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Hello friends. Welcome to 3ABN
Today. My name is John Lomacang.
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And it is always my pleasure
to have my wife with me (Angela)
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Good to have you here Honey.
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I am happy to be here. I'm glad
that you have tuned in today
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You're going to be
blessed by this program.
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That's right. We're talking
about education. And you may...
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Christian education
(Ah) not just education.
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That's right. Not just education
but Christian education. And our
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guests today are from Ouachita
Hills Academy. You'll get a
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chance to meet them in just
a moment. So if you have young
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people in the home that you're
thinking about sending to school
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in this challenging generation
it is always most important to
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have an education that's going
to shape them for eternity.
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And we strongly recommend
Ouachita Hills. But we want to
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first of all, thank you for your
prayers and your support of 3ABN
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that work as we continue going
and growing, getting ready for
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the coming of the Lord. Now
before we introduce our guests
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we have some music
today and what's the title of
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the song Honey
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It's going to be 'Tis So Sweet
and it's going to be one of the
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Birchfield Brothers.
They're going to be sharing this
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wonderful song and you know it
is so sweet to trust in Jesus.
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¤ ¤ Guitar melody
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Thank you so much for that song
and that's why this program's
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important because this academy
has been trusting the Lord for a
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long time.
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A long time. He did a wonderful
job playing that guitar (that's
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right). You used to play guitar.
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I want to play like that one day
so just pray for me to have a
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guitar. I don't know what chords
he used but it sounded very good
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(Yeah) What a blessing
for the song also. (Amen)
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Well our guests today, we
have Robert, Oh you go by Robb.
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Yes. Tell us a little bit about
yourself and what do you do at
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Actually Robert
Neall. Robb Neall.
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Well I'm the registrar at
Ouachita Hills Academy. I also
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teach Bible. I get the privilege
of teaching Life and Teachings
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of Jesus, my favorite class.
We to through the life of Christ
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together with young people. And
then I teach World History and
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American History and I'm the
director of the Ringers of Hope
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bell choir as well. So. Been
there for 22 years. Came in 2000
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It's been a real privilege
to work with young people and a
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thrill to see them, many of them
surrender their hearts to the
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Lord.
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How many students?
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We have about 30 students. We're
kind of a family-oriented small
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school that is intentionally
small. We can work with them
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better, kind of in a family
setting, you know. But we vary
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between 30 and 50 depending on
the school year. COVID you know
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was a difficult circumstance
to pass through but it was a
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blessing nonetheless
and now we're at around 30.
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What about staff, how many?
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And we about 20, 15-20 staff.
We also have Ouachita Hills
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College on the Campus and so
some of the staff are kind of
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half and between, some for the
academy and some for the college
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and some that are working for
both and so it's kind of hard to
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split it up exactly, but...
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Is this a fully
accredited college?
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Ah-huh. Well the college is
working on accreditation and the
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academy is accredited through
the ISEI Educational Association
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that is with many of our
self- supporting schools are
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accredited through.
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Okay good.
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Completely different fact.
I just have to mention this
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because people always tell me
I'm tall. Robert is 6'9". He had
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to unfold to get into the studio
Not really. (He's very tall)Good
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to have you here today. I have a
good friend, John Stanton, 6'10"
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and I haven't seen him in a
while and you reminded me of him
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But okay Honey.
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Okay next to you is one of
the students. Tell us your name.
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What grade are you
in? A Junior or Senior?
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Well I'm Oscar (Ortiz) and
I'm a Junior at Ouachita Hills
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Academy.
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Academy! Are you
enjoying it there?
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Yes, I enjoy it thoroughly.
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How long have you been there?
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This is my first year actually
at Ouachita Hills, so yeah.
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What are you studying and what
will you be studying when you
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I plan to be somewhere
between a pastor and a teacher,
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psychologist.
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You'll need all three when
you're a pastor, believe me.
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Yeah that's what
I've been guessing.
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Psychologist particularly.
Yeah what is he talking about?
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Good to have you here Oscar.
