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 3ABN Today.
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I'm John Lomacang and
to my right is my co-pilot,
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my lovely wife, Angela.
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Good to have you
here with me, honey.
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I'm always happy to be here
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especially with you, my partner.
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I like that.
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Well, thank you
for taking the time
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to join us today.
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Anytime we come into your home,
we always come, we believe,
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with a program
that will revolutionize
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and challenge your life.
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Today we have a guest
that is not a stranger to 3ABN
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but what our guests are
going to be talking about,
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there's something
that will challenge you
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regardless of where you live.
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So do, you want to
hit the record button
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because a lot of times
people say I missed that.
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Yeah.
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In this way we can get a chance.
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How do people
record DVR nowadays
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not VHS and all.
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No, that's old and gone.
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But thank you for
taking the time to tune in
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and thank you for your prayers
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and your
financial support of 3ABN,
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as we go and grow
on television and...
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Radio. That's where I work.
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I work for 3ABN
Radio. That's right.
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And it's also a
wonderful ministry
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that goes around the world.
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So you all need to
listen to 3ABN Radio.
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Okay? Okay.
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Download the app if
you don't have 3ABN Radio
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in your area.
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And I can't
disagree with that so much.
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But today we have a ministry
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that's going to be a
part of this program.
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Actually, the
whole program, FARM STEW.
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No, it's not a dish
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that you order at
your local restaurant.
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You'll find out what that's all.
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Sounds yummy,
huh. Sounds, it is.
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In God's sight it is.
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But before we
introduce our guests,
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we have some music today,
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which always prepares our heart
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for what we're
going to talk about.
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Who do we have today, honey?
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We have Kendol Bacchus
sharing Divine Redeemer.
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Thank you, Kendol, for that song
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that lays the
foundation for our program.
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Now the song was
entitled Divine Redeemer,
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and to segue
this program is about
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what our divine
Redeemer is able to do,
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in reaching out
and changing lives
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through the
ministry that we're so glad
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to have here today.
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Just want to say hello again.
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Joy, good to have you here.
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Joy Kaufmann, who is the Founder
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and Executive
Director of FARM STEW.
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Good to have you
here again. Thank you.
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It's so wonderful to
be back with you both.
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Amen.
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And we're always
happy to have you
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and she will be doing a
program on radio pretty soon.
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So we're excited about that.
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So you radio listeners,
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listen out for
her program on radio.
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And also Elizabeth Kreidler.
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Am I saying that correctly? Yes.
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You are correct. Kreidler.
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Yes. Santa Cruz.
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Yes. I like that.
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You know, you
give me that full name.
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That's the Latina name. Right.
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Elizabeth, tell us
what you do for FARM STEW?
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Okay, thank you
very much, honey.
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It's a great joy
for me to be here.
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And I actually started as
a translator for FARM STEW.
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Translating the first manual
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that they produced into Spanish.
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Okay.
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And then I was
promoted, I can guess, I say so.
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Okay.
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I was working as an
executive consultant.
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Okay.
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And now I am the Director
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for Foreign
Operations at FARM STEW.
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Okay, well, good to
have you here today.
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Now, she's also a shepherdess.
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Okay.
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Her husband, I love to
meet other shepherdesses,
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and her husband is a pastor.
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Yes, he is.
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Where are you both
pastoring? Thank you.
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We are missionary couple
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for over 43 years already.
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And now my husband and I,
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we are serving at
the Crowley Church,
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Spanish Church
in Crowley, Texas.
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Crowley, Texas. Okay. Wow.
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The big state of Texas.
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And she was a
missionary, her and her husband,
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and you were a
missionary in Africa?
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Right.
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We were missionaries
for 12 years in Africa.
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Twelve years.
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So you've seen the
world as a resident
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in different parts of the world?
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You are right.
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Share the position that you had
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while you were in the
three African countries?
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Thank you.
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Yes, I was ADRA country director
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in Burkina Faso for seven years,
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and while being there,
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I was also in charge
of the ADRA Mali office.
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And then the last five
years, we were in Burundi,
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also holding the
country director position.
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Wow.
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You got a lot of
experience on your board here.
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I am so blessed
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because she came
in as a translator
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when I had the
invitation to go to Cuba.
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And I thought, how
are we going to quickly
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get all of our
materials into Cuba
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so we can share
this FARM STEW recipe
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of abundant life
with the Cuban people?
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So Elizabeth was
recommended to me
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by one of our
donors as a translator,
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but then when I got her resume,
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I was like, "Wow,
this woman is a gold mine."
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How exciting.
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Thanks a lot. Amen.
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Now, Joy, tell us more
about what is FARM STEW?
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Our viewers and
listeners want to know
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what is FARM STEW?
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Yeah, well, FARM STEW
is expanding and growing
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and stretching ourselves
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but at the basic
foundation of it,
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FARM STEW is a
recipe for abundant life.
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Okay. And it's a FARM STEW.
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So you think of what is farming?
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We're helping people
with hands on practical skills
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to have an abundant life.
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So we're train
the trainer program
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that goes out
and teaches farming
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and will change
people's attitude
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all using the Bible.
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And really, the science informed
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but Bible inspired messages
around farming, attitude,
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rest and meals
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is the acronym
that spells F.A.R.M.
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And then our
S.T.E.W is an acronym
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that stands for sanitation,
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temperance,
enterprise and water.
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Okay.
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So it's like eight health
laws but it's specific for,
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we used to say for Africa,
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but you'll see
during this conversation,
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we're far beyond the borders
of the African continent now.
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Wow. It's great.
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And you have some...
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You put a word in there a
moment ago called stretching.
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Tell us about that stretching?
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What does that mean?
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Well, God has been teaching
me a lot about stretching
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over the last year.
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I actually had a frozen shoulder
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and that shoulder wouldn't move
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and the only way I
could get movement back
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is through
extremely painful stretching.
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And I felt like
God just asked me like,
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"Are you ready to
stretch for me in the same way
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you're stretching to
get your shoulder back?"
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And so I had to say
yes, like, "I trust You."
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Yeah. "You can stretch us."
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And I think the
last year and a half
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has been a stretching experience
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for all of us, right?
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Just, there's
so many challenges.
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And so I feel like God
said, "Let's get creative."
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You can't fly
places and train trainers
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like I typically had.
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So we're using technology.
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We're developing an app,
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we're going into new
countries with new partners,
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all of which is a
stretching experience.
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And then actually,
we're here today to invite
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your listening audience
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to challenge
yourselves to stretch as well,
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to share the recipe of FARM STEW
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in your community.
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So we'll talk
more about that soon.
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You know, a lot of people say,
"Okay, now we know what you do.
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But why do you do it?"
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That's the big thing.
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I mean, we use not too
long I read a book called Why.
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You address the question
why it really motivates you.
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Why do you do what you do?
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Well, Jesus
tells us in John 10:10,
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that we're in the
middle of a great controversy.
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That's right.
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There's a thief
that comes to do nothing
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but kill, steal and destroy.
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And then Jesus
says, "I have come
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that you might have life
and have it more abundantly."
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And He's speaking to all people.
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And even Abraham
was given the charge
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that what his call was
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even back when he was Abram.
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His call was to be a blessing
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to all the
families of the earth.
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And so why we do it is
I've been blessed personally
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and I actually had the model,
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the example, by my
grandparents growing up,
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they lived in a little
town called Farmland, Indiana.
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I'm not kidding. Wow.
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And they were farmers.
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My grandma had a big
garden, she snapped beans
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and we made
applesauce from her apple tree.
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And, you know, she
knew how to work hard
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and have that
positive work ethic
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and then had food
preservation skills
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and she created
her own food security.
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I remember putting those
beans in the jars, canning them,
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putting them down in her pantry.
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And it was a
lifestyle that she taught me,
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you know, cleanliness
is next to godliness.
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You always had
to wash your hands.
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And so I saw as a young girl
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that families
can be food secure.
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And as I grew up
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and became a public
health nutritionist,
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and then started
looking at the challenge
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of childhood malnutrition,
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I felt like, you know,
I believe there's a model
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even in my grandparents
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and explained in the Bible
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of how families
can care for themselves
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and that the land can
provide if we treat it well.
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We can not only
survive but thrive.
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And I think those types
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of survival
skills are an important
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not just in developing countries
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but they're soon going to
be very important for us here
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in the United States as well.
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Wow.
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And you talk
about helping children,
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I mean, training children,
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to give a picture
of one of your trainers
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just explained to
our viewing audience
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what we're watching
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maybe to the listening audience?
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Exactly.
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I want to bring up
the picture of Doreen,
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one of our trainers
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who she is the
classic example of stretching.
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When I met her, she
was actually a refugee
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living in Uganda.
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And she is the
wife of the president
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of the Church of South Sudan.
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And she brought
the FARM STEW recipe
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to first the refugee
camps in northern Uganda,
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where she was living.
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And she was teaching
people all these skills,
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she was the head
of women's ministries.
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Wow.
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She wanted to help
these women, to empower them.
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And we sometimes
think of the word empower
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like liberation or
feminism or something.
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But no, it was to empower
them to care for their families
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and to do it in such a
way that would build up
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the capacity of
the church members
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to be able to grow
and spread the gospel.
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That's great.
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Now, we talk about
the new initiative.
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Yeah, we talked
about the initiative
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but you have a quote
that goes along with this idea
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of pushing the ministry forward,
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how the Lord is developing you
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and molding this ministry.
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Yeah.
00:16:28.08\00:16:29.42
So a lot of people say, "Well,
I want to help people, but how?
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How can I help people?"
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And I think we as a
church have a real blessing
00:16:33.76\00:16:36.66
in Sister White's
wisdom in that regard.
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So there's a quote,
I'd like to bring up,
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I love it.
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It says, "You
may give to the poor,
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and injure them,
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because you teach
them to be dependent.
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Instead teach
them to help themselves
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or to support themselves.
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This will be true help.
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The needy must be
placed in positions
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where they can help themselves."
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I agree.
00:17:01.85\00:17:03.18
So that's really
the goal of FARM STEW
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is to be the people.
00:17:05.02\00:17:06.82
And we call on
your listening audience.
00:17:06.86\00:17:08.96
We have a great FARM STEW family
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of supporters.
00:17:10.83\00:17:12.16
We want to be
the people that help
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others help themselves
and not just themselves,
00:17:14.16\00:17:16.67
but then they extend it
on into their communities.
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You know, I'm
sure that Elizabeth
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and you have heard about this.
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You know, we've
said many years ago,
00:17:22.27\00:17:23.64
give a person a fish.
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Oh, yeah. Or
teach them how to fish.
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And I think the same thing
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is what you're
talking about here.
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Exactly.
00:17:29.14\00:17:30.48
And I want to just kind
of bring Elizabeth in here.
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Anything you want to add
that we've asked about so far?
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Yes, I am so happy,
00:17:35.82\00:17:40.36
so convinced of
FARM STEW's methodology.
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Okay.
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The program, it
is so Bible based
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and mixed
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with good science,
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very practical,
very simple for anyone
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to learn and to practice.
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So I am thrilled
with what we are doing.
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And I see that the
Lord is blessing us.
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And we are moving ahead.
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This is why we are stretching.
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Okay. I like that.
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Stretching.
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Okay, there are
five freedoms addressed
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by FARM STEW, what are they?
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Yes, so we realize
that we're very holistic,
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very comprehensive program.
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So sometimes it's hard
to get a handle on like,
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what are you doing?
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And exactly what can I give to?
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Yeah.
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And so the first freedom is
the freedom from dependency.
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So just like that quote,
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we don't want to
make people dependent.
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So our trainers,
supporting our trainers,
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supporting their transportation,
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supporting them going
out and starting gardens
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and, you know, helping
people have that livelihood.
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That's the
freedom from dependency.
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Yes. That's our first priority.
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Second priority is
freedom from shame.
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So we have a lot of
girls that drop out of school
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because they don't
have menstrual hygiene.
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And, you know, when a
girl drops out of school
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that just starts the
cycle of poverty again.
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We also help
families with latrines
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because a lot of
people in the countries
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where we're working
don't have any basic privacy.
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And that's dangerous
especially for women.
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Yes.
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So that's the
freedom from shame.
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Freedom from
drudgery and disease
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is what comes
from the drudgery part
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is hauling water,
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often contaminated
water, or also hauling wood.
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So we're addressing
that by putting in pumps,
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water pumps in
different villages
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that are desperately needing
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a clean source of water.
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I mean, millions of
people are dying every year
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from contaminated water.
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We can change that.
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Well, before you go to the next,
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I mean, I think about
that because we live in America
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or wherever some
of the more modernized
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and developed countries
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our water is just a
necessity of our everyday life.
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We've been some places
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where we've gone way
out into the country or...
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In Africa.
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In Africa and parts
of the world, New Guinea,
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where you, we see,
well, water's five miles away.
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And you see
somebody along the road
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with a big barrel,
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you know, either pulling
or carrying on their head.
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And so this whole idea,
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I like that
freedom from drudgery.
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That's hard work. Exactly.
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You know, walk four
miles or five miles.
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And then you see,
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you could always
tell where the well is
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because it's like everybody
with their empty bottles
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waiting for the next
person to get out of the way.
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Exactly. Women at the well.
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The woman at the well.
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Well, and that's the
thing we say as Adventists,
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drink more water
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but if it takes three
hours out of your day,
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I mean, think of all the things
that children are not studying
00:20:33.56\00:20:35.73
during that time.
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They're tired.
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Sometimes they're
unsafe on the road
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on the way to get there.
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The women aren't
caring for their young
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during that time.
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So it's so
liberating when we can do that.
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And you'll see in
some pictures coming up,
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God is being glorified in water.
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Jesus is the living water. Amen.
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And so when you can
bring water into a community,
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you're changing the nature
of the relationships even.
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So when people get sick,
00:21:02.22\00:21:03.56
sometimes they
think they've been cursed.
00:21:03.59\00:21:05.13
Oh, yeah.
00:21:05.16\00:21:06.49
And it's just from a
simple waterborne disease.
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Wow.
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So it's changing
the relationships
00:21:09.86\00:21:11.20
between the community members.
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So praise God. That's beautiful.
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He's the water of
life, Jesus. Amen.
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Look at the woman,
she was at the well.
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That's right.
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A woman was at the well.
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Yeah, I didn't think about
that until you mentioned that
00:21:20.11\00:21:21.68
because that was a
practice in the Bible days.
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Yeah.
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You know, in the
Bible look for the woman
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with the bucket or with the...
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Pitcher of water.
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Pitcher with carrying that
to try to just get something
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as basic as water.
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Right.
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So that's the
freedom from dependency,
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shame, drudgery and disease.
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Yeah, and just the last one,
00:21:39.36\00:21:40.70
I'll say on the
drudgery and disease
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when people are carrying wood
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and then cooking on cook stoves.
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They're just on stones
like pots mounted on stones.
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So the babies are
often in this culture
00:21:49.80\00:21:52.14
on the backs of the mothers.
00:21:52.17\00:21:53.81
So they're
breathing in that smoke
00:21:53.84\00:21:55.44
as if they're
smoking, you know, packs a day.
00:21:55.48\00:21:58.28
So we're working on in 2022,
00:21:58.31\00:22:01.78
launching the new
efficient cook stoves.
00:22:01.82\00:22:04.65
And so we're
really excited about that.
00:22:04.69\00:22:07.99
Efficient cook stove.
00:22:08.02\00:22:10.09
To eliminate the
smoke coming into the lungs.
00:22:10.13\00:22:12.46
'Cause sometimes you
drive into these villages
00:22:12.49\00:22:14.13
and you could
smell stuff cooking,
00:22:14.16\00:22:16.10
you can see the
smoke but it's unfiltered.
00:22:16.13\00:22:19.23
And yes, that's
some basic things
00:22:19.27\00:22:21.50
that God has given me.
00:22:21.54\00:22:22.87
Now the other one,
the other two freedoms?
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Okay.
00:22:24.27\00:22:25.61
So the next two freedoms
00:22:25.64\00:22:26.98
are the
freedoms to do something.
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So it was from and now two.
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So we want the freedom to share.
00:22:31.01\00:22:33.05
So for example, when Elizabeth
00:22:33.08\00:22:34.42
translated our
materials into Spanish,
00:22:34.45\00:22:36.48
now we have seven
different languages
00:22:36.52\00:22:38.69
being translated,
00:22:38.72\00:22:40.06
our FARM STEW manual,
00:22:40.09\00:22:41.42
which I'll just show real quick,
00:22:41.46\00:22:42.79
our 400 page manual.
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.16
Wow.
00:22:44.19\00:22:45.53
Which is also available
for free on our website,
00:22:45.56\00:22:48.50
farmstew.org
00:22:48.53\00:22:50.43
You can just
click on the recipe,
00:22:50.47\00:22:52.03
go to E-learning.
00:22:52.07\00:22:53.77
And anybody can take this course
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.37
anywhere in the world.
00:22:55.40\00:22:56.74
What?
00:22:56.77\00:22:58.11
And we're also
stretching ourselves,
00:22:58.14\00:22:59.47
soon we're going to have an app
00:22:59.51\00:23:00.84
because a lot of
people in a lot of countries
00:23:00.88\00:23:02.21
they don't have a
laptop or a computer
00:23:02.24\00:23:03.85
but they do have a smartphone.
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.78
So with the app
they can download.
00:23:05.81\00:23:07.62
So we want this recipe shared.
00:23:07.65\00:23:09.65
Just like my grandma,
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.02
she used to write these three
by five cards with the recipe
00:23:11.05\00:23:14.06
and then she'd share
them with her friends.
00:23:14.09\00:23:15.79
We want the FARM
STEW recipes shared.
00:23:15.82\00:23:17.66
So freedom to share
is our fourth priority.
00:23:17.69\00:23:20.43
Fifth priority
is freedom to grow.
00:23:20.46\00:23:23.00
So we want this ministry
00:23:23.03\00:23:24.37
to be
self-sustaining eventually,
00:23:24.40\00:23:26.43
although we keep
growing, growing, growing,
00:23:26.47\00:23:27.90
and we do need
the help of our donors
00:23:27.94\00:23:30.41
that make that possible.
00:23:30.44\00:23:31.81
But we want to
start small businesses,
00:23:31.84\00:23:33.94
health food related businesses,
00:23:33.98\00:23:35.88
just like Sister
White encouraged,
00:23:35.91\00:23:38.05
in all these
different countries.
00:23:38.08\00:23:39.51
So we might like say,
for example, in South Sudan,
00:23:39.55\00:23:42.12
we have three
farmers' cooperatives
00:23:42.15\00:23:44.52
of the groups we've worked with.
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.25
So we have bought
some small equipment
00:23:46.29\00:23:48.99
like grinding equipment to
help them start a small for,
00:23:49.02\00:23:52.39
in this case, a soy
milk making business.
00:23:52.43\00:23:55.43
So we want to have a
lot of small businesses
00:23:55.46\00:23:58.60
that help support the
work of our FARM STEW trainers.
00:23:58.63\00:24:02.50
You make it so simple and easy,
you know, the app and all that
00:24:02.54\00:24:06.57
because like you said,
most people have a phone.
00:24:06.61\00:24:09.14
They can just download the app.
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.68
And, you know, as
strange as it may sound,
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.65
even in some of these places
00:24:13.68\00:24:15.02
that we consider
underdeveloped countries,
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.95
they have phones.
00:24:16.99\00:24:18.32
Exactly.
00:24:18.35\00:24:19.69
I've noticed that. Yeah.
00:24:19.72\00:24:21.06
Because some
places around the world,
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.42
you know, the house
is made of straw and mud
00:24:22.46\00:24:25.23
and you see a satellite dish.
00:24:25.26\00:24:26.66
Exactly.
00:24:26.70\00:24:28.03
So there's some
technology that's out there.
00:24:28.06\00:24:29.86
Now in this book, is
there Spanish also in that
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.57
this part of your working?
00:24:32.60\00:24:34.20
Yes, the new recipe
manual is been translated,
00:24:34.24\00:24:39.07
we're about to finish it.
00:24:39.11\00:24:41.14
But the first basic
course it is already translated.
00:24:41.18\00:24:45.85
Our webpage is
translated to Spanish
00:24:45.88\00:24:49.85
and so they can do that.
00:24:49.88\00:24:52.15
E-learning also in Spanish.
00:24:52.19\00:24:55.76
I never thought about that.
00:24:55.79\00:24:57.13
Maybe I should have my
webpage also in Spanish.
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.86
You know, you
don't think about that.
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.26
I actually have
it in five languages
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.03
and I'll show you
how after the show.
00:25:03.06\00:25:05.37
Wow. Okay.
00:25:05.40\00:25:06.74
I know you have your webpage.
00:25:06.77\00:25:08.10
Get it in Spanish.
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.47
I am learning as
I'm going along here.
00:25:09.50\00:25:11.07
I want the freedom to grow.
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.51
But we're a global
church, it's just so phenomenal
00:25:13.54\00:25:17.01
that we have now I
think what 21 million members.
00:25:17.05\00:25:21.18
And, you know,
you think about, say,
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.82
for example, the blue zones,
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.85
where us North
American Adventists
00:25:24.89\00:25:27.09
that follow our health message,
00:25:27.12\00:25:28.46
we get seven to ten
additional years of life.
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.33
But I want that to be true
00:25:31.36\00:25:32.69
for all 21 million
members around the world,
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.03
whatever country you are.
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.46
So FARM STEW is the message
that we believe will help
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.83
bring blue zones all over
00:25:39.87\00:25:41.70
wherever we have
people listening.
00:25:41.74\00:25:43.24
I love it.
00:25:43.27\00:25:44.61
And you just talked
about the five freedoms.
00:25:44.64\00:25:45.97
But I want to see
that picture of Betty
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.34
with the chart that talks
about these five freedoms.
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.78
Okay, yes.
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.15
So this is Betty out
teaching in the villages.
00:25:51.18\00:25:53.58
And she's teaching
the FARM STEW recipe.
00:25:53.62\00:25:56.28
So it's actually she's pointing
to the letter A which I love,
00:25:56.32\00:26:00.46
which is our attitude message.
00:26:00.49\00:26:02.66
And a lot of the women
you can see in this village,
00:26:02.69\00:26:05.49
here where we drove
far out to get to them.
00:26:05.53\00:26:08.90
They might have an
attitude that is thinking,
00:26:08.93\00:26:12.47
poverty thinking,
00:26:12.50\00:26:13.84
you know, they think
they don't have the money.
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.07
They can't change,
00:26:16.10\00:26:17.44
they can't make a difference
in the lives of their children.
00:26:17.47\00:26:20.68
And really, we use the
Bible to remind people,
00:26:20.71\00:26:24.48
God placed us in the garden.
00:26:24.51\00:26:26.95
He's the master gardener.
00:26:26.98\00:26:28.58
He taught us how to garden.
00:26:28.62\00:26:30.65
And there's
profitability in the soil.
00:26:30.69\00:26:34.02
And so one of the things
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.69
is just really
teaching how to grow an income
00:26:35.72\00:26:40.56
and grow jobs and
grow financial resources.
00:26:40.60\00:26:43.50
So they can not only
support their families,
00:26:43.53\00:26:45.53
but support their churches
00:26:45.57\00:26:46.90
and become tithing
members of their churches
00:26:46.94\00:26:49.24
so they can grow
00:26:49.27\00:26:50.97
their own
evangelism work as well.
00:26:51.01\00:26:53.98
It's beautiful.
00:26:54.01\00:26:55.34
What about cultural barriers?
00:26:55.38\00:26:57.15
How do you overcome that?
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.55
Maybe Elizabeth, I
have you comment about that.
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.58
Well, one of the
ways that we do that
00:27:01.62\00:27:03.45
is through our
hands on training,
00:27:03.49\00:27:08.76
when we have
people coming together
00:27:08.79\00:27:11.39
to prepare food
00:27:11.43\00:27:14.43
or when we are drilling a well
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.70
or when we are plowing the land.
00:27:17.73\00:27:20.87
So all of a sudden,
00:27:20.90\00:27:23.41
we are all the
same with the same meat.
00:27:23.44\00:27:27.04
And the barriers are gone
00:27:27.08\00:27:30.81
because we are
focused on another thing
00:27:30.85\00:27:34.42
than what is usually
the issue among them.
00:27:34.45\00:27:40.09
So when we focus more
on satisfying their needs,
00:27:40.12\00:27:45.76
then all of a sudden, we
all are the same, are equal.
00:27:45.79\00:27:50.30
That's right because if
you walk into a restaurant,
00:27:50.33\00:27:52.10
it's not for
English people only.
00:27:52.13\00:27:54.60
Anybody that
has a need to be fed
00:27:54.64\00:27:57.67
with common need for water,
00:27:57.71\00:27:59.71
common need to
grow the community.
00:27:59.74\00:28:02.04
Common, I like that.
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.41
I remember in Africa,
we had to wash our hands,
00:28:03.45\00:28:06.25
they had a big old
bucket or something
00:28:06.28\00:28:07.92
and you pour it
then you wash your hands.
00:28:07.95\00:28:09.75
That's true. It's a common need.
00:28:09.78\00:28:11.55
A common need, wash your hands.
00:28:11.59\00:28:12.99
And that's something I'm sure
that you're teaching them there
00:28:13.02\00:28:15.76
how to wash your hands.
00:28:15.79\00:28:17.19
Exactly.
00:28:17.23\00:28:18.56
That's part of our
sanitation message.
00:28:18.59\00:28:20.36
And we have
something called a Tippy Tap.
00:28:20.40\00:28:23.20
And it's just a container
that we tie a string to,
00:28:23.23\00:28:26.47
we don't have a
picture of it today,
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.10
but it's on our website.
00:28:28.14\00:28:30.04
They actually have a
stick with a foot pedal.
00:28:30.07\00:28:32.71
And when you step on,
it tilts the container over
00:28:32.74\00:28:35.71
and it makes it running water.
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.08
And you know, it's the Bible,
00:28:37.11\00:28:38.45
Leviticus that first identified
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.65
the need for running
water for washing your hands.
00:28:40.68\00:28:44.42
And so all of this scientific,
you know, development,
00:28:44.45\00:28:48.12
you know, the germ theory
00:28:48.16\00:28:49.49
and everything
came thousands of years
00:28:49.52\00:28:51.26
after the Bible identified
a basic health practice.
00:28:51.29\00:28:55.03
Those are the types of
nuggets that we're taking.
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.50
The cleansing of the
sanctuary. That's true.
00:28:57.53\00:28:59.30
As in other way
cleansing, the need to be clean.
00:28:59.33\00:29:02.10
Exactly. And I
like that the tippy tap.
00:29:02.14\00:29:05.11
I'm picturing this now,
you just pressed the pedal.
00:29:05.14\00:29:07.11
Me too. It's
probably not hydraulic.
00:29:07.14\00:29:08.58
It's just something basically
put together to make water.
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.18
It can even just be an old
jug that someone may be bought,
00:29:11.21\00:29:15.02
you know, some
oil or something in
00:29:15.05\00:29:17.35
and then they just
filled up with water
00:29:17.39\00:29:19.05
and tied up with sticks.
00:29:19.09\00:29:20.42
And it's very clever.
00:29:20.46\00:29:21.92
You'll learn how to
do it in our course.
00:29:21.96\00:29:23.69
Okay.
00:29:23.73\00:29:25.06
What about community nurseries?
00:29:25.09\00:29:27.03
Yes, so talking about
growing and agriculture.
00:29:27.06\00:29:30.27
We have a lot of
volunteers in the villages.
00:29:30.30\00:29:33.57
And that's one of the things
00:29:33.60\00:29:34.94
our trainers are
all local people.
00:29:34.97\00:29:37.01
And so when they go
out to the local villages,
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.14
they can inspire
and motivate volunteers.
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.94
But the volunteers also
need ways to make a living.
00:29:41.98\00:29:45.75
So we've started
these community nurseries
00:29:45.78\00:29:47.82
maybe you'll see
the picture come up.
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.18
Yeah.
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.55
And it's beautiful
00:29:50.59\00:29:51.92
because we plant
all sorts of trees.
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.32
So this is up in South Sudan.
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.46
I'm there with John,
one of the team leaders.
00:29:55.49\00:29:57.76
Okay.
00:29:57.79\00:29:59.13
And behind us is thousands,
literally thousands of trees,
00:29:59.16\00:30:02.06
including fruit trees,
trees that are good for wood.
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.50
Under the shed?
00:30:05.53\00:30:06.87
Yes, that's a shade cloth.
00:30:06.90\00:30:08.54
Well, it's their own shade cloth
00:30:08.57\00:30:10.71
made with grass.
00:30:10.74\00:30:12.31
They're very ingenious
to not damage the trees
00:30:12.34\00:30:14.84
and the sun gets so intense.
00:30:14.88\00:30:16.85
But we also have in South Sudan,
00:30:16.88\00:30:19.75
teak wood trees,
00:30:19.78\00:30:21.25
which teak wood
is very expensive.
00:30:21.28\00:30:22.75
It is.
00:30:22.78\00:30:24.12
It's the
perfect climate to grow.
00:30:24.15\00:30:25.49
And so these volunteers
00:30:25.52\00:30:26.92
that are sacrificing
their time and going out,
00:30:26.96\00:30:29.26
they can have a little industry
00:30:29.29\00:30:30.79
so they can sell
these teak wood trees.
00:30:30.83\00:30:33.46
So that's one of
our growing ideas.
00:30:33.50\00:30:36.26
I like that. Yeah.
00:30:36.30\00:30:37.63
And they make a
little income too.
00:30:37.67\00:30:39.00
Exactly.
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.37
I like that
because you could work
00:30:40.40\00:30:41.80
but then if you don't have a way
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.17
of supporting yourself,
00:30:43.20\00:30:44.54
it makes everything's going out,
00:30:44.57\00:30:46.14
you become, you
know, nothing coming in.
00:30:46.17\00:30:49.21
I still can't get
that out of my head,
00:30:49.24\00:30:50.95
the from and the
to, the five freedoms,
00:30:50.98\00:30:53.11
I really
appreciate the way you lead,
00:30:53.15\00:30:54.62
leant on that.
00:30:54.65\00:30:55.98
But then where do
you get all the resources
00:30:56.02\00:30:59.69
to grow all these plants?
00:30:59.72\00:31:03.02
That I know that must. Yeah.
00:31:03.06\00:31:05.09
That's a question I have
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.46
because I look you
said thousands of trees
00:31:06.49\00:31:08.23
and different types of plants.
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.60
How does that happen?
00:31:09.63\00:31:10.97
Well, I mean, amazingly,
because of 3ABN in part,
00:31:11.00\00:31:15.60
people are learning
about this ministry,
00:31:15.64\00:31:17.84
and people are getting
excited about this ministry
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.67
and giving to this ministry.
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.48
And so basically, I see myself
00:31:21.51\00:31:23.81
as just a conduit
for God's blessings.
00:31:23.85\00:31:26.78
And so just like
this frozen shoulder,
00:31:26.82\00:31:29.32
if you recall, you know,
when your heart is frozen,
00:31:29.35\00:31:33.32
you know, the Bible, Jesus says,
00:31:33.36\00:31:35.49
"When lawlessness abounds,
00:31:35.52\00:31:37.73
the love of many will grow cold,
00:31:37.76\00:31:40.03
but those that endure
to the end will be saved
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.63
and then the
gospel will go forth
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.27
unto all the earth and
then the end will come."
00:31:44.30\00:31:46.63
So I think we feel like,
00:31:46.67\00:31:48.14
you know, we're
in the last days,
00:31:48.17\00:31:50.41
but the risk for
us is for our hearts
00:31:50.44\00:31:53.27
to grow cold and not respond.
00:31:53.31\00:31:55.78
And when my
frozen shoulder made me,
00:31:55.81\00:31:57.98
so I couldn't move,
I couldn't reach out,
00:31:58.01\00:31:59.91
but praise God,
00:31:59.95\00:32:01.42
you know, we can reach
out as a body of Christ.
00:32:01.45\00:32:03.65
And so I feel like
the American donors,
00:32:03.69\00:32:05.99
we have actually
people giving now
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.46
from Europe and Australia.
00:32:07.49\00:32:09.96
And, yeah, and we
have people praying for us,
00:32:09.99\00:32:13.16
you know, going to our website,
00:32:13.19\00:32:14.53
you can click on
the different countries
00:32:14.56\00:32:16.10
and people can pray
for our team members,
00:32:16.13\00:32:18.57
we need covering in prayer.
00:32:18.60\00:32:20.30
Some of these
places are quite dangerous.
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.77
We had a finance officer
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.47
in South Sudan
recently attacked.
00:32:24.51\00:32:27.08
And we've had, you
know, different people
00:32:27.11\00:32:29.68
in car accidents
and things like that,
00:32:29.71\00:32:31.45
including myself recently.
00:32:31.48\00:32:33.35
So that's why my shoulder,
00:32:33.38\00:32:34.75
God is still
teaching me to stretch.
00:32:34.78\00:32:37.52
But it's just honestly,
everyone is stretching with us.
00:32:37.55\00:32:42.66
And I am so grateful
to 3ABN for allowing us
00:32:42.69\00:32:45.66
to reach your listening audience
00:32:45.69\00:32:47.30
and to invite them
to stretch with us.
00:32:47.33\00:32:49.16
Amen.
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.53
Now, we talked
about well drilling,
00:32:50.57\00:32:51.90
but I want to show the pictures.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.27
And I want to
include Elizabeth in this,
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.07
as we show the
pictures about the well,
00:32:55.10\00:32:57.47
you talked about
that as a common place
00:32:57.51\00:32:59.51
where people
gather, why are they going?
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.51
What are they doing?
00:33:01.54\00:33:02.88
Because all I see
well is normally you pump.
00:33:02.91\00:33:04.91
Explain the working?
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.28
They're doing there,
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.65
they are actually
drilling the hole.
00:33:07.68\00:33:11.09
Okay.
00:33:11.12\00:33:12.45
So and usually you
pay big enterprises
00:33:12.49\00:33:16.46
to go and do the drilling.
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.49
But the FARM STEW model is
that you call the community.
00:33:18.53\00:33:23.33
So it is them
themselves doing the drilling,
00:33:23.37\00:33:28.14
doing the project.
00:33:28.17\00:33:29.94
Okay.
00:33:29.97\00:33:31.31
So this is why we
draw people together,
00:33:31.34\00:33:34.64
and they work together.
00:33:34.68\00:33:36.44
Like we say, wood,
00:33:36.48\00:33:37.81
whenever you gather wood
it burns twice when you cut it
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.18
and when you
put it in fireplace,
00:33:40.22\00:33:41.55
actually three
times when you cut it,
00:33:41.58\00:33:42.92
when you stack it, when
you put in the fireplace.
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.85
So people that are
benefiting from the water,
00:33:44.89\00:33:47.39
they're drilling
the wells themselves?
00:33:47.42\00:33:48.79
Exactly.
00:33:48.82\00:33:50.16
There's a sense
of accomplishment.
00:33:50.19\00:33:51.53
Exactly.
00:33:51.56\00:33:52.89
And that is the best way also
to, for them to care for it.
00:33:52.93\00:33:56.36
You know, it was,
it cost them something.
00:33:56.40\00:34:00.94
So they put some effort into it.
00:34:00.97\00:34:04.07
So they will care better for it.
00:34:04.11\00:34:06.51
And do we have a
picture of the well finished?
00:34:06.54\00:34:08.68
Yeah, this picture
is so exciting to me,
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.21
because in this
particular situation,
00:34:11.25\00:34:13.52
it was in a
village called Kibera.
00:34:13.55\00:34:15.58
And they drilled the well.
00:34:15.62\00:34:17.55
And, you know, sometimes
things are disheartening.
00:34:17.59\00:34:20.19
And that particular village,
00:34:20.22\00:34:22.22
they had to drill three
times before they got victory.
00:34:22.26\00:34:26.46
And so there was this idea
that they were being cursed,
00:34:26.49\00:34:28.53
but this Pastor
Thomas, who's in this picture,
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.00
doing the
pumping, he was invited
00:34:31.03\00:34:33.40
and he was the
local Adventist pastor,
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.47
this was in a
predominantly Muslim community.
00:34:35.50\00:34:38.87
And once they finally hit
the water in the third well
00:34:38.91\00:34:42.54
after praying each and every day
00:34:42.58\00:34:45.18
before they got started.
00:34:45.21\00:34:47.32
They said, "We
want an Adventist pastor
00:34:47.35\00:34:50.02
to come and pray
to bless this well."
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.49
So that was the celebration.
00:34:52.52\00:34:54.86
In a
predominantly Muslim community?
00:34:54.89\00:34:56.52
Yes. Amen.
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
Wow. Yes.
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.33
That's amazing.
00:34:59.36\00:35:00.70
And that someone
would talk about that,
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.90
the prayer.
00:35:02.93\00:35:04.77
Is this Pastor Richard?
00:35:04.80\00:35:06.27
Pastor Thomas.
00:35:06.30\00:35:07.64
Pastor Thomas, okay.
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.00
Yeah.
00:35:09.04\00:35:10.37
The answer to the prayer.
00:35:10.41\00:35:11.74
The answer to the prayers. Yeah.
00:35:11.77\00:35:13.11
So one of the
things that FARM STEW
00:35:13.14\00:35:14.48
every time before we
start any training anywhere,
00:35:14.51\00:35:17.35
we start with prayer.
00:35:17.38\00:35:19.25
And we're always using
the Bible as the source text.
00:35:19.28\00:35:22.05
You will see in
our FARM STEW manual,
00:35:22.08\00:35:25.09
which again, you
can find on our website,
00:35:25.12\00:35:26.99
every lesson is full of verses.
00:35:27.02\00:35:30.09
And so if we're
talking about anemia,
00:35:30.13\00:35:32.69
for example, and how
to get iron rich food
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.23
into the mouths of children,
00:35:35.26\00:35:37.03
we're talking about the life
of the flesh is in the blood
00:35:37.07\00:35:40.54
and then talking
about Jesus' blood
00:35:40.57\00:35:43.00
and the power of Jesus' blood.
00:35:43.04\00:35:44.37
So it's not your
typical... I like that.
00:35:44.41\00:35:47.71
Just international development
aid program, you know.
00:35:47.74\00:35:50.15
I love how you connect,
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.68
you put always Jesus in
the midst of everything.
00:35:51.71\00:35:54.08
Amen.
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.45
And He is in the center.
00:35:55.48\00:35:56.82
He's our why. Yes.
00:35:56.85\00:35:58.19
Here you go.
00:35:58.22\00:35:59.55
The life of the
flesh is in the blood.
00:35:59.59\00:36:02.12
Wow.
00:36:02.16\00:36:03.49
What a spiritual
connection that is because,
00:36:03.53\00:36:04.93
you know, we have no
strength in our own human flesh.
00:36:04.96\00:36:08.26
So where do we
get that power from?
00:36:08.30\00:36:10.40
The blood of Christ. Amen.
00:36:10.43\00:36:11.87
That's a powerful connection.
00:36:11.90\00:36:13.23
I know. Yeah. I like that.
00:36:13.27\00:36:14.60
I can't wait to
hear your sermon on that,
00:36:14.64\00:36:15.97
Pastor Lomacang.
00:36:16.00\00:36:17.34
I mean, you just took me.
00:36:17.37\00:36:18.71
His mind is going.
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.08
I'm like, I'm on
the program, but I'm oh.
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.44
I'm looking at
this come together.
00:36:21.48\00:36:22.81
That's a powerful connection.
00:36:22.84\00:36:24.18
Power in the blood. Okay.
00:36:24.21\00:36:25.95
Yeah, that's the opening song.
00:36:25.98\00:36:28.55
See, we're getting
the sermon right here.
00:36:28.58\00:36:30.72
But now let's talk about
some of these enterprises
00:36:30.75\00:36:33.15
because as you
know, freedom from,
00:36:33.19\00:36:35.62
and the freedom to
00:36:35.66\00:36:36.99
and then putting the shoulders
00:36:37.03\00:36:38.86
into accomplishing
what the people need
00:36:38.89\00:36:40.66
in their own villages.
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.03
Now, let's talk about
some of the enterprise?
00:36:42.06\00:36:43.93
With this soya milk.
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.63
Yeah, so we have found that
the enterprise is really key.
00:36:45.67\00:36:49.34
I actually did my
public health training
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.17
at Johns Hopkins University.
00:36:51.21\00:36:53.14
And I had this professor named
00:36:53.17\00:36:54.68
Vincente Navarro.
00:36:54.71\00:36:56.04
He was good Latino professor.
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.98
And he would say the best
public health intervention
00:36:58.01\00:37:01.05
anywhere,
00:37:01.08\00:37:02.42
is to provide employment.
00:37:02.45\00:37:04.19
Create jobs.
00:37:04.22\00:37:05.75
And so we don't
want to just come in
00:37:05.79\00:37:08.46
and pay school fees
or set up an orphanage,
00:37:08.49\00:37:10.73
those things are
necessary in some situations.
00:37:10.76\00:37:13.46
But there's dignity in families
00:37:13.50\00:37:15.66
being able to care
for their own children,
00:37:15.70\00:37:17.17
send their own
children to school,
00:37:17.20\00:37:18.53
tithe and offer
and have a livelihood.
00:37:18.57\00:37:21.90
Amen.
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.27
So these small businesses
00:37:23.30\00:37:24.64
are just popping
up all over the place.
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.01
First, it was just
individual households.
00:37:26.04\00:37:28.48
But now we're leading out
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.21
in developing
farmers' cooperatives
00:37:30.25\00:37:32.08
that are bringing
those farmers together,
00:37:32.11\00:37:33.92
helping them market their crops
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.92
because if you don't
have any transportation
00:37:35.95\00:37:38.22
and you're in a village,
00:37:38.25\00:37:39.79
you will sell your crop
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.56
to just whoever happens to
have a truck and drives by,
00:37:41.59\00:37:44.73
and often it's the
lowest possible price.
00:37:44.76\00:37:47.63
So if the farmers can
work together cooperatively
00:37:47.66\00:37:50.27
they can set a higher price.
00:37:50.30\00:37:52.43
And then we also
want them to be doing
00:37:52.47\00:37:54.80
the value addition to the foods.
00:37:54.84\00:37:57.51
So not just
selling raw ingredients,
00:37:57.54\00:38:00.28
but to sell a more refined crop,
00:38:00.31\00:38:03.41
a product that can
be marketed and sold.
00:38:03.45\00:38:05.85
So that's one of our dreams
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.62
is to really take
that to the next level
00:38:07.65\00:38:10.89
in the coming year.
00:38:10.92\00:38:12.25
Now, do you have insecticides?
00:38:12.29\00:38:14.12
How do you with the crop?
00:38:14.16\00:38:17.23
Well, how do you fertilize it?
00:38:17.26\00:38:18.59
Well, we really
teach organic methods,
00:38:18.63\00:38:21.50
not necessarily
certified organic,
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.77
but we teach compost and mulch,
00:38:23.80\00:38:26.70
and they have what's called
Integrated Pest Management.
00:38:26.74\00:38:29.80
So we're always
rotating the crops
00:38:29.84\00:38:31.71
so that we kind
of fool the pest.
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.51
And then they have very clever,
00:38:33.54\00:38:35.64
we hire many agronomists
in these different countries.
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.81
And they have clever
ways of using local herbs
00:38:38.85\00:38:42.28
and, you know, chili
peppers and different things
00:38:42.32\00:38:45.82
that they can mix in
a very natural setting,
00:38:45.85\00:38:48.86
you know, in a
solution, I could say,
00:38:48.89\00:38:51.53
and they can
spray it on the crops
00:38:51.56\00:38:53.70
and it works quite effectively.
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.33
That's right.
00:38:55.36\00:38:56.70
Can you imagine an
ant eating chili peppers?
00:38:56.73\00:38:58.90
That's combustible experience.
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.94
I know.
00:39:01.97\00:39:03.30
But now let's talk
about reaching out to grow.
00:39:03.34\00:39:06.37
Let's bring Cuba
into the picture now.
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.41
Yes. Amen.
00:39:08.44\00:39:09.78
Thank you. Yes.
00:39:09.81\00:39:11.15
Due to the COVID situation
00:39:11.18\00:39:15.62
and because of that we
couldn't travel to Cuba
00:39:15.65\00:39:19.42
where we had a
small beginning there.
00:39:19.45\00:39:23.22
But now that we
started a partnership
00:39:23.26\00:39:25.86
with one youth group,
00:39:25.89\00:39:29.26
all of a sudden we are
working in the whole island
00:39:29.30\00:39:34.10
with 35 Bible workers.
00:39:34.14\00:39:36.30
Wow. Amen.
00:39:36.34\00:39:37.67
Yes, every Monday morning,
00:39:37.71\00:39:39.61
we are training
the Bible workers,
00:39:39.64\00:39:43.65
our methodology.
00:39:43.68\00:39:46.05
And what is so amazing
00:39:46.08\00:39:49.12
is that they have
also started sharing
00:39:49.15\00:39:52.32
what they are
learning with their community
00:39:52.35\00:39:56.26
and with the
people in their churches
00:39:56.29\00:40:00.66
that churches
that they are planting.
00:40:00.70\00:40:03.33
So we see like an explosion
00:40:03.37\00:40:07.34
of what we are doing in Cuba.
00:40:07.37\00:40:10.07
Yeah.
00:40:10.11\00:40:11.44
And one of the
things that was very amazing
00:40:11.47\00:40:13.61
when we did the
farming training,
00:40:13.64\00:40:18.58
you know, we
cannot send easily money
00:40:18.61\00:40:22.65
nor seeds to Cuba.
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.25
That's right. And
that was an issue.
00:40:24.29\00:40:26.49
So they were saying,
"But we don't have seeds."
00:40:26.52\00:40:30.19
And since we were in that call,
00:40:30.23\00:40:33.63
one of them said, "I
have seeds that I can share."
00:40:33.66\00:40:37.77
And the other one said,
00:40:37.80\00:40:39.13
"I also have some
seeds that I can share."
00:40:39.17\00:40:42.27
So all of a sudden,
00:40:42.30\00:40:44.71
the whole 35 Bible workers
00:40:44.74\00:40:48.74
started producing
something in their backyard.
00:40:48.78\00:40:54.42
Okay.
00:40:54.45\00:40:56.22
So it is so nice to see
that instead of getting smaller,
00:40:56.25\00:41:02.02
we are extending ourselves,
00:41:02.06\00:41:05.13
we are stretching out.
00:41:05.16\00:41:06.56
Okay. Yeah.
00:41:06.59\00:41:07.93
And not only in Cuba,
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.30
but also in other
parts of the world.
00:41:09.33\00:41:12.50
Now, let me talk about...
00:41:12.53\00:41:13.87
Tell us about Pastor Samuel?
00:41:13.90\00:41:15.47
Pastor Samuel is our
contact person in Cuba.
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.57
He works for the Cuba union.
00:41:18.61\00:41:21.81
And he is in charge of
all these 35 Bible workers.
00:41:21.84\00:41:26.11
So he's the one
that links us to them.
00:41:26.15\00:41:29.95
Here we have a
picture of Pastor Samuel.
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.69
Yes. And that is a picture.
00:41:31.72\00:41:34.22
With a mask or without a mask?
00:41:34.26\00:41:36.32
Yeah. He's without.
00:41:36.36\00:41:38.66
Without the mask?
00:41:38.69\00:41:40.03
Yeah, he's the
one without the mask.
00:41:40.06\00:41:41.40
Okay.
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.76
The other one is
one of the Bible workers
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.27
receiving his manual in Spanish.
00:41:44.30\00:41:46.74
Okay.
00:41:46.77\00:41:48.10
Because now all the materials
00:41:48.14\00:41:50.24
are in the hands
of the Cuban people,
00:41:50.27\00:41:53.94
I mean, of our
workers over there.
00:41:53.98\00:41:57.15
And yeah, Pastor Samuel
met with several of them
00:41:57.18\00:42:01.42
and he was amazed
and so happy to see that
00:42:01.45\00:42:05.05
they are actually
putting into practice
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.26
what they are learning,
00:42:07.29\00:42:08.62
not only the farming,
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.43
we just finished
the attitude module
00:42:10.46\00:42:12.99
where we talk about depression,
00:42:13.03\00:42:15.20
about forgiveness
and the testimonies
00:42:15.23\00:42:19.40
that come later
on are just amazing.
00:42:19.43\00:42:22.80
Really. Wow.
00:42:22.84\00:42:24.17
I like that the
practicality of Christianity.
00:42:24.21\00:42:25.64
Right.
00:42:25.67\00:42:27.01
We talk about this
quite a bit. We do.
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.81
And I say so often we
have 28 fundamentals that are,
00:42:28.84\00:42:32.21
you know, scripturally sound
00:42:32.25\00:42:33.95
but then when it comes to
interpersonal relationships,
00:42:33.98\00:42:36.35
when it comes to
growing spiritually,
00:42:36.38\00:42:37.82
how do you make that happen?
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.22
Like to hear that.
00:42:39.25\00:42:40.59
Now tell us
about the Philippines?
00:42:40.62\00:42:41.96
Okay.
00:42:41.99\00:42:43.32
You both want
to talk about that?
00:42:43.36\00:42:44.69
Go ahead, Joy.
00:42:44.73\00:42:46.06
Well, we've been so
excited with the partnerships,
00:42:46.09\00:42:47.53
like for example,
in Cuba, we partnered
00:42:47.56\00:42:49.23
with Henry Stubbs
and the World Youth Group
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.30
and all these
different gardens, he called me.
00:42:51.33\00:42:54.40
He was there recently and saw
00:42:54.44\00:42:56.07
all these by
workers growing phenomenal.
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.44
So then we had the
opportunity to meet,
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.28
I have the
opportunity to meet Duane McKey
00:43:01.31\00:43:03.35
with Adventist
World Radio this summer.
00:43:03.38\00:43:06.21
And I had been hearing about
00:43:06.25\00:43:07.58
what was
happening in the Philippines
00:43:07.62\00:43:08.95
on the island of Mindoro,
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.32
with the former rebels
that are coming to the Lord
00:43:10.35\00:43:13.52
through the ministry
of Adventist World Radio.
00:43:13.56\00:43:15.99
And I said to him,
"But do these people know
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.76
how to live differently?
00:43:18.79\00:43:20.26
They're converted, but
do they know how to live?"
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.70
And I said, "I
really believe FARM STEW
00:43:23.73\00:43:26.10
could partner with you
to make that possible."
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.47
Well, they've
taken us very seriously.
00:43:28.50\00:43:31.01
So we've started the
training, just virtually.
00:43:31.04\00:43:33.48
I got to speak to the
former rebels via zoom.
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.78
And then we also
helped with the gardens.
00:43:36.81\00:43:40.02
We did a virtual
training in the morning.
00:43:40.05\00:43:42.98
It was in the
middle of our night.
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.75
And then they went out
00:43:44.79\00:43:46.12
and did the
practical gardening application
00:43:46.15\00:43:48.16
in the afternoon.
00:43:48.19\00:43:49.52
So when Pastor
Wilson and the whole crew
00:43:49.56\00:43:52.26
was there a few months ago,
00:43:52.29\00:43:54.43
they had tremendous
numbers of baptisms.
00:43:54.46\00:43:58.27
And we found out.
And Pastor Ted Wilson?
00:43:58.30\00:43:59.90
Yes. Yes.
00:43:59.93\00:44:01.27
Okay. With Mckey.
00:44:01.30\00:44:02.64
Right. Duane Mckey.
00:44:02.67\00:44:04.01
That's right. Yeah.
00:44:04.04\00:44:05.37
And we found out
that all the former rebels
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.74
that were in the FARM
STEW training were baptized.
00:44:06.78\00:44:08.48
We're so excited.
00:44:08.51\00:44:09.94
We read it. Wow.
00:44:09.98\00:44:11.58
So we're developing and
actually one of the reasons
00:44:11.61\00:44:15.05
I brought Elizabeth
in, in this new role
00:44:15.08\00:44:17.25
is because this
thing could be big.
00:44:17.29\00:44:19.69
So we're
developing project proposals
00:44:19.72\00:44:21.72
and project budgets,
00:44:21.76\00:44:23.09
and we're going to need to seek
00:44:23.12\00:44:24.46
pretty significant funding
00:44:24.49\00:44:26.03
to reach all
these mountain people,
00:44:26.06\00:44:27.96
including all our
work in Africa, Cuba,
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.60
and now even
hoping to start something
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.97
in the United States soon.
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.57
And you have a
picture of Pastor Richard
00:44:34.60\00:44:38.41
that is involved in
the Philippines work?
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.01
Yeah, it's pastor.
00:44:41.04\00:44:43.14
Oh, goodness. Dulay.
00:44:43.18\00:44:44.51
Robert Dulay. Okay.
00:44:44.55\00:44:45.88
Who is working with
us in the Philippines,
00:44:45.91\00:44:48.02
and he's a tremendous leader.
00:44:48.05\00:44:50.32
And just
excellent, excellent, so...
00:44:50.35\00:44:53.19
Now when we talk about,
00:44:53.22\00:44:54.56
I'm hearing
from rebel to redeem,
00:44:54.59\00:44:58.26
that's their theme
because I saw that.
00:44:58.29\00:45:00.03
I love that.
00:45:00.06\00:45:01.40
From rebel to redeem,
00:45:01.43\00:45:02.76
I saw that video
with Pastor Wilson.
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.13
Yeah, we did.
00:45:04.17\00:45:05.50
And we read the
article preaching to the rebels
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.47
that were in the
mountains that became,
00:45:07.50\00:45:09.77
they went from
darkness to light.
00:45:09.80\00:45:12.01
And they gave their energies
now to taken the gospel out.
00:45:12.04\00:45:15.01
Talk about staffing now.
00:45:15.04\00:45:16.61
That's something
that I want to hit
00:45:16.64\00:45:17.98
before we wind up our program
00:45:18.01\00:45:19.75
and some of the needs you have?
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.12
Yes.
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.48
So our staffing, like I said,
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.85
we work with local
people in all the countries.
00:45:23.89\00:45:25.92
So it's led by nationals.
00:45:25.95\00:45:27.86
I meet with them
on a weekly basis
00:45:27.89\00:45:30.39
on a management team.
00:45:30.43\00:45:31.76
And we, you know, we
really have to make sure
00:45:31.79\00:45:34.06
that the funds
are well stewarded.
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.23
One of the things Elizabeth
didn't say about herself was,
00:45:36.26\00:45:38.67
she was at one point
the Chief Financial Officer
00:45:38.70\00:45:41.87
for the
university in Bolivia then.
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.14
Wow, in Bolivia.
00:45:44.17\00:45:45.64
So you bring this
to the table also?
00:45:45.67\00:45:47.34
Yes. Yes, she's very...
00:45:47.38\00:45:48.94
Well qualified.
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.31
Diligent and she's
helping me because,
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.98
you know, I'm growing,
00:45:53.01\00:45:54.45
I'm stretching
into this position.
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.15
But one of the ways
that God is equipping us
00:45:56.18\00:45:58.39
is by bringing staff
that are just phenomenal.
00:45:58.42\00:46:01.52
So we're still a very small team
00:46:01.56\00:46:02.92
here in the United States.
00:46:02.96\00:46:04.29
But we have 56 full
time workers in Africa.
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.23
Fifty six? Wow.
00:46:07.26\00:46:08.60
Yes.
00:46:08.63\00:46:09.96
And this is in five
different countries,
00:46:10.00\00:46:12.60
we're actually also now
training in three universities.
00:46:12.63\00:46:17.37
ASOME, which is
the medical school
00:46:17.41\00:46:19.11
in Rwanda,
00:46:19.14\00:46:20.48
the Malawi Adventist University,
00:46:20.51\00:46:22.38
and launching at
Bugema University in Uganda.
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.71
So this is taking our training,
00:46:25.75\00:46:29.02
and not just doing
it under the mango tree,
00:46:29.05\00:46:32.12
but doing at the
university level as well.
00:46:32.15\00:46:34.89
So we want to stretch
00:46:34.92\00:46:36.26
to basically get
our information out
00:46:36.29\00:46:37.79
to as many regions of the world.
00:46:37.83\00:46:39.16
We've had a few
other universities,
00:46:39.19\00:46:40.53
including the one
in the Philippines,
00:46:40.56\00:46:42.66
reach out and ask, so we're...
00:46:42.70\00:46:45.00
Is it accredited
course or is it just?
00:46:45.03\00:46:48.14
It's not accredited through
the different university,
00:46:48.17\00:46:51.61
through the national levels yet.
00:46:51.64\00:46:53.24
So we're working
on that accreditation.
00:46:53.27\00:46:55.54
But it's qualifying them
to be able to participate
00:46:55.58\00:46:58.11
and function in the ministry?
00:46:58.15\00:46:59.71
Exactly. Yes.
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.78
And I was impressed as,
you know, we were talking about
00:47:01.82\00:47:04.02
the program in our prep time.
00:47:04.05\00:47:05.45
You had a quote
that was very inspiring
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.52
and encouraging
about what FARM STEW does.
00:47:07.56\00:47:09.76
I want to have you share that
with our audience right now.
00:47:09.79\00:47:12.56
Yes, so we are
inviting everyone to stretch.
00:47:12.59\00:47:16.50
So we have a
picture of this quote,
00:47:16.53\00:47:17.93
even it's so powerful,
00:47:17.97\00:47:19.80
because, you know, as we
continue to be challenged
00:47:19.83\00:47:22.97
with all the
changes in the world,
00:47:23.00\00:47:25.21
this quote inspires me.
00:47:25.24\00:47:26.57
It says, "The work
that lies before us
00:47:26.61\00:47:28.18
is one that will
put to the stretch
00:47:28.21\00:47:30.05
every power of the human being.
00:47:30.08\00:47:32.61
It will call for the
exercise of strong faith
00:47:32.65\00:47:35.22
and constant vigilance.
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.29
At times, the
difficulties we shall meet
00:47:37.32\00:47:39.79
will be most disheartening.
00:47:39.82\00:47:41.52
The very greatness of
the task will appall us.
00:47:41.56\00:47:44.73
And yet, with God's help,
00:47:44.76\00:47:47.26
His servants
will finally triumph."
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.30
Amen. I love that.
00:47:50.33\00:47:51.67
So it's not going to be easy,
00:47:51.70\00:47:53.44
but nothing worth
accomplishing is really easy.
00:47:53.47\00:47:56.27
That's right. Absolutely.
00:47:56.30\00:47:57.64
Wow. And I saw the word stretch.
00:47:57.67\00:47:59.44
Yes. There we go.
00:47:59.47\00:48:00.81
Yeah.
00:48:00.84\00:48:02.18
Well, and one of the things
I like to say sometimes is,
00:48:02.21\00:48:03.68
you know, we're
blazing new trails,
00:48:03.71\00:48:05.61
they call it bushwhacking,
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.22
you know, and sometimes
you're gonna have a branch
00:48:07.25\00:48:09.15
hit you in the face
00:48:09.18\00:48:10.92
when you're bushwhacking.
00:48:10.95\00:48:12.29
You can't expect
things to go easily,
00:48:12.32\00:48:14.52
but with God's
help, His servants
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.59
and that's what we
seek to be is His servants.
00:48:17.63\00:48:20.23
We have a great team.
00:48:20.26\00:48:21.93
We're all trying
to be synced together
00:48:21.96\00:48:23.60
as His servants.
00:48:23.63\00:48:24.97
And we do believe
that we will triumph.
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With God, all things
are possible, isn't it?
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Amen. That's right.
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I want you to bring
in some of the needs
00:48:31.01\00:48:32.34
because our listeners have been
hearing this amazing stretch
00:48:32.37\00:48:36.08
and growth and increasing,
00:48:36.11\00:48:37.88
thank you for Elizabeth
being part of this new stretch
00:48:37.91\00:48:40.95
and the manual.
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.32
We know this takes
funds to make happen.
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.59
The 56 people
that are working there
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.86
in the country in
the continent of Africa,
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.96
different countries.
00:48:48.99\00:48:50.33
Talk about some of
the financial needs
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.83
you have to keep this
moving and going and growing?
00:48:51.86\00:48:55.30
It's a
phenomenal ministry. Yeah.
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.20
So well, we have an
incredible board of directors
00:48:57.23\00:48:59.97
and we've just
approved a very bold budget.
00:49:00.00\00:49:02.94
And they say you
should just account
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.87
on maybe five to
10% growth each year.
00:49:04.91\00:49:07.58
And I have to say we've had
between 50 to 100% every year.
00:49:07.61\00:49:11.61
What? Amen.
00:49:11.65\00:49:12.98
And that is what's allowed us
00:49:13.01\00:49:14.35
to continue to stretch and grow.
00:49:14.38\00:49:16.28
So we put out a bold budget that
00:49:16.32\00:49:18.12
has those five
freedom priorities.
00:49:18.15\00:49:20.26
So there's funds
that go into trainers
00:49:20.29\00:49:22.32
and their transportation
and the seeds for the gardens.
00:49:22.36\00:49:25.49
Freedom from shame.
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
We want to help
5,000 girls again this year
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.96
for with pads and
latrines for families,
00:49:30.00\00:49:33.10
then we want to
help put in wells.
00:49:33.13\00:49:35.37
This year, we are
hopefully by the very end,
00:49:35.40\00:49:39.81
I shouldn't date this,
we put in 30 wells this year
00:49:39.84\00:49:44.81
and we're hoping
to do 50 next year.
00:49:44.85\00:49:47.42
So each of those
costs between 4,500
00:49:47.45\00:49:50.79
or in some places where we
do have to bring in a big rig
00:49:50.82\00:49:53.36
it can go up as high as 12,000
00:49:53.39\00:49:55.59
in a really difficult terrains
like way North and South Sudan.
00:49:55.62\00:49:59.89
So the wells, the
cook stoves are very cheap,
00:49:59.93\00:50:03.13
we can put those in
for about $15 a family.
00:50:03.16\00:50:06.74
And then the freedom to share,
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.90
say, for example, a translation,
00:50:08.94\00:50:10.47
it may cost us $7,000
to do the full translation
00:50:10.51\00:50:13.81
of the manual
and all the materials
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.54
that go with us.
00:50:15.58\00:50:16.91
Okay.
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.28
So and then the freedom to grow,
00:50:18.31\00:50:19.65
the businesses
are anywhere from,
00:50:19.68\00:50:21.92
they could cost as
little as 1,000 up to 200,000.
00:50:21.95\00:50:25.92
So, we're
hoping and praying that
00:50:25.95\00:50:28.06
we can do some of those big ones
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.72
but again, we're going
to have to have a stretch
00:50:29.76\00:50:31.96
from listeners and donors
00:50:31.99\00:50:33.93
that would make that possible.
00:50:33.96\00:50:35.30
Wow.
00:50:35.33\00:50:36.67
I'm looking at
every time you come,
00:50:36.70\00:50:38.10
you always exuberant.
00:50:38.13\00:50:39.77
You do.
00:50:39.80\00:50:41.44
And trusting the
Lord and we're seeing
00:50:41.47\00:50:43.04
how the Lord is
stretching FARM STEW
00:50:43.07\00:50:45.47
and we didn't
talk about this today,
00:50:45.51\00:50:46.84
but your conversion story to get
00:50:46.88\00:50:48.24
to where you are
today is phenomenal.
00:50:48.28\00:50:49.98
We'll encourage our
audience that's listening
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.68
and watching the
program to go to that website.
00:50:51.71\00:50:54.02
We'll give the information
just a moment but FARM STEW...
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.69
But, honey, she was also trained
00:50:56.72\00:50:58.05
from she was young
by her grandparents
00:50:58.09\00:51:00.86
before she became an
Adventist, which was good.
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.32
You had the foundation. Amen.
00:51:03.36\00:51:05.23
Growing up on a farm.
00:51:05.26\00:51:07.00
Well, her grandparents.
00:51:07.03\00:51:08.36
With my grandparents, yeah.
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.73
With your grandparents,
but as you've heard
00:51:09.76\00:51:11.10
and FARM STEW is
primarily an acronym,
00:51:11.13\00:51:13.84
farming, attitude,
rest, meals, sanitation,
00:51:13.87\00:51:16.57
temperance,
enterprise and water.
00:51:16.60\00:51:19.34
And at this news break,
00:51:19.37\00:51:20.91
we're going to
give you the website
00:51:20.94\00:51:22.28
where you can go
find out more about it.
00:51:22.31\00:51:24.31
And as we just found out,
00:51:24.35\00:51:25.68
it's in five
different languages.
00:51:25.71\00:51:27.05
And they're
going to be stretching
00:51:27.08\00:51:28.62
to include more
resources to get the gospel out.
00:51:28.65\00:51:31.55
And after this news break,
00:51:31.59\00:51:32.95
we're going to come back
for some closing thoughts.
00:51:32.99\00:51:35.46
So don't go away.
00:51:35.49\00:51:37.16
We'll be right back.
00:51:37.19\00:51:38.53
If you would like to contact
00:51:42.96\00:51:44.60
or know more about
FARM STEW International,
00:51:44.63\00:51:47.17
you can write to
them at PO Box 291,
00:51:47.20\00:51:50.47
Princeton, Illinois 61356.
00:51:50.51\00:51:54.71
You can also call them
00:51:54.74\00:51:56.14
at 815-200-4925.
00:51:56.18\00:52:01.58
That's 815-200-4925.
00:52:01.62\00:52:06.92
You can also visit their website
00:52:06.96\00:52:08.39
at Farmstew.org
00:52:08.42\00:52:10.99
That's Farmstew.org
00:52:11.03\00:52:13.83
or you can email
them at Joy@Farmstew.org
00:52:13.86\00:52:19.03
That's Joy@Farmstew.org
00:52:19.07\00:52:23.44