary,
00:27:55.07\00:27:57.07
medical missionary trips
00:27:57.11\00:27:58.77
where the doctors
and nurses can do exams
00:27:58.81\00:28:01.28
and counseling and
all kinds of things.
00:28:01.31\00:28:04.01
And that's going to be the place
00:28:04.05\00:28:05.38
that we'll be
able to operate out of.
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.42
Now in addition to that,
00:28:07.45\00:28:08.78
we have a
similar program not quite
00:28:08.82\00:28:11.05
as big as this in Nicaragua
and a school in Chattanooga,
00:28:11.09\00:28:16.02
where we give violins
and violin lessons to poor,
00:28:16.06\00:28:18.66
underprivileged
in inner city kids
00:28:18.69\00:28:20.73
with the aim of
giving them opportunities
00:28:20.76\00:28:23.33
and sharing the
gospel with them.
00:28:23.37\00:28:25.47
So I'm very excited about
00:28:25.50\00:28:27.67
how the Lord is
opening up all those doors.
00:28:27.70\00:28:30.84
In fact, when we went to look
00:28:30.87\00:28:33.11
at the opportunity of
getting this building,
00:28:33.14\00:28:36.21
of course, we
didn't have the money.
00:28:36.24\00:28:37.58
But I sent out an
email and within two weeks,
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.12
we had raised all the money
00:28:40.15\00:28:42.38
that we needed
for this building.
00:28:42.42\00:28:44.09
So I believe
00:28:44.12\00:28:45.72
that when we call
upon the name of the Lord,
00:28:45.75\00:28:48.92
He is going to
respond and answer
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.69
maybe not in the way we want.
00:28:51.73\00:28:53.26
But it's in some cases
beyond what we could have ever,
00:28:53.29\00:28:56.67
you know, imagined.
00:28:56.70\00:28:58.43
And all of that, of
course is fed by the concerts
00:28:58.47\00:29:01.50
and me sharing and
letting people know about it.
00:29:01.54\00:29:03.74
And one of the things
00:29:03.77\00:29:05.11
that we are sort of diversifying
00:29:05.14\00:29:07.08
or branching off into
00:29:07.11\00:29:08.84
is that I
started to do these tours
00:29:08.88\00:29:11.55
to places like the Holy Land.
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.85
And I use music as a way
to enhance the experience.
00:29:13.88\00:29:16.65
So at the Via Dolorosa,
I play the Via Dolorosa,
00:29:16.69\00:29:20.12
at the Garden Tomb,
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.59
the Hallelujah chorus
and the Sea of Galilee,
00:29:21.62\00:29:24.63
Master the Tempest is
Raging in all of these places.
00:29:24.66\00:29:27.53
In fact, we got
back not long ago
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.13
from doing a tour of Greece,
00:29:29.16\00:29:31.00
following the
footsteps of the Apostle Paul.
00:29:31.03\00:29:33.84
And then we went to
Patmos outside the cave
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.67
where John wrote
the Book of Revelation.
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.48
And I did a concert
for our group there.
00:29:40.51\00:29:42.51
So we're doing
some of these things
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.25
as a way to try to
expand and grow the ministry.
00:29:44.28\00:29:47.15
And in a situation
like we found last year,
00:29:47.18\00:29:50.02
not just have your
eggs in one basket,
00:29:50.05\00:29:52.49
but have different
things that we can do
00:29:52.52\00:29:54.16
and we can offer.
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.52
So this time,
00:29:55.56\00:29:58.16
this pandemic
time was challenging,
00:29:58.19\00:30:00.56
but I think it also,
when I came out of it,
00:30:00.60\00:30:03.67
I just feel like
somebody's injected me
00:30:03.70\00:30:06.10
with pure energy and
excitement for the Lord.
00:30:06.13\00:30:09.10
That's awesome.
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.47
And I can't wait to keep going.
00:30:10.51\00:30:11.87
Well, you don't have time
to practice then in that case.
00:30:11.91\00:30:13.74
Exactly.
00:30:13.78\00:30:15.11
No wonder.
00:30:15.14\00:30:16.48
Wow.
00:30:16.51\00:30:17.85
So it's amazing,
you know, with gifts
00:30:17.88\00:30:21.75
there is responsibility.