And Alina Bretzsky, right did
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I say that
correctly. (Birecki). Birecki
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That's Polish huh?
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Yes, tell us about yourself.
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My name is Alina Birecki. I am
17 years old. I go to Ouachita
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Hills Academy and I am a Junior.
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How long have you been there?
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This is my first semester.
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Okay (Your first semester)
so you're just kind of getting
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broken in there, knowing
the campus. Are you enjoying it
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thus far?
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I am. It is such a blessing.
It's a privilege to come to
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school here.
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And finally, we have Jewel.
We left the Jewel for last.
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A beautiful Jewel.
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Yes, my name is Jewel Midboe.
I'm a senior in the academy.
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Okay. Have you been
there all four years?
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No, I actually came my sophomore
year so this is my third year
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being there at the academy.
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Have you enjoyed it?
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Yes. It's been a great blessing
for me. God's definitely used
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the work there to impact my life
He's helped me to grow there
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spiritually and
in some amazing ways.
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Are there more
girls than guys there?
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We're really right split half
and half approximately this year
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Some years it seems to swing one
way and other years the other
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was but right now
we're just kind of split.
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Wow well as a teacher who's been
there for as many years as you
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have given us an overview of the
school and the various avenues
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of ministry not only on
the campus but we're going to
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highlight these students today
and some of the ministries that
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you get involved in. Let's go
ahead...Matter of fact, tell us
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some of those areas and then
we'll go ahead and start with
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Jewel in just a moment here.
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So, we are told in the Spirit of
Prophecy that strength to resist
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temptation is best gained
through active service and you
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know that's kind of a motto that
we have that if we want young
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people to have a vibrant
Christian life that are going
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have strong values that resist
temptation they have to be
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involved in service. And we
try to do that through a lot of
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different means, getting
them involved locally. We have a
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music program that we go out and
tour a lot with that is around
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locally and abroad, beyond our
local state that is. And both a
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choir, an orchestra, and a
bell choir. We tour a lot and do
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ministry in that way. Some of
the students have been involved
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over the years in canvassing. We
do community service, disaster
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relief, trying to get students
involved in different avenues of
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service because it's the
foundation of a life of joy.
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We're told that it is a life of
service only that true happiness
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is found and so to get students
to be experiencing the joy of
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knowing Jesus they have to be
sharing Him with others and so
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we really...our emphasis is to
try to get them involved in that
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and we've had a mission trip
every year that any student can
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be involved in. (Interesting)
They can apply to go to. They've
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gone mostly like Cuba, Dominican
Republic and sort of close by in
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South America. But if a student
hasn't had the opportunity of
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going somewhere and doing
something in missions before
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they graduate, all the seniors
take a trip in active evangelism
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somewhere doing something
specifically around the world
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traveling to a place to be able
to do an evangelistic series in
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which the students themselves
are doing the preaching. That's
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one of the avenues. Then we also
have taken the students as we're
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able to go to other mission
events like Pathways to Health
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That's a whole...It's a
wonderful experience for the
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students in getting involved
in service and we'll talk about
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that one as well. But there's
lots of different avenues that
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we try to plug them into
different areas where they can
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serve and find their niche to be
able to share Jesus with others.
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And let's start with Jewel today
because we're going to talk
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about Pathways of Health but you
know you talked about mission
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trips to different countries
I'll go ahead and let you lead
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into this part about how
Jewel got involved in a project.
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Where did you go?
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So Jewel is one of our seniors
this year I'll let her tell a
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little bit about it. I think we
have some pictures actually of
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her. They were going on a
mission trip it was...you can
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tell them, Jewel,
where you were headed.
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This was taken in Cochabamba,
Bolivia, which is where we ended
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up going. And that's our group
with a group of kids that was
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at a church, we went to the
first Sabbath there. We went out
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We divided to go out to churches
for our meetings to minister to
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the people out there.
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Okay, and what
are you doing there?
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I'm preaching.
(With a translator) Yes.
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Was this your first time Jewel?
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Preaching? An evangelistic
series. Yes. I had done a little
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bit of preaching in the
school in general and back home.
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But for an evangelistic
series this was my first time.
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How did you feel?
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I was nervous a little bit.
But really coming to Ouachita
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Hills Academy they've helped me
to kind of be more prepared for
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doing these kinds of things.
Especially with our English
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class like we do all sorts of
speeches and learning how to be
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able to kind of conduct
ourselves in that way to be able
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to provide the message that
we're trying to give the people.
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Okay so they
teach you communication.
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(Yes) to feel comfortable up
front. Yeah like Toastmasters.
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I know.
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Yeah, we break them in. The
freshmen start out with like a
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talk that's like a five
minute worship talk and then the
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sophomores get a 10-minute
talk and the juniors do a prayer
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meeting talk. The seniors do
a vespers talk. And so we build
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them up then when they often
go overseas and then they're
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preaching the full evangelistic
series while they are overseas
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someplace. And we've been to
I mean 20 some countries plus
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countries in the world and
there's been a direct result
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of student evangelistic efforts
over 2000 baptisms that we know
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of and many of them are
following up over the years with
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more. But it's you know taking
the gospel, the three angels
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message to every nation, kindred
tongue and people. That's our
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mission to train young people
to be involved in spreading the
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gospel around the world.
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What about Oscar? Have
you preached before, done an
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evangelistic series?
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I have not yet but I have done
what Mr. Neall was talking about
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just giving a
prayer meeting talk.
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You've done that?
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Yeah, I have.
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What was that like for you?
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It was a little nerve-wracking
at first, because I had never
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done anything like that.
I'd participated a little in my
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church but that was my first
time actually getting up on
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stage giving a
full speech or message.
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Was it because some of the
students in the audience you
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knew them and they
were like saying, Go, Oscar!
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A little bit, yeah.
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I can imagine that...
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It is. Sometimes it's easier
to preach overseas than it is to
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preach at home. The ones who
really know you and they know
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(multiple voices)
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I can't laugh while he's looking
at me. But that's good. These
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are the developmental years
of their lives and they'll look
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back and say wow I used to be
scared but look at me now. And
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what about Alina?
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Yeah, have you
done your speaking?
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Yes since I came to Ouachita
I've preached once. I enjoyed it
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thoroughly. It was
such a blessing. Yes.
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She's the missionary.
You want to be a missionary.
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I want to be a missionary nurse
and have a group where we go
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around and help those that need
hygiene, health, or any help
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they need.
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That's an aspiring look. You
know there's a lot of world out
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there. And depending on how
you approach that God can really
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strengthen you. But let's get
back to Jewel here for a moment
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because Bolivia, preaching!
How many topics did you cover?
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A lot of doctrinal pillars
of our doctrines and stuff like
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that like I preached on the
Sabbath. I preached on baptism.
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The 2300-day prophecy.
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Wow! What?
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The state of the dead. Things
like that. So just...A lot of
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the people that attended the
meetings had been taking Bible
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studies to prepare for baptism
already. So really coming
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there was to
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help give them an opportunity
for baptism and kind of open up
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to the...yeah, reaping,
harvesting what was being worked
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so they were going on there.
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What about some of the
atmosphere was it warm, was it
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cool nights when you were
preaching. How was it there?
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Well, it was pretty warm,
yes, it was fairly warm there, a
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little bit dry but the evenings
would get a little bit more
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chilly, not super cold, but
there were some evenings when
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you wanted a jacket when
you were going out. So...
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What kind of audience?
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The audience? Just locals.
Some church members came to the
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church I was preaching at. But
mainly locals that they had been
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inviting to the meetings. People
that they had been doing studies
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with like I mentioned.
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Okay. I'm sure you were
praying a lot, weren't you?
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Yes, lots of prayers.
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Lots of prayers.
Were you nervous?
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At some points, yes, but the
more I did it I found it got a
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little bit easier.
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(Yes) The reason why she's
asking that is that not too long
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ago she was invited to speak in
New Guinea but then COVID hit.
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But she's going to get ready
for a second chance for that.
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I am?
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I hope so. (multiple voices)
Well you'll know all the answers
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to the questions.
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I don't know how
comfortable that was.
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The city that they were at I
think they call it the city of
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eternal spring because the
weather there is like a spring
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time. A lot of times its high
in the Andes, so it's a valley
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in the Andes in the mountains
there in Bolivia and so it's a
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beautiful area. She was
also involved not just with the
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preaching. They also held
a clinic or a health expo and
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Jewel you were sharing a
little bit about that earlier.
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What did you do with that?
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So what we did was in the
mornings because the meetings
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would be in the evenings. In
the mornings we would open up a
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health clinic. It was open
to the community to come and get
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any health care I think
that they needed. For the first
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making sure they knew where
to go first, because they had
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different stations so they were
like you know okay first you
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have to go to this station
just so it didn't become chaotic
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with everybody
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getting mixed up with the
different places they needed to
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go. So they would have
some stations just teaching them
00:19:47.25\00:19:52.92
about water, hydration,
nutrition, exercise, sleep and
00:19:52.95\00:20:00.03
then they would have stations
for where they could come and
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get a massage, especially the
ladies there because they carry
00:20:01.56\00:20:04.10
so much on their backs. A lot
of them really needed messages.
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So that was a big thing. And you
could see a doctor, talk to a
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dietician. Also for the rest of
the week I worked at a pharmacy
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so we would give them
prescription things that they
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needed, vitamins, ibuprofen,
things like that. So that's
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where we did those in
the mornings, my group did.
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That's pretty good. Do we have
any more pictures with you and
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you can tell us
what we're looking at.
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Now, what is this picture of?
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That was another smaller church
that we went to where we were
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inviting the people, introducing
ourselves to that church and
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inviting them to come to the
meetings for the week. Telling
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them why we were
there, what we were doing.
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And this one?
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That was a baptism that we had
the last day that we were there.
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It looks like a
lot of people there.
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Yes, there were a lot of people.
We did it in a big stadium that
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was fairly new there.
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And when the meetings were done
what was your exhale, ah I'm
00:20:58.69\00:21:04.99
finished or I want to do
this again. Which one was it?
00:21:05.03\00:21:07.63
It was more of I want to do this
again. All of our group were
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like we want to come back here
see everybody again. I inspired
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me a lot to continue doing
mission work. Honestly, like
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this is why I'm doing what
I'm doing. So when you have an
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experience like that for our
group it's an inspiration when
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you see the needs that they have
out there and for me it helped
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me see why I'm doing my
education, you know. Education's
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supposed to be actually what
I've been seeing developing what
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God has given us so we can go to
use that for his glory taking it
00:21:39.79\00:21:42.50
out to help other people
and share Jesus with them.
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I like that. So when we were
growing up in school in New York
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City we didn't have these
opportunities. So you're way
00:21:50.71\00:21:56.11
ahead of the curve. God is
developing in you. That's why
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Christian education is so
vitally important. Thank you for
00:21:58.11\00:22:03.28
sharing that. We'll dive into
that more so. This being your
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senior year, where do you
plan ongoing for the continuing
00:22:07.66\00:22:12.19
education?
00:22:12.23\00:22:13.83
Actually, I feel like the Lord
might be leading me to go into
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secondary education, studying
in that area. And from there I
00:22:16.20\00:22:20.47
guess it's just wherever God
continues to lead. After going
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on that mission trip, I'm more
open now to actually being a
00:22:23.41\00:22:29.54
missionary teacher in some other
place if that's where He leads.
00:22:29.58\00:22:31.78
But education is
the plan right now.
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This is a question. What are
the highlights about being at
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Ouachita Hills? And of you.
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For me personally, I think
it's the holistic education that
00:22:40.42\00:22:46.03
they have that we get to work
outside, we get to study inside
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You know, the Biblical classes
are just the high point always.
00:22:50.77\00:22:55.94
There's so much to learn and
to just take in and I think the
00:22:55.97\00:23:00.34
brotherhood of the school you
know like Mr. Neall said since
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it's meant to be kind of small
so that we can get close to each
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other and just learn to be like
better people, I guess, you know
00:23:09.18\00:23:15.49
for the Lord. And just being
so close it creates a different
00:23:15.52\00:23:21.43
kind of relationship.
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Wow is there a
garden? Do you have a garden?
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(Yes?) It's a work/study program
so the students are involved
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approximately four hours a day.
And a vocational training and we
00:23:30.97\00:23:34.71
do have an agricultural program.
The students also work in the
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.25
summer some. We grow a fair
amount of the produce that we
00:23:37.28\00:23:40.52
actually consume on campus. Of
course it's challenging you know
00:23:40.55\00:23:46.99
to grow in southern Arkansas
but the students are involved in
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.82
that. Students are involved in
food service, in construction.
00:23:49.86\00:23:52.53
They're learning skills in
those areas, practice skills in
00:23:52.56\00:23:56.23
maintenance, grounds. There are
some that work in the office,
00:23:56.26\00:23:59.00
some that work in media, media
production. We have a media
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program. And so there's a
variety of aspects that students
00:24:03.87\00:24:07.18
can be involved in during their
time here and then it's college
00:24:07.21\00:24:10.81
preparatory so the students are
able to prepare you know with
00:24:10.85\00:24:12.78
the normal algebra and science
and Bible and English classes
00:24:12.81\00:24:16.65
that they would need to go on to
college which most of them do by
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.79
and large for their further
education. It prepares them very
00:24:18.82\00:24:23.26
well for a life of service.
You know, our mission statement
00:24:23.29\00:24:27.86
specifically is to nurture
our students into a relationship
00:24:27.90\00:24:30.20
with Jesus, to educate them for
a life of service and to train
00:24:30.23\00:24:33.54
them to take the gospel to the
world. It spells NET, Nurture,
00:24:33.57\00:24:38.01
Educate and Train because you
know the gospel is a net Jesus
00:24:38.04\00:24:43.98
casts a gospel net, right? And
we reap in the souls and we want
00:24:44.01\00:24:48.35
the students to get a vision for
that to first spend time and get
00:24:48.38\00:24:52.22
to know Jesus, that's the most
important part you know. And
00:24:52.25\00:24:55.66
education is focused on service
and that's what gives us joy.
00:24:55.69\00:24:59.29
Prepares us to live a life of
service for others. And then to
00:24:59.33\00:25:02.36
take the gospel to the world.
That's our mission and you know
00:25:02.40\00:25:06.17
we kind of focus on doing that
in every aspect of our program.
00:25:06.20\00:25:10.87
When was this
school established?
00:25:10.91\00:25:12.71
It was about 1989 was when it
started. It started by Harriet
00:25:12.74\00:25:19.51
and Chester Clark. He's a
dentist in that area and they
00:25:19.55\00:25:22.68
started it there in their home.
And then it's grown over the
00:25:22.72\00:25:26.35
years that grew and then they
got property with the Laymen's
00:25:26.39\00:25:30.06
Foundation out in the country
and then the campus has grown
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.93
significantly. The college
joined in 2004 and then it has
00:25:32.96\00:25:37.57
continued to grow. It's in
the rural south part of Arkansas
00:25:37.60\00:25:42.67
so we're in the foothills of the
Ouachita Mountains. That's why
00:25:42.70\00:25:45.97
the funny name because it's
an Indian name. Ouachita Indians
00:25:46.01\00:25:51.65
live in that area. There's the
Ouachita River and there's the
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.55
Lake Ouachita and Ouachita
National Forest. So if you're an
00:25:53.58\00:25:58.52
Arkansan you know how to
pronounce that name but if
00:25:58.55\00:25:59.95
you're not it's a funny one.
But that's why we Ouachita Hills
00:25:59.99\00:26:04.33
because we're right there in the
foothills. We often are able to
00:26:04.36\00:26:07.03
get out into the national forest
which is just north of us.
00:26:07.06\00:26:10.87
Beautiful area in
southern Arkansas called the
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.34
Natural State.
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.70
That's good. It's nice
to encourage those that are
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.87
watching our program to consider
this school for maybe future
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.51
educational needs. Because the
Lord has developed this campus
00:26:20.54\00:26:24.65
for the full rounding of
the student both temporally and
00:26:24.68\00:26:28.62
spiritually as well as education
for eternity. Now let's come
00:26:28.65\00:26:31.69
back from Bolivia and come to
America now and talk about the
00:26:31.72\00:26:34.26
other aspects of outreach that
Oscar and Alina were involved in
00:26:34.29\00:26:38.26
So the whole school actually
just had the opportunity of
00:26:38.29\00:26:44.40
going to the Pathways to Health
and there's the picture of the
00:26:44.43\00:26:47.17
group that went. This last one
that they had or recent one was
00:26:47.20\00:26:52.01
in well I'll let Oscar, you can
tell about it, where it was and
00:26:52.04\00:26:58.95
what our roles were there.
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.52
At Pathways, well it was in
Indiana, Indianapolis, and it
00:27:00.55\00:27:11.69
was held on the
Lucas Oil Stadium. (Okay)
00:27:11.73\00:27:16.70
Normally it's a football stadium
but for one, well not one week
00:27:16.73\00:27:23.54
but for four days.
00:27:23.57\00:27:27.08
It was created
into a mobile hospital.
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.74
And that's the picture of
it there, that mobile hospital.
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.15
But that there you had
the stadium surrounding it and
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.51
that's large. When you think
about the floor. I guess it has
00:27:32.55\00:27:36.89
to be big enough for a football
stadium. That's more than a
00:27:36.92\00:27:40.39
hundred yards long.
00:27:40.42\00:27:41.76
Yes it is and they divide
it up into all sorts of medical
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.39
services. If you go to Pathways
it's like this enormous medical
00:27:45.43\00:27:49.30
program. It's really amazing.
It is. They have triage and you
00:27:49.33\00:27:53.20
come out of medical or you come
out of dental and they have just
00:27:53.23\00:27:57.14
about every medical service you
could imagine. They even have
00:27:57.17\00:27:59.94
general surgery. Women's Health.
They have Dental and Eye Care.
00:27:59.97\00:28:04.01
They have mental health.
Some of the other services they
00:28:04.05\00:28:09.88
provide there. I think...
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.25
Haircuts,
massages, hydrotherapy.
00:28:11.29\00:28:14.66
What about haircuts?
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.02
Haircuts, yes you
can get a haircut there.
00:28:16.06\00:28:20.80
They provide it all and it's
for free for the local community
00:28:20.83\00:28:24.07
that often are underserved
or that are disadvantaged that
00:28:24.10\00:28:28.30
don't have health care. You
know they might be immigrants or
00:28:28.34\00:28:32.07
whatever. It's provided for four
days. It started on a Sunday and
00:28:32.11\00:28:37.18
went through Wednesday and it's
a holistic program that touches
00:28:37.21\00:28:40.25
almost every aspect of our lives
And so the students had a chance
00:28:40.28\00:28:44.69
to serve in different capacities
Describe some of the things that
00:28:44.72\00:28:48.62
our students as a
whole, what they did.
00:28:48.66\00:28:50.73
Well, Alina let's go with
you since you're the quiet one.
00:28:50.76\00:28:55.20
So there were many positions
where you could be. You could be
00:28:55.23\00:28:59.10
a patient assistant transport
where you take a patient from
00:28:59.13\00:29:03.57
one area to the next. There
was also child service care.
00:29:03.61\00:29:07.64
That's what's
happening in this picture here.
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.01
Yes, in this picture.
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.51
And they have this lei. They
had this lei on. What does that
00:29:11.55\00:29:13.92
It means that you're the
patient transporter. (Oh okay)
00:29:13.95\00:29:17.85
And they were much in demand.
Because the people would be like
00:29:17.89\00:29:20.42
Hey, come here. We need
some help. This patient...The
00:29:20.46\00:29:23.09
patients have to get from one
area of the stadium, you know,
00:29:23.12\00:29:27.80
from this corner and they have
to go to Women's Health which is
00:29:27.83\00:29:29.36
you know way over here. And they
don't know how to get there so
00:29:29.40\00:29:33.07
their job is to memorize the
stadium and where to go and then
00:29:33.10\00:29:36.97
they are given the patient
and they have to walk with them,
00:29:37.01\00:29:39.57
transport them to another area.
00:29:39.61\00:29:41.81
There was also a childcare
service. You can take care of
00:29:41.84\00:29:46.95
the patient's children and then
there's also the volunteers'
00:29:46.98\00:29:51.35
children that you can take care
of. And then there's also media
00:29:51.39\00:29:54.62
where you can take pictures and
whatever they need. There's a
00:29:54.66\00:30:00.20
food service where you have
boxes and you take them around
00:30:00.23\00:30:04.27
and give them to every
single station which was a lot.
00:30:04.30\00:30:08.17
Were there a lot people there?
00:30:08.20\00:30:09.54
Thousands like 2400 volunteers
during the time. It's an amazing
00:30:09.57\00:30:15.38
thing and then the patients,
I think they treated over 4000
00:30:15.41\00:30:19.11
patients during the four
days that we were there and some
00:30:19.15\00:30:23.79
years you know it's been 6000
or 7000 that they've been able
00:30:23.82\00:30:27.29
to treat free. Millions of
dollars of health care provided
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.82
free for the local
community. And it's a wonderful
00:30:29.86\00:30:32.99
organization. The students were
busy and they were all involved
00:30:33.03\00:30:36.23
in different aspects of it.
It was just a wonderful service
00:30:36.26\00:30:39.03
opportunity and I know
personally touching the lives
00:30:39.07\00:30:43.41
of individuals. I know Alina had
several stories, Oscar as well,
00:30:43.44\00:30:48.91
of patients that they met and
transported. Maybe Alina you can
00:30:48.94\00:30:53.01
share the one that you met with
a lady as you were transporting
00:30:53.05\00:30:56.95
her in the wheelchair.
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.65
Yes so. Well I was working
on the top and I was with
00:30:58.69\00:31:02.96
dental triage. And usually you
don't get to see the patients
00:31:02.99\00:31:06.96
long but with the wheelchair
people, you get to go all the
00:31:07.00\00:31:10.10
way around the stadium. The
elevator is on the one side. So
00:31:10.13\00:31:14.40
this one particular lady, I got
to talk to her, Myrna. I asked
00:31:14.44\00:31:18.27
her how are you today and as
the time went on, she starting
00:31:18.31\00:31:22.21
opening up and she told me that
her husband had died in a car
00:31:22.24\00:31:26.01
accident and she in it and she
was badly injured. Her leg was
00:31:26.05\00:31:34.46
fully not...it was broken and
she was telling me how hard it
was because life was
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.73
hard and she felt like nobody
was there. Her children were
00:31:37.76\00:31:40.70
rebelling constantly. And as
we went on I asked her what she
00:31:40.73\00:31:45.97
thought about God and she said,
sometimes I feel like he's not
00:31:46.00\00:31:50.17
even here. And I told her
there's hope, there's hope. It's
00:31:50.21\00:31:53.27
not a coincidence that you met
me. There's people who care for
00:31:53.31\00:31:57.25
you and I'm very happy that
you could be here and she just
00:31:57.28\00:32:00.18
started crying. And I told here
there's hope, you have a big
00:32:00.22\00:32:05.25
future ahead. God knows you
plans and I quoted Romans 8:28
00:32:05.29\00:32:10.49
I know the plans for you, plans
to prosper. And she just started
00:32:10.53\00:32:16.63
crying and I gave her a hug
and I prayed with her. And it
00:32:16.67\00:32:21.80
inspired me to just see just how
God can work. He gives us divine
00:32:21.84\00:32:26.71
appointments and I got to
share God's love with her.
00:32:26.74\00:32:30.95
Beautiful. Isaiah 29:11 (Oh
yes) