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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
My name is Yvonne Shelton and
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I'm so happy that you've chosen
to join us today. We have a
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wonderful program for you.
You're going to be blessed,
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you're going to be informed,
you're going to be enlightened,
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you're going to be inspired by
our guests. And so we just want
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you to know that the Lord is
with us, He's with you. He will
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never leave you nor forsake you.
And so today we're going to talk
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about how God has blessed this
ministry and how the harvest
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from this ministry has been
so fruitful. Matthew 9 verses 37
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and 38 says: Then He said
(talking about Jesus) Then He
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said to His disciples, The
harvest truly is plentiful, but
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the laborers are few. Therefore
pray the Lord of the harvest
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to send out laborers into
his harvest. And today we have
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laborers from the Lord's harvest
We have with us Heidi Tompkins
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and Ivan Raj of Heidi's Health
Kitchen. And they're cofounders.
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Heidi is the CFO, Ivan is the
CEO. You guys work together and
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together the Lord is yielding
such an amazing harvest. And so
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today we're going to talk about
that harvest and what God is
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doing. But before we do that we
have some wonderful music from
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our beloved Martha DeLuna.
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¤ ¤ This is My Father's
World Martha DeLuna on the harp.
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Thank you, Martha. This is my
Father's world. What a beautiful
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song and we really appreciate
Martha's ministry. So let us
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talk about Heidi's Kitchen.
Heidi's Health Kitchen. We have
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a video actually that kind
of gives some background. Let's
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take a look at that and
then we'll talk about it. Okay.
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Eight years ago Heidi's Health
Kitchen was founded in Brooklyn,
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New York as a hybrid model
of Christ-centered business
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supporting a Christ-centered
ministry. As a business, our
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products include Carubies,
delicious carob truffles,
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Carubella a decadent carob
spread, raw mock tuna, our award
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winning product, V-Chick 7, a
jackfruit based Indian flavored
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meat, V-chick Tandoori
drumsticks, a meat substitute
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with higher protein and
delicious Indian spices,
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Figspresso, a delicious roasted
fig-based coffee alternative.
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These products have been loved
by our customers across the
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nation and each purchase in turn
has supported our gospel work
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locally and internationally.
During COVID-19 God has
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sustained and expanded, both our
business and our ministry. It
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has been a blessing to serve our
patrons as well as each one of
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our Bible students.
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I have been really, really
blessed by some friends that
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happen to also be our
entrepreneurs and they are
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owners and directly involved
in the everyday promotion and
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creation of all of the products
called Heidi's Health food
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Kitchen. I just feel like
everything that they have to
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offer to me has always been not
about money but about my health
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my spiritual health as well as
food. It's a great honor to not
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only be friends with them but
to be able to support Heidi's
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Health food Kitchen's mission,
which is for Christ and for
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healthy living and body and they
are definitely changing my life
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and my children's and the people
they contact. I thank them very
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much for their huge contribution
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I came to this Bible study
because, well it was actually to
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help my sister with her kids
but it turned out to be very
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informative. I really like
the way he puts history to match
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like what the Bible is saying
and he explains a lot of things
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that a lot of like religions
like I grew up Baptist and they
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couldn't explain like how three
beings to be one. And I just
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think it was really informative.
And he has a lot of patience to
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explain things.
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I first met brother Ivan in a
debate. I told him that Seventh-
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day Adventist is a cult. I don't
believe in SDA. We started a
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conversation and he started
explaining to me their beliefs,
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the Seventh-day
beliefs. I told him it was like
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salvation by grace.
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I went to Heidi's Health
ministry and I have become a
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part of it that not only were
the scriptural understandings
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that I had developed and
understood from my reading of
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scripture and
alone time with God.
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They were confirmed
and not only were they
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confirmed, God had furthered my
understanding of the work that
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He wanted me to do. So I'm
grateful for everything that has
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happened in my life because of
God and Heidi's Health Kitchen.
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I've been a fitness professional
for 20-plus years. As a personal
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trainer diet and lifestyle are
very important to me. So during
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the lockdowns I went to Bible
study at Heidi's Health Kitchen
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I was introduced to Ellen
White's writings on the diet and
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health message and as a fitness
professional I was amazed at the
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knowledge that she had. I was
like, Wow this woman was really
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ahead of her time. I was
very impressed and this is
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information that we've been
first starting to implement in
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the past 20 years. I'm grateful
for Heidi's Health Kitchen and
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for the time that they invested
in me to teach me about health
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and fitness from a biblical
and spiritual standpoint. I then
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decided to get
baptized in October of 2020.
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Heidi's Health Kitchen supports
a ministry in India in various
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ways including providing regular
mentorship to their staff. This
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school has recently led over 40
souls to baptism amongst their
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many other efforts.
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Wow, look at that. Look at God.
Look at how He's brought your
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ministry. It's a business
but it's a ministry. Let's talk
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about how you got started, where
this all came from. Let's start
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with you Heidi.
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Sure. Well we were Bible workers
and we really needed just a way
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to support our Bible
work and God provided that.
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Wow, so He
provided it through...
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Through giving us
products to support our work.
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So you were teaching, you
were giving Bible studies first
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(correct) before you were into
the whole kitchen (yeah) Because
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you've been on 3ABN, both of you
several times but there are some
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viewers who are not familiar
with your story. So kind of
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catch up a little
bit on you know...
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Sure. So we actually only were
doing some Bible work in New
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York City and God put in my mind
to start a health food based
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business to fund our ministry.
I reached out to Heidi regarding
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that and then she said sure
let's do it. So then she shared
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the products that she had made
in the past which people have
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loved and enjoyed. And then we
decided to take it as a business
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or make it as a business. And
God has blessed us through the
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sales of these products to
support our Bible work, locally
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and internationally.
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That's wonderful. And we have
some products right here. (Yes)
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Tell us about these.
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It all started with carob, but
we started making carob truffles
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and I prayed and I just asked
God for more flavors and I would
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with the recipe like downloaded
in my brain and I would just
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make them, one shot, no
experimenting, and we have eight
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flavors today, three different
assortments. They're absolutely
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amazing. They're called
Carubies Carob Truffles.
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I love it. I love it.
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And then a little bit later
I wanted to have a carob spread
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so I prayed about that and so
God gave us Carubella, woke up
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with the recipe downloaded in my
brain and this is like a vegan
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Nutella. Instead of chocolate
and hazelnut it's carob. Yeah.
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Are these free
samples, I'm just saying.
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We do have some
samples that you can have.
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Okay great.
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We also have Figspresso. It's a
roasted fig beverage and so it's
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made from organic figs. They're
sun-dried, roasted, and ground
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and you brew it however
you'd brew coffee or we have
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instructions on the back if
you don't have a coffee maker.
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We also sell some products
in bulk because like for example
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one of our flavors of Carubies
is Black Forest and we flavor
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that with a sweet almond oil
and there's a tart Montmorency
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cherry in the center of
each and just some of our bulk
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ingredients we just sell at a
really good price because we can
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And we also make granola. We
started a line of granola. We
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have blueberry maple which we
actually very first debuted at
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the 2017 camp meeting when we
cooked for the fall camp meeting
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for 3ABN. I made two different
varieties of granola and there
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were actually three specific
families that loved it and they
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said can we buy whatever you
have left and they did. And so
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we decided, you know what, we
need to sell it. We are selling
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granola now as well plus the
other products that the viewers
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saw in the video.
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Wow, that is an incredible...
So how have you been able to
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tie these health products
into ministry? Because it's a
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business, right, your model is
a business model so a for-profit
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model. But it's used to fund
your ministry. (Yeah) Let's hear
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about your ministry activities
and what you're using the funds
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from these
products for to (indistinct)
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Yeah the purchase of every
product directly funds these
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ministry activities.
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Yes, so basically when we offer
Bible studies we also make sure
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that they have Bible
study lesson guides, Bible study
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guides. So we make purchases on
behalf of the student and then
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we also travel to them certain
times and also we cook for them
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to help them transition from
eating unclean foods into plant
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based as established by God.
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That is so great, that is so
great. We just went through you
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know over the past couple of
years the pandemic. And I know
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you guys have really worked
through that. Tell us what you
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did through COVID.
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Yes so thank God we didn't
have a restaurant although many
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people were inspiring us
and encouraging us to start a
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restaurant. As a matter of
fact we have a picture of Heidi
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winning an award at a restaurant
show, at the New York restaurant
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show in 2018 I believe. (There
it is) And then one of the
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judges there at the contest was
a celebrity chef and he said,
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I'll fund your restaurant if
you want to start one. He is a
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multimillionaire, but obviously
we are told by God not to be
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unequally yoked. So his plan
was different and our plan was
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mission-minded, Christ-focused
but his was more of a world
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centered. So we rejected that.
It was a good temptation. I mean
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it was a good temptation
in the sense like it was a big
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temptation. (Right) But we
all came back. Thank God during
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COVID our sales increased a lot.
We were very, very busy. In fact
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our highest profit percentage
happened during the COVID
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lockdowns.
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Wow, my. It's so interesting to
me that Satan comes in different
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ways and you might have needed
some extra money to do this
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project but the Lord
said no. (Two voices)
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Yeah, I'm praying about it. You
know we were praying for this
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man, this celebrity chef,
because you know we're not
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going to be open on Sabbath, I
don't care who's funding it you
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know (Right, right) And so
you know we really prayed about
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these things, you know, and
if God would soften his heart to
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make him open to these things
and so forth. As we had further
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discussions with him it was
very clear and obvious that he
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was wanting to just make it like
another of his other 27 or 30
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restaurants and so the
mission would be lost and so...
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The focus on mission
would be lost. (Right, correct)
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Yes, and that's the thing. The
devil will do different things
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to distract us from the mission
that God has on and so you said
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no, because you felt led by the
Lord and He's going to provide
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for you anyway.
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Absolutely. And we thank
God for the opportunity to have
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these discussions with this guy
to witness to him, to pray about
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to pray for him. Who knows.
Maybe no one in his life is
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praying for him. We don't know,
right? (Very true) And so we
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just thank God for that
opportunity and the discussions
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that did happen.
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And I'm sure that standing
for what you felt the Lord was
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having you to do, people respect
that (Yes) you know that you
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could not be bought (right) but
that you stood for what you knew
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to be right. The Lord honors
that and I think people respect
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that. And I think that your
having this ministry that looks
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at the whole person. You know
you're treating the physical
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aspect with this health products
and also the spiritual with the
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Bible studies. You're tying
it all together which is a great
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thing. You had an experience
Heidi, a prodigal daughter
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experience. Tell us about that.
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Yes, my sister has an amazing
story and Ivan and I have been
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working with her and Ivan
actually interviewed her and
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has really done very good in
counseling her and talking to
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her. So Ivan would you
share more about her story?
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Sure. So Heidi's sister was
raised an Adventist, obviously
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Heidi also, but in her teens,
late teens, she attended a
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seminar on prophecies and the
Adventist pastor presented about
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the national Sunday law. And
then she noted on all the points
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as to why those Bible prophecies
about the national Sunday law
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will not happen. And she gave
it to her dad. But after a few
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decades, a couple of decades,
after she observed what happened
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during the pandemic, she came
to the realization that it is
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indeed possible that Bible
prophecies regarding national
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Sunday law is 100 percent
possible. And therefore she has
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left her worldly lifestyle
and she has switched into for
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example stopped eating unclean
foods now eats only clean foods
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stopped other worldly activities
and then she also has been
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observing the Sabbath as well.
And she has developed a personal
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relationship with God. So she
basically left the church and
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then came back to the church.
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That is so beautiful, it's so
beautiful...You know that sounds
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similar to years ago when I was
growing up and had the prophecy
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seminars I used to think how is
it that you won't be able to buy
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or sell? I knew it was going to
come to pass because the Bible
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said so but it just seemed far
fetched to me. And now it's so
00:22:21.77\00:22:28.14
obvious how it's going to happen
and there's so many other things
00:22:28.18\00:22:31.51
that are so much more obvious
now that we just never...We knew
00:22:31.55\00:22:36.79
it was going to happen but now
we can see it before our very
00:22:36.82\00:22:41.96
eyes. Prophecy is being
fulfilled before our very eyes.
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.66
At the time when that
pastor came and spoke she had
00:22:44.69\00:22:48.96
aspirations to be a lawyer and
even to be a supreme court judge
00:22:49.00\00:22:52.53
And so she was thinking, we have
a supreme court. There's no way
00:22:52.57\00:22:56.34
these things are ever going to
happen in our country. We have
00:22:56.37\00:22:58.77
a constitution, we have
protection as citizens and she
00:22:58.81\00:23:04.75
just couldn't you know couldn't
envision or couldn't imagine
00:23:04.78\00:23:07.15
that those things would ever
be broken down. And so when they
00:23:07.18\00:23:11.45
began to be broken down and when
rights were curtailed and so
00:23:11.49\00:23:16.19
forth then she remembered that.
00:23:16.22\00:23:19.13
She was a lawyer for 25 years.
00:23:19.16\00:23:20.60
Yes and she is a lawyer and so
when she started observing the
00:23:20.63\00:23:26.50
things going on in the world and
you know rights being taken away
00:23:26.53\00:23:30.74
In fact, she lives in New Jersey
and she's very athletic. There's
00:23:30.77\00:23:35.64
a gym owner who was fined very,
very heavily for remaining open
00:23:35.68\00:23:42.28
to allow people to come and work
out at the gym, even if they
00:23:42.32\00:23:45.65
were wearing masks. Like he was
being fined heavily for being
00:23:45.69\00:23:49.92
open. And then after that his
bank account was frozen so he
00:23:49.96\00:23:55.20
couldn't even make his defense.
He couldn't afford a defense.
00:23:55.23\00:23:58.13
And so she was seeing all these
things going on and thinking wow
00:23:58.17\00:24:03.71
now I understand. These things
are possible and the only way,
00:24:03.74\00:24:11.75
the only way we
will survive is with God.
00:24:11.78\00:24:14.52
Yes that's so true and I know
this story is so emotional for
00:24:14.55\00:24:18.95
you which is why you had Ivan
share it because seeing your
00:24:18.99\00:24:24.33
sister now loving Jesus what...
It's so amazing. I had the same
00:24:24.36\00:24:30.27
experience with my sister
so you know knowing that she's
00:24:30.30\00:24:34.84
accepted the Lord and I mean
that's just amazing. Now she's
00:24:34.87\00:24:39.54
doing law, I mean she's
continuing to do law but she's
00:24:39.57\00:24:43.88
still...Now she's honoring Jesus
through all of that. What a
00:24:43.91\00:24:47.25
blessing. (Yeah)
00:24:47.28\00:24:48.62
She's preparing for His advent.
00:24:48.65\00:24:50.02
Yes, that's so wonderful. And
you've been involved in studies,
00:24:50.05\00:24:54.52
Bible studies, in the
middle east and India.
00:24:54.56\00:24:57.26
Tell us about that.
00:24:57.29\00:24:58.63
Yeah, so we've had Bible studies
for instance in the middle east
00:24:58.66\00:25:01.86
and obviously, I cannot
mention the name of the country
00:25:01.90\00:25:05.70
but we did have baptisms
there also. We sent Bible study
00:25:05.73\00:25:10.74
materials from here to
that country in their own local
00:25:10.77\00:25:13.98
languages and we did a
Bible study through the Google
00:25:14.01\00:25:18.28
translator. So I translated from
English to their language and
00:25:18.31\00:25:22.92
they read it and they'll again
translate in their language and
00:25:22.95\00:25:25.05
send back questions to me. So
that led to two baptisms. So our
00:25:25.09\00:25:29.89
local conference and leadership
there they went and they
00:25:29.92\00:25:33.13
baptized those two beautiful
souls in the middle east.
00:25:33.16\00:25:36.60
That is so beautiful.
What studies are you using?
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.07
Did you make them up yourself
or are you using like a series?
00:25:40.10\00:25:44.34
We have a common lesson. It
depends on the individual. It
00:25:44.37\00:25:48.91
is Written or Amazing Facts
and we also have our own set of
00:25:48.94\00:25:52.11
Bible studies as well. So it
depends on the person and the...
00:25:52.15\00:25:55.88
Or the language group as
well. It Is Written has a lot of
00:25:55.92\00:25:58.82
different languages.
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.19
So for this group in the middle
east we sent It Is Written study
00:26:00.22\00:26:03.63
guides.
00:26:03.66\00:26:04.99
That is so beautiful. I just
love what you guys are doing
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.46
incorporating the physical and
the spiritual and working with
00:26:07.50\00:26:12.37
people and getting them to
know who Jesus is and then feel
00:26:12.40\00:26:17.51
better because they're eating
better. I mean this is what the
00:26:17.54\00:26:21.38
Lord would have us to do so
that's great. Tell us about Joe.
00:26:21.41\00:26:25.41
So, Joe, Joe is the brother of
one of our team members back in
00:26:25.45\00:26:32.55
Long Island, Helen.
00:26:32.59\00:26:34.02
She's our manager.
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.69
She's our catering manager and
popup restaurant manager. And
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.73
Helen was praying for Joe (her
brother) her brother about a
00:26:38.76\00:26:44.03
year for God to reveal to him
the Sabbath truth because they
00:26:44.07\00:26:49.00
couldn't talk about it. They
disagreed you know and it just
00:26:49.04\00:26:51.54
brought conflict. You got
to love it. So one day Joe was
00:26:51.57\00:26:58.38
outside and God spoke to him and
revealed to him that the Sabbath
00:26:58.41\00:27:03.59
is the seventh day,
Saturday and not Sunday.
00:27:03.62\00:27:06.62
We have a video,
don't we? Let's take a look.
00:27:06.65\00:27:09.52
¤ ¤
00:27:09.56\00:27:15.53
I have been praying for a year
(Helen Miller and Joe C) for my
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.93
brother to come to the
truth about the Sabbath. I tried
00:27:19.97\00:27:23.10
speaking to him and we didn't
always agree on what day was the
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.61
day of rest so I decided to take
it to God and let Him handle it.
00:27:26.64\00:27:30.58
I had a specific prayer. I
wanted God to reveal the Sabbath
00:27:30.61\00:27:35.72
truth to him so that was all
I asked for in prayer for him.
00:27:35.75\00:27:39.75
And I just continued every night
without fail for God to reveal
00:27:39.79\00:27:45.89
the Sabbath truth. He calls me
up. He wants to talk about a few
00:27:45.93\00:27:51.13
things and we're on the phone
and he says to me, Helen you
00:27:51.17\00:27:56.00
know, I know what day the
Sabbath is the real Sabbath.
00:27:56.04\00:27:59.97
God revealed that to me.
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.94
I was going to a
different church and we had our
00:28:01.98\00:28:07.65
differences in it and after
a while we decided we really
00:28:07.68\00:28:12.49
didn't speak about it that much
and stuff anymore. And then this
00:28:12.52\00:28:16.02
one day I was sitting outside
and God started talking to me
00:28:16.06\00:28:20.36
and He started telling me about
the Sabbath day. And everything
00:28:20.40\00:28:24.23
changed and I saw it in a
different way. And I started
00:28:24.27\00:28:28.44
coming to Bible studies and I
started learning the truth about
00:28:28.47\00:28:32.44
the Bible and seeing
it in a different way.
00:28:32.47\00:28:36.28
What a blessing, right? From
this we get so much. We get that
00:28:36.31\00:28:43.69
God hears our prayers, we get
that He answers our prayers and
00:28:43.72\00:28:47.99
and he wants to save us more
than...He wanted to save Joe
00:28:48.02\00:28:52.39
more than his sister even wanted
him saved. (Yes) And so the
00:28:52.43\00:28:57.20
Lord imparted that
truth, the Sabbath truth to him.
00:28:57.23\00:29:00.20
Initially, he just thought that
okay so I'm keeping the wrong
00:29:00.24\00:29:04.51
day as a holy day. So now I'm
keeping the right day according
00:29:04.54\00:29:09.94
to the Bible and then he thought
I think life was good, it was
00:29:09.98\00:29:14.68
good and fine. But he kept
coming back to our Bible studies
00:29:14.72\00:29:18.49
and here's oh state of the dead.
That's a new concept according
00:29:18.52\00:29:23.89
to the Bible for him because
what he had understood about
00:29:23.93\00:29:26.43
that is completely different
from what the Bible says.
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.96
And then the millennium and then
about the gift of tongues and
00:29:29.00\00:29:33.80
about the sanctuary, about
mark of the beast and who's the
00:29:33.84\00:29:40.11
second beast. All of this
was revealed to him. And he's
00:29:40.14\00:29:44.95
preparing to be baptized. (Amen)
00:29:44.98\00:29:49.58
He also has made significant
changes after the health lesson.
00:29:49.62\00:29:53.09
Learning about a biblical
life style. He and his wife also
00:29:53.12\00:29:57.59
stopped eating unclean meat and
they used to eat out a lot like
00:29:57.63\00:30:02.93
almost every meal but you know
when you're eating out they're
00:30:02.96\00:30:05.23
cooking clean and unclean on the
same grill, right? And so they
00:30:05.27\00:30:08.44
started wanting to cook more at
home and you know weren't really
00:30:08.47\00:30:13.17
sure how to do that because you
know they've always eaten out.
00:30:13.21\00:30:16.51
They did not know that food is
so important for spiritual life.
00:30:16.54\00:30:22.98
They did not know that. So when
we were presenting these things
00:30:23.02\00:30:27.29
to them, they accepted it and
they desired to make a conscious
00:30:27.32\00:30:31.69
effort to discard all of the
unclean meat. So Heidi's Health
00:30:31.73\00:30:36.23
Kitchen manager, Helen, and
Heidi and I, we went to their
00:30:36.26\00:30:39.63
home and then we started
showing them how to prepare some
00:30:39.67\00:30:43.17
healthy plant-based foods and
they have replicated it multiple
00:30:43.20\00:30:46.78
times.
00:30:46.81\00:30:48.14
So we just went to their home
and spent an afternoon cooking
00:30:48.18\00:30:50.11
with them and teaching them
recipes. So private cooking show
00:30:50.15\00:30:53.88
Private cooking class.
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.72
That's such a blessing because
so many people don't make the
00:30:56.75\00:31:00.56
connection between health and
spirituality and nutrition and
00:31:00.59\00:31:07.10
spirituality. They
don't get the connection.
00:31:07.13\00:31:09.90
Yeah. Also for Sabbath, we offer
Zoom worship because we have
00:31:09.93\00:31:15.84
people in all different states,
different time zones, different
00:31:15.87\00:31:19.27
countries even, you know, that
we've studied with. And so they
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.38
join our Zoom worship and for
people who are local we run a
00:31:22.41\00:31:27.98
home church in my home. And Joe
had not yet been to my home but
00:31:28.02\00:31:34.49
he was open to us bringing our
home church to his home. So we
00:31:34.52\00:31:39.66
prepared food you know on Friday
and on Sabbath morning we ran
00:31:39.69\00:31:44.43
our Zoom church from his
home and had a wonderful day
00:31:44.47\00:31:48.74
together singing, playing
Bible games afterward in the
00:31:48.77\00:31:51.37
afternoon. We just want to do
everything that we can to help
00:31:51.41\00:31:56.14
our Bible students like
really really allow God to make
00:31:56.18\00:32:01.52
whatever changes need to be
changed in their lives and for
00:32:01.55\00:32:04.35
them to be able to enjoy it and
really enjoy the blessings that
00:32:04.39\00:32:07.26
God has given to us.
00:32:07.29\00:32:10.63
So the home church was started
during the lockdowns, because we
00:32:10.66\00:32:13.90
had Bible students who couldn't
go to church even if they were
00:32:13.93\00:32:18.03
like Sunday keepers they
couldn't go to any of the
00:32:18.07\00:32:20.57
churches. So we started a home
church. And then we also started
00:32:20.60\00:32:26.14
a pilot Zoom course as well like
a Zoom church. And then what we
00:32:26.17\00:32:30.05
planned was with the counsels of
our elders in our church that we
00:32:30.08\00:32:34.38
will have this like a first step
and prepare them for baptism
00:32:34.42\00:32:38.62
and then introduce them to
our local church families in the
00:32:38.65\00:32:43.19
Adventist Church.
00:32:43.22\00:32:44.56
So you took advantage of
the COVID pandemic right?
00:32:44.59\00:32:48.16
The Lord gave you this idea for
the home church when then you
00:32:48.20\00:32:58.11
had a goal. You were leading
them from the home church into
00:32:58.14\00:33:01.88
a larger church family
ultimately. (Yeah) That's great.
00:33:01.91\00:33:05.55
And so have you found harvest
from this, (Oh yes, yes) like
00:33:05.58\00:33:10.89
how people receive. (Yeah, Yes)
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.62
It's very interesting. On Long
Island...There was a period of
00:33:12.65\00:33:16.99
time when we were doing most of
our ministry in Manhattan, that
00:33:17.03\00:33:19.59
there seemed to be no fruit
on Long Island. But with the
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.73
pandemic very similar to my
sister's experience people all
00:33:23.77\00:33:27.90
of a sudden have woken up and
thought, wow, we really need to
00:33:27.94\00:33:32.17
you know, see what God says
about this, or get back to God
00:33:32.21\00:33:36.24
or find out if what we believe
is the truth because you know
00:33:36.28\00:33:42.08
they're seeing the changes
in the world and in society and
00:33:42.12\00:33:46.49
just wanting to know what does
God think about these things.
00:33:46.52\00:33:48.59
And so we've found an amazing
harvest on Long Island. Other
00:33:48.62\00:33:54.26
placed too, but we're
seeing people coming through our
00:33:54.30\00:33:57.93
Wednesday night Bible study and
staying and continuing to study.
00:33:57.97\00:34:01.47
We have more people joining our
Zoom church and it's really just
00:34:01.50\00:34:06.41
so refreshing and just such a
blessing to see that people are
00:34:06.44\00:34:09.41
interested and they really want
to know what is the truth and
00:34:09.44\00:34:13.52
make sure that is what I
know really the truth? And that
00:34:13.55\00:34:17.32
type of thing.
00:34:17.35\00:34:18.69
Yes, I think people are seeing,
they are sensing something
00:34:18.72\00:34:23.36
different is going on. (Yes) And
many people want to know what is
00:34:23.39\00:34:30.30
truth? What is the truth
(Yes that's right) about these
00:34:30.33\00:34:34.37
different topics and why are
these things happening now and
00:34:34.40\00:34:37.87
is the Bible relevant? Did the
Bible...you know because society
00:34:37.91\00:34:43.14
at large just like wants to put
the Bible off as an irrelevant
00:34:43.18\00:34:48.05
book. (Obsolete) Obsolete is an
even better word. And so we can
00:34:48.08\00:34:55.52
show, no, no, no, the Bible is
relevant. It's a book for now.
00:34:55.56\00:35:00.96
And we're in the future part.
(Yeah) of the Bible. Yes, yes,
00:35:01.00\00:35:07.30
in the prophetic (timeline)
part of it. So this is a time
00:35:07.34\00:35:12.67
now where people are searching
and I'm so thankful that you
00:35:12.71\00:35:17.08
guys are you know stepping up to
the plate and doing all of these
00:35:17.11\00:35:21.98
different things on all of these
different levels to bring the
00:35:22.02\00:35:26.12
truth to people.
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.52
Yeah, Our ministry has changed
quite a bit because of the
00:35:28.56\00:35:30.23
pandemic. But you know we have
to be flexible. We have to go
00:35:30.26\00:35:32.49
where God is going and
God is moving in hearts.
00:35:32.53\00:35:37.53
For sure. You have cooking
classes in New York City. Tell
00:35:37.57\00:35:42.84
We did, we did for many years
prior to the pandemic for seven
00:35:42.87\00:35:46.74
years at the Crossroads Seventh-
day Adventist Church in West
00:35:46.78\00:35:49.58
45th Street. We did a monthly
cooking class and over 70
00:35:49.61\00:35:54.28
cooking classes, we've done
there and we have people who
00:35:54.32\00:35:59.75
kind of came and went. They'd
find it on an event plate, maybe
00:35:59.79\00:36:03.66
they were touring the city that
weekend or whatever and they'd
00:36:03.69\00:36:06.09
come for a cooking class. But we
had a lot of regulars too. And
00:36:06.13\00:36:11.80
one regular was a couple, Jason
and his girlfriend Janette and
00:36:11.83\00:36:18.81
for at least three or four
years. They've been to many of
00:36:18.84\00:36:22.11
our cooking classes. Janette
the girlfriend has taken our
00:36:22.14\00:36:27.22
hands-on cooking classes as
well. So we developed a
friendship with them
00:36:27.25\00:36:32.15
And when the pandemic started
we had to stop doing the cooking
00:36:32.19\00:36:37.56
classes. The church actually
uses that space now as a food
00:36:37.59\00:36:42.26
pantry so all that you know has
just changed. But we're friends
00:36:42.30\00:36:49.64
with them on Facebook and
Instagram and one day I was
00:36:49.67\00:36:52.47
looking on Instagram and Jason
had posted a picture, he was at
00:36:52.51\00:36:56.81
work, he was skateboarding
on his lunch break or something
00:36:56.85\00:37:00.22
like that. Then there was a hand
in the picture with a cigarette.
00:37:00.25\00:37:02.95
And so I just made a comment,
I'm like, Dude, is that your
00:37:02.98\00:37:06.62
hand? I didn't know that
you smoked. And he said yeah, he
00:37:06.65\00:37:11.09
said, unfortunately. And I
actually just kind of maybe
00:37:11.13\00:37:17.90
half seriously just responded
saying you know well listen if
00:37:17.93\00:37:22.50
you ever really, really want
to quit you know I've given stop
00:37:22.54\00:37:25.77
smoking programs over the years
so if you're really serious and
00:37:25.81\00:37:29.94
you ever are interested in
something like that let me know.
00:37:29.98\00:37:32.28
And I really didn't think
that he would take me up on it.
00:37:32.31\00:37:36.12
(But he did?) He did. He
responded right away. He said
00:37:36.15\00:37:38.55
absolutely I'm on board.
I've been trying to quit since I
00:37:38.59\00:37:42.02
started as a teenager. When do
we start? So I had to like dig
00:37:42.06\00:37:46.93
up my materials and get a little
refreshed because he wanted to
00:37:46.96\00:37:50.37
start right away. And so we
started a 5-day stop smoking
00:37:50.40\00:37:54.60
program and on the third day...
It's a biblical stop smoking
00:37:54.64\00:37:59.97
program of course. So on
the third day he said, You know
00:38:00.01\00:38:04.31
this all sounds really good but
how do I trust God if I don't
00:38:04.35\00:38:08.98
know Him? (Mmm) I said that's a
very, very good question. Would
00:38:09.02\00:38:17.13
you like to get to know Him? And
he said yes. So I said okay, I
00:38:17.16\00:38:22.36
said well, I said, I think you
know, I'd like to suggest that
00:38:22.40\00:38:26.74
at this time we put a pause
on the stop smoking program and
00:38:26.77\00:38:30.51
start doing regular Bible study
together so that you can get to
00:38:30.54\00:38:34.11
know God because He has healing
for you but you have to trust
00:38:34.14\00:38:38.25
Him and believe that He will
give it. And you know victory
00:38:38.28\00:38:42.48
in front of all this. So we
started...It's been a year now
00:38:42.52\00:38:46.65
that we've been studying
together weekly and his and
00:38:46.69\00:38:51.33
Janette's lives have changed
quite a bit and for the better.
00:38:51.36\00:38:55.10
And it's really a blessing.
God has given us sweet fruit.
00:38:55.13\00:39:01.60
Yes, yes that's so...that's
wonderful. Has he stopped
00:39:01.64\00:39:03.10
smoking?
00:39:03.14\00:39:04.47
He has greatly reduced and
occasionally you know falls, but
00:39:04.51\00:39:11.61
the Bible says a righteous
man gets up seven times.
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That's right, that's right. Well
praise the Lord that even the
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process has begun and praise
the Lord that he's getting to
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to know Jesus. That is the most
important, the most important.
00:39:21.52\00:39:26.19
(Yeah) The Lord will deliver him
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They've started keeping Sabbath
and it's just really beautiful.
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Yes, amen, amen. And you've been
doing work with yoga. (Yes) And
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that is a topic that's near
and dear to my heart too. I just
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finished a book called Perilous
Practices: A Christian's View of
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Yoga. It's being printed now so
don't call and say I want one.
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Call, call but not yet. It's not
ready yet. But I hope to have it
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out soon. But that is a topic
that is near and dear to my
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heart. Tell us about how you've
been able to share Jesus through
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that internet community.
00:40:13.27\00:40:15.68
Okay. So I wanted to produce
videos based on the information
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that God showed me through the
Bible and through the lens of
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Spirit of Prophecy. I can
guarantee that without the Bible
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and Spirit of Prophecy it's
impossible to understand yoga.
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Or the depths of
it. The depths of it.
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It's very sneaky. I'm sure you
know that. (yes, yes) So I had
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a burden, I still have a burden
to reach the unreached and
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therefore...Before I go forward
let me first show a testimony
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from one of our
unreached who has been reached.
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Good, good. Let's take a look.
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¤ ¤
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I was born and raised into a
Baptist family and was taught
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that when people don't accept
Jesus as their personal Savior
00:41:14.24\00:41:17.51
they will burn and be tortured
in hell forever. These teachings
00:41:17.54\00:41:23.11
pushed me away from Christianity
and I gravitated towards
00:41:23.14\00:41:26.92
Hinduism in which the
people are nice and accepting.
00:41:26.95\00:41:30.02
Even a lot of the
00:41:30.05\00:41:31.69
Hindu tenents are humane.
After 15 years of learning about
00:41:31.72\00:41:36.96
Hinduism and being a Hindu
activist I came across Seventh
00:41:36.99\00:41:40.86
day Adventist teachings through
my friend Ivan Raj I also rented
00:41:40.90\00:41:45.63
his videos on Origin of Yoga
and learned so much information
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which I was not even aware
of. Although I was a practicing
00:41:51.27\00:41:57.05
Hindu my eyes are opening to the
truth. If I ever leave Hinduism
00:41:57.08\00:42:01.18
and follow Christianity again
I will definitely be a Seventh
00:42:01.22\00:42:07.79
day Adventist Christian
because their teachings make
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perfect sense and
00:42:11.33\00:42:13.09
amplify the true
character of Jesus Christ.
00:42:13.13\00:42:19.73
Wow, that is a wonderful
testimony. She's a work in
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progress right?
Tell us where she is now.
00:42:23.20\00:42:25.31
Yes, yes. She's in the states.
Now I have known her for over
00:42:25.34\00:42:29.64
10 years. I've never met her
but we've been friends through
00:42:29.68\00:42:32.85
social media. And she's actually
a Hindu activist and she's kind
00:42:32.88\00:42:38.25
kind of popular in India. And
she also sued somebody in the
00:42:38.29\00:42:45.29
U.S. for calling a Hindu god
as a demon. (Hmm) So I did not
00:42:45.33\00:42:52.17
want her to know about the
project that I was working on
00:42:52.20\00:42:54.70
YogaUnboxed.com in which
the videos are presented to non
00:42:54.74\00:43:02.54
Christians to understand the
depth, the spiritual inferences
00:43:02.58\00:43:06.28
of Yoga and the origins, et
cetera to make them think and
00:43:06.31\00:43:10.85
through God's providence, she
got to know about it. And I did
00:43:10.89\00:43:14.62
not want her to rent those
videos because I didn't want to
00:43:14.66\00:43:18.39
get into problem with her.
But she did. As soon as she got
00:43:18.43\00:43:22.43
to know about
00:43:22.46\00:43:24.40
this project she rented all the
five episodes, she watched all
00:43:24.43\00:43:28.70
the five episodes. She stopped
practicing yoga. Then she
00:43:28.74\00:43:33.84
started asking me questions
about state of the dead. And
00:43:33.88\00:43:37.05
eternal hell fire which is being
taught mainstream Christianity
00:43:37.08\00:43:40.68
(Yes) So I showed from the Bible
that God is love. Got does not
00:43:40.72\00:43:44.55
burn people forever and ever
and ever in hell. So I explained
00:43:44.59\00:43:49.19
this from the scripture. And
then so there are other topics
00:43:49.22\00:43:53.33
she had questions on because
these are things that made her
00:43:53.36\00:43:57.27
leave Christianity. She was
a Baptist. And she left Baptist
00:43:57.30\00:44:01.24
Church and she became a Hindu as
she mentioned in the video. She
00:44:01.27\00:44:04.01
has been a Hindu for over 15
years now. She's been doing yoga
00:44:04.04\00:44:08.24
for a long time but thank
God she's now coming back to her
00:44:08.28\00:44:15.52
roots but this time she said she
wants to become a Seventh-day
00:44:15.55\00:44:19.12
Adventist. So we have to still
touch base on some more lessons
00:44:19.15\00:44:22.12
with her and after that, God
willing, we will have another
00:44:22.16\00:44:25.99
harvest.
00:44:26.03\00:44:27.36
Amen, amen. That is beautiful.
That is beautiful. What else is
00:44:27.40\00:44:31.50
going on with your...Tell us
about your Yoga Unboxed project
00:44:31.53\00:44:35.50
and how people can get that.
00:44:35.54\00:44:38.07
Sure. So Yoga Unboxed project is
designed...It's a set of videos
00:44:38.11\00:44:42.04
a series of videos designed for
non-Seventh-day Adventist and
00:44:42.08\00:44:47.15
non Christians also. So the
video series is designed from
00:44:47.18\00:44:53.62
Hindu scriptures, Hindu history
and ancient archeological
00:44:53.66\00:44:58.79
evidences. And a non-Christian
or unbeliever when they watch
00:44:58.83\00:45:04.30
these videos they will learn
first hand about the source of
00:45:04.33\00:45:07.80
yoga, the origins of yoga from
Hindu teachings but through the
00:45:07.84\00:45:13.64
lens of Bible, especially
through Genesis chapter 3 verses
00:45:13.68\00:45:18.11
1-7. So that's what she watched,
my friend and she was shocked.
00:45:18.15\00:45:25.09
She got scared actually. And she
put a pause, not put a pause,
00:45:25.12\00:45:29.19
she stopped yoga.
00:45:29.22\00:45:31.43
Yes. And I think a lot of
Christians would stop yoga if
00:45:31.46\00:45:35.66
they understood the perils of
yoga spiritually. And I think...
00:45:35.70\00:45:41.90
In fact, there is a connection,
you brought another picture that
00:45:41.94\00:45:46.54
I'd like for us to see and then
you explain what that is because
00:45:46.57\00:45:50.18
I think it's important
for our viewers to see.
00:45:50.21\00:45:52.15
So this...I have two pictures,
this one is a graphic where it
00:45:52.18\00:45:58.69
shows the warrior pose which is
very popular, right? People say
00:45:58.72\00:46:02.79
I think a warrior pose, warrior
one, warrior two, warrior three
00:46:02.82\00:46:05.89
but what people don't know
in the west is it is actually
00:46:05.93\00:46:11.00
mimicking beheading scene in
Hinduism. So in the same picture
00:46:11.03\00:46:17.37
on the left is shown the Hindu
deity. The posture in Hinduism
00:46:17.41\00:46:24.35
is called Virabhadrasana where
the deity beheads actually his
00:46:24.38\00:46:32.12
father-in-law in the Hindu
mythology. And the beheading
00:46:32.15\00:46:36.59
scene is now translated as
a stretching. So every time a
00:46:36.62\00:46:41.76
person does a warrior pose
they're actually mimicking the
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.77
beheading.
00:46:43.80\00:46:45.60
Yes, and the three poses so
they're actually mimicking the
00:46:45.63\00:46:51.27
process (process of the
beheading) of the beheading
00:46:51.31\00:46:52.64
which is really I have that in
my booklet as well and it's very
00:46:52.67\00:47:00.05
enlightening because you don't
realize...You just think you're
00:47:00.08\00:47:02.22
just stretching and
doing certain poses and they're
00:47:02.25\00:47:07.56
connected to things and they
have a purpose and that's what
00:47:07.59\00:47:12.23
I think a lot of
people don't know.
00:47:12.26\00:47:15.00
So yoga is one of the six
schools of Hinduism and one of
00:47:15.03\00:47:20.84
the schools is called Samkhya.
Samkhya means numbers and it is
00:47:20.87\00:47:26.24
a theory part and the practical
part of Samkhya is yoga. So yoga
00:47:26.27\00:47:31.18
means to unite to link your mind
with Shiva the source of yoga.
00:47:31.21\00:47:38.02
I actually have a graphic of one
of the symbols of Shiva and I
00:47:38.05\00:47:45.73
would like for it to be shown so
our 3ABN viewers can see. This
00:47:45.76\00:47:50.27
is actually the Shiva
lingam but if you look at it, it
00:47:50.30\00:47:54.60
transitions into Vatican City
because the similar structure.
00:47:54.64\00:48:02.44
Wow, so that symbol, that symbol
of (Shiva) Shiva, (Shiva lingam
00:48:02.48\00:48:08.28
yeah) is the Vatican symbol.
00:48:08.32\00:48:12.09
Yeah, similar (Same layout) Same
layout. The Shiva lingam symbol
00:48:12.12\00:48:19.06
has existed for thousands
of years, thousands of years.
00:48:19.09\00:48:22.36
So Vatican came later on. But
it's very interesting that it's
00:48:22.40\00:48:27.17
very similar, they're very
similar. So people worship in
00:48:27.20\00:48:32.87
India the Shiva lingam by
pouring milk and honey and
00:48:32.91\00:48:36.34
butter, ghee, that's how it is
worshiped. So this is one of the
00:48:36.38\00:48:43.45
popular symbols in
which Shiva is represented.
00:48:43.49\00:48:45.95
And Shiva is one of the gods,
one of the 3.3 million (yeah)
00:48:45.99\00:48:50.93
but part of the...they
have a trinity do they not?
00:48:50.96\00:48:56.60
Yeah, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. But
Shiva, I would say, based on the
00:48:56.63\00:49:02.64
research in Hinduism is not
just one of the Hindu deities.
00:49:02.67\00:49:06.88
He's like at the top, right?
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.84
Yeah. If our 3ABN viewers are
watching some of you might be
00:49:08.88\00:49:13.65
very familiar on Bible verses
where God tells Lucifer that on
00:49:13.68\00:49:20.66
day he was created pipe and
timbrel was given to him. (Yes)
00:49:20.69\00:49:25.39
So Shiva has a pipe and a
timbrel, a drum, and a pipe to
00:49:25.43\00:49:30.80
mesmerize the serpent around his
neck. (Yeah) So you can actually
00:49:30.83\00:49:39.47
google images and search for
Shiva and you will see a serpent
00:49:39.51\00:49:40.98
is always coiled around his neck
(yes) and he has a drum which is
00:49:41.01\00:49:45.28
the timbrel.
00:49:45.31\00:49:46.65
So does Shiva then correlate
with Lucifer? Is that what
00:49:46.68\00:49:52.02
you're saying?
00:49:52.05\00:49:53.39
Absolutely, 100 percent.
00:49:53.42\00:49:54.76
Interesting. Now
that I didn't know.
00:49:54.79\00:49:57.49
I have a text in the Bible that
says that Lucifer desired to be
00:49:57.53\00:50:03.30
in the sides of the north. Most
of the Shiva temples are built
00:50:03.33\00:50:09.00
facing south so the worshiper
has to face the sides of the
00:50:09.04\00:50:13.27
north to worship Shiva, the
source of yoga. (Interesting)
00:50:13.31\00:50:18.35
So when a person stretches,
meditates or lives on a yogic
00:50:18.38\00:50:23.59
lifestyle so it is designed to
link the human mind with Shiva's
00:50:23.62\00:50:29.46
mind. Yeah.
00:50:29.49\00:50:30.83
Hmm. Not Brahma, but Shiva.
00:50:30.86\00:50:33.63
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva according
to Hindu scriptures, they say
00:50:33.66\00:50:36.56
all they are one. So in Hinduism
Brahma has only one temple.
00:50:36.60\00:50:40.70
But Shiva has the most temples.
00:50:40.74\00:50:45.01
Uh-hmm. That is
very interesting.
00:50:45.04\00:50:46.37
Well the target audience for
this project is non-Christians
00:50:46.41\00:50:52.08
and people who are really
entrenched in yoga and these
00:50:52.11\00:50:55.55
practices. In my opinion,
it's very important for every
00:50:55.58\00:50:59.39
Adventist to see this program
because it's a witnessing tool.
00:50:59.42\00:51:02.82
I don't know anybody who doesn't
know someone who's involved with
00:51:02.86\00:51:07.36
yoga on some level.
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.06
It's true and it's even in some
of our Adventist institutions
00:51:09.10\00:51:12.63
(Absolutely) People just don't
know. And I know that people
00:51:12.67\00:51:16.67
want to know how to reach
you. How can they find out about
00:51:16.71\00:51:21.94
these programs, about your
amazing product. How can they
00:51:21.98\00:51:26.41
reach you. So we're going to go
to an address roll so that they
00:51:26.45\00:51:30.02
can know just
how to contact you.
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If you would like to contact or
know more about Heidi's Health
00:51:34.76\00:51:37.56
Kitchen you can write to them at
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00:51:37.59\00:51:44.80
You can also call them
at (631) 663-3128 or visit a
00:51:44.83\00:51:57.38
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00:51:57.41\00:51:59.98
You can also email them at
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00:52:00.02\00:52:08.22
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00:52:08.26\00:52:11.56
specifically, you can visit
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