00:30:21.78\00:30:23.79
And I love the purpose
that you have put into,
00:30:23.82\00:30:27.49
you know, it's not
just Jaime and his fiddle.
00:30:27.52\00:30:32.66
It's you are indeed
living life intentionally
00:30:32.69\00:30:36.46
and ministering on purpose.
00:30:36.50\00:30:39.00
And so thank you.
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.37
Well, I have
found and you know this,
00:30:40.40\00:30:42.54
that money is nice
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.61
and being well known is nice
00:30:45.64\00:30:48.61
and all of these things,
00:30:48.64\00:30:49.98
but the greatest
joy that you and I get
00:30:50.01\00:30:53.85
is when people's lives
are touched at a concert.
00:30:53.88\00:30:57.62
That is what keeps us going.
00:30:57.65\00:30:59.15
Exactly.
00:30:59.19\00:31:00.52
To continue to
do what we're doing
00:31:00.56\00:31:02.09
and that's what
it's really about.
00:31:02.12\00:31:03.56
I keep saying the
investment that we make on earth
00:31:03.59\00:31:07.03
is making us a
treasure in heaven
00:31:07.06\00:31:09.16
that nobody can take away from,
00:31:09.20\00:31:10.57
because all of this stuff
could be taken away like that.
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.63
Right.
00:31:12.67\00:31:14.00
But the treasure
that we store in heaven
00:31:14.04\00:31:15.54
will never be taken by anybody.
00:31:15.57\00:31:17.04
Right.
00:31:17.07\00:31:18.41
And you have
eternity to practice.
00:31:18.44\00:31:19.77
Exactly.
00:31:19.81\00:31:21.14
So.
00:31:21.18\00:31:22.51
Yes, thank you
for reminding me that.
00:31:22.54\00:31:23.98
We can concentrate
on the purposeful things
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.95
while we're here.
00:31:25.98\00:31:27.32
Yes.
00:31:27.35\00:31:28.68
You talked about
those experiences
00:31:28.72\00:31:30.05
that you've done over
the Holy Land and the Greece.
00:31:30.09\00:31:34.29
Do you happen to have...
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.12
Have you put those
on like a CD, a project?
00:31:36.16\00:31:39.76
No, I'm working on a DVD
00:31:39.79\00:31:41.60
that will not only have
music videos in the Holy Land,
00:31:41.63\00:31:45.13
but also will sort
of serve as a guide
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.04
because there are a lot
of people that can't go.
00:31:47.07\00:31:48.60
It's gonna serve
as an experience.
00:31:48.64\00:31:49.97
Yeah.
00:31:50.01\00:31:51.34
Sort of like a virtual
or a behind the scenes look,
00:31:51.37\00:31:56.34
you know, as to what it's
like, so we're working on that.
00:31:56.38\00:31:59.65
No, I'm not one to
typically buy someone else's,
00:31:59.68\00:32:03.25
other musicians CDs,
but I would buy those
00:32:03.28\00:32:07.42
because I probably will
never get to go to those places.
00:32:07.46\00:32:11.83
But I've been to a lot
of places like Missouri.
00:32:11.86\00:32:15.03
And I could do a CD on Branson,
00:32:15.06\00:32:19.83
on the experiences of Branson.
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.64
Yes.
00:32:21.67\00:32:23.00
No, those are really
awesome opportunities
00:32:23.04\00:32:24.71
that you've had.
00:32:24.74\00:32:26.07
I love the fact that you are...
Now you've got a foundation?
00:32:26.11\00:32:29.51
Right.
00:32:29.54\00:32:30.88
Talk to me about,
is this Healing Music?
00:32:30.91\00:32:32.48
So that's Healing Music.
00:32:32.51\00:32:33.92
That's the one that
supports all of these projects.
00:32:33.95\00:32:36.82
Right.
00:32:36.85\00:32:38.19
And in my concerts as I share,
00:32:38.22\00:32:40.26
people are impressed to
support and that's how we,
00:32:40.29\00:32:44.69
you know, we were growing
and funding these projects.
00:32:44.73\00:32:47.20
Nice.
00:32:47.23\00:32:48.56
I want to share maybe a
classical piece with you.
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.73
Okay.
00:32:51.77\00:32:53.10
And it's called Meditation.
00:32:53.13\00:32:54.47
I think that's perfect.
00:32:54.50\00:32:55.84
It was written
by a French composer
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.67
by the name of Jules Massenet
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.54
and it's from a larger opera
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.28
that's why it's
called Meditation from Thais.
00:33:02.31\00:33:05.48
But I want to share it
00:33:05.51\00:33:06.95
because we all need to take time
00:33:06.98\00:33:10.09
to spend in meditation
and in communing with God.
00:33:10.12\00:33:14.89
Life comes at us so
hard and so fast these days,
00:33:14.92\00:33:18.36
that if we don't take that
time we are going out there,
00:33:18.39\00:33:22.90
you know, without our armor,
00:33:22.93\00:33:25.43
and sometimes we
just have to sigh and stop
00:33:25.47\00:33:31.17
and sometimes we have
to turn off the phones
00:33:31.21\00:33:33.01
and the answering
machines and the remote controls
00:33:33.04\00:33:36.64
and everything
else and just meditate.
00:33:36.68\00:33:39.35
And that's what
I hope will happen
00:33:39.38\00:33:40.72
when we hear this song.
00:33:40.75\00:33:42.08
Sweet.
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.45
Well, let's listen to Meditation
00:33:43.49\00:33:45.29
from Thais, Jaime Jorge.
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.82
Jaime Jorge, thank
you very, very much.
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.16
What a wonderful
time of meditation.
00:38:50.19\00:38:52.89
Just sitting here
letting the Lord minister to me
00:38:52.93\00:38:57.30
for sure and
thinking about His goodness.
00:38:57.33\00:39:02.14
Music is such a powerful,
00:39:02.17\00:39:04.67
I know it's been
said over and over,
00:39:04.71\00:39:07.44
but it's such a
wonderful gift that God gave us.
00:39:07.48\00:39:11.78
Yes, it is.
00:39:11.81\00:39:13.15
I thank you for
sharing your talent with us.
00:39:13.18\00:39:16.02
Thank you for what you have
done for not only God's work
00:39:16.05\00:39:21.09
but for music and people like me
00:39:21.12\00:39:23.63
who have watched you with my jaw
00:39:23.66\00:39:26.33
on the floor saying,
"Man, if I played the piano.
00:39:26.36\00:39:30.57
I'd like to play like that."
00:39:30.60\00:39:33.17
But you know, we never know
00:39:33.20\00:39:34.87
who we are impacting
00:39:34.90\00:39:36.81
and encouraging and influencing,
00:39:36.84\00:39:38.97
or on the other
side, giving a bad example.
00:39:39.01\00:39:41.24
Sure.
00:39:41.28\00:39:42.61
So it's just a reminder
00:39:42.64\00:39:44.35
of how other people are watching
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.85
and we don't even know it.
00:39:46.88\00:39:48.22
It's a great opportunity.
00:39:48.25\00:39:49.58
One more aspect of
that responsibility
00:39:49.62\00:39:51.82
of having a gift...
00:39:51.85\00:39:53.25
That's right.
00:39:53.29\00:39:54.62
To represent Christ
in a Christ like way.
00:39:54.66\00:39:57.23
That's right.
00:39:57.26\00:39:58.59
You have some things coming
up for you that are exciting.
00:39:58.63\00:40:03.26
I believe you
said next year, 2022,
00:40:03.30\00:40:06.77
will be how many years for you?
00:40:06.80\00:40:08.14
Thirty five.
00:40:08.17\00:40:09.50
Thirty five years
of music ministry.
00:40:09.54\00:40:11.27
That's, so you said
you started really like.
00:40:11.31\00:40:14.88
Yeah.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.24
Okay, well, I was gonna
even go younger than that.
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.51
I was gonna say
like maybe three.
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.78
Oh, man.
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.15
But no, wonderful.
00:40:22.18\00:40:23.52
So talk to me about
00:40:23.55\00:40:24.89
what's going on
next year for you?
00:40:24.92\00:40:26.25
So, next year, at
least musically speaking,
00:40:26.29\00:40:30.06
we're going to release,
at the beginning of the year,
00:40:30.09\00:40:33.36
a brand new album
that I've been working on.
00:40:33.40\00:40:35.80
And most of the
albums I have recorded
00:40:35.83\00:40:38.17
through the years have
been of the old hymns and,
00:40:38.20\00:40:41.27
you know, some of
those songs that are.
00:40:41.30\00:40:42.64
Favorites.
00:40:42.67\00:40:44.01
Yeah, but I wanted to do
something along the lines
00:40:44.04\00:40:46.41
of a classic praise and worship.
00:40:46.44\00:40:48.88
So in other words
00:40:48.91\00:40:50.25
the really,
really beautiful songs
00:40:50.28\00:40:53.01
like How great is our
God, Shout to the Lord,
00:40:53.05\00:40:56.22
You are my
hiding place, so forth.
00:40:56.25\00:40:58.85
But on top of that, I have,
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.16
like I did for
the 25th anniversary
00:41:01.19\00:41:04.06
concert in
celebration that we did.
00:41:04.09\00:41:05.99
I wanted to invite and
have some of my friends
00:41:06.03\00:41:08.60
come and be a part of it.
00:41:08.63\00:41:10.57
And so people like
Take Six and Legacy Five,
00:41:10.60\00:41:15.20
who I think
you've heard of before.
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.71
Most certainly.
00:41:16.74\00:41:18.07
And Oleta Adams,
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.44
which we were
talking about before,
00:41:19.47\00:41:20.81
and some others are
going to be joining me
00:41:20.84\00:41:22.21
as part of duets in that
album so I'm very, very excited.
00:41:22.24\00:41:26.28
That's exciting. Yes.
00:41:26.31\00:41:27.65
First of all that a
musician has friends
00:41:27.68\00:41:30.25
because, you
know, usually we're,
00:41:30.29\00:41:32.82
you know, just
nobody recognizes us
00:41:32.85\00:41:35.79
unless we're in the wrong key.
00:41:35.82\00:41:37.16
That's right.
00:41:37.19\00:41:38.53
But know that
you have these people
00:41:38.56\00:41:39.89
that will be
performing these songs.
00:41:39.93\00:41:41.53
That's really, really great.
00:41:41.56\00:41:43.03
I can't wait to hear that.
00:41:43.06\00:41:45.00
So do you, how did you
pick some of those songs?
00:41:45.03\00:41:48.44
I mean there's a lot of.
00:41:48.47\00:41:50.01
Songs that have ministered to me
00:41:50.04\00:41:52.97
that have really spoken to me.
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.88
That's the criteria
00:41:55.91\00:41:57.58
that I have always
used for choosing music.
00:41:57.61\00:42:00.22
If it does something for me,
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.58
it might do something
for somebody else, you know?
00:42:01.62\00:42:04.05
And then you
kind of whittle down
00:42:04.09\00:42:05.79
and go from there,
00:42:05.82\00:42:07.16
but I've never played
something that didn't reach me,
00:42:07.19\00:42:10.66
didn't touch me, didn't move me.
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.13
That's smart.
00:42:12.16\00:42:13.50
So well while
we're on the topic,
00:42:13.53\00:42:15.53
I think I want to hear
before we run out of time.
00:42:15.56\00:42:16.90
Yeah.
00:42:16.93\00:42:18.27
I'd like to
hear one of the songs
00:42:18.30\00:42:19.63
that's going to
be on this project.
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.00
Awesome. What
do you have for us?
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.37
So it's called Agnus Dei.
00:42:22.40\00:42:23.74
It was written
by Michael W. Smith.
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.11
Agnus Dei in
Latin means Lamb of God.
00:42:25.14\00:42:28.14
And this is
actually featuring the voices
00:42:28.18\00:42:31.45
of the Oakwood
University, Aeolians.
00:42:31.48\00:42:33.58
Wonderful.
00:42:33.62\00:42:34.95
So I hope, I
hope you'll enjoy it.
00:42:34.98\00:42:37.75
Enjoy Jaime Jorge
playing Agnus Dei.
00:42:37.79\00:42:41.02
Powerful, powerful,
powerful, Agnus Dei.
00:49:10.48\00:49:13.92
Jaime Jorge, thank
you for your ministry.
00:49:13.95\00:49:16.48
Truly, thank you.
That was inspiring.
00:49:16.52\00:49:18.25
And I look forward to 2022
00:49:18.29\00:49:20.66
when you will be
celebrating your 35th year
00:49:20.69\00:49:24.03
with that album right there,
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.09
album of, how
many songs are on that?
00:49:26.13\00:49:27.63
Twelve. Twelve.
00:49:27.66\00:49:29.00
Here I Am to Worship.
00:49:29.03\00:49:30.37
It's called and I think
it's an appropriate name.
00:49:30.40\00:49:32.03
Absolutely. Wonderful.
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.70
It has been a
delight to talk to you.
00:49:33.74\00:49:37.11
I've learned so much.
00:49:37.14\00:49:38.61
It's wonderful to,
00:49:38.64\00:49:41.61
in fact, I would have
paid for this experience,
00:49:41.64\00:49:43.95
to be honest,
00:49:43.98\00:49:45.38
because it's just great to
get to know other musicians
00:49:45.41\00:49:48.35
and know their struggles.
00:49:48.38\00:49:49.72
And I think we ought
to do this more often.
00:49:49.75\00:49:54.49
But I would, in fact,
probably take lessons from you.
00:49:54.52\00:49:58.33
I don't play the violin,
00:49:58.36\00:49:59.93
but I could, I
know I could learn
00:49:59.96\00:50:02.13
your purpose and
the responsibility
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.50
that you, the intention,
00:50:04.53\00:50:09.44
you're doing things
just like I want to.
00:50:09.47\00:50:12.81
So I admire you
and I'm grateful.
00:50:12.84\00:50:16.01
Praise the Lord.
00:50:16.04\00:50:17.88
And I want to encourage you
00:50:17.91\00:50:19.25
because you've been
an encouragement to me
00:50:19.28\00:50:20.62
and it's an honor
to be here with you.
00:50:20.65\00:50:23.25
And it's a privilege
to call you my friend.
00:50:23.28\00:50:25.32
Sure.
00:50:25.35\00:50:26.69
And so, I think all of us
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.69
can be encouraged by one another
00:50:28.72\00:50:31.99
and that's one of the
themes of my concerts right now
00:50:32.03\00:50:34.80
is to encourage
people and to challenge them.
00:50:34.83\00:50:37.80
So there's stuff we can all do
00:50:37.83\00:50:41.67
and there's much that we
can still learn, you know.
00:50:41.70\00:50:44.91
So you'll be filling
out the rest of the year
00:50:44.94\00:50:48.28
with dates in the States?
00:50:48.31\00:50:50.28
Yes. Yes.
00:50:50.31\00:50:51.65
And then moving on into
a full schedule of 2022?
00:50:51.68\00:50:53.88
By the grace of God. Yeah, amen.
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.32
By the grace of God.
00:50:55.35\00:50:56.69
And so I can find
out your schedule on?
00:50:56.72\00:50:58.99
Our website.
00:50:59.02\00:51:00.36
On your website which...
00:51:00.39\00:51:01.72
JaimeJorge.com
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.09
and all that
contact detail will appear.
00:51:03.12\00:51:05.89
But the name of our
foundation is Healing Music.
00:51:05.93\00:51:08.76
Okay.
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That's where we
channel all of this work
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that we're talking about
here in Cuba and Nicaragua.
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And, in fact,
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this is your contact
information right now.
00:51:18.37\00:51:20.64
That's what the
contact page will look like.
00:51:20.68\00:51:22.44
If you were to
go to JaimeJorge.com
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you will see all the
information on this page,
00:51:24.85\00:51:28.92
and it will tell you
where to go to hear him
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and where to write to.
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You get, still
get mail in the...
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Yes, we get Pony Express,
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you know, real
mail and we get email.
00:51:38.83\00:51:42.06
And our concert
schedule is on our website,
00:51:42.10\00:51:45.00
so people can
see where we're at.
00:51:45.03\00:51:46.90
And product
information where you can buy.
00:51:46.94\00:51:48.60
Okay, well, we'll be right
back after this news break.
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If you would like
to contact Jaime Jorge
00:51:53.51\00:51:56.11
or know more about his ministry,
00:51:56.14\00:51:57.98
Healing Music Incorporated,
00:51:58.01\00:52:00.08
you can call him
00:52:00.12\00:52:01.45
at 423-238-7944.
00:52:01.48\00:52:06.52
That's 423-238-7944.
00:52:06.55\00:52:11.96
You can also visit his
website, JaimeJorge.com
00:52:11.99\00:52:16.26
That's JaimeJorge.com
00:52:16.30\00:52:19.30
or send him an email
at info@jaimejorge.com
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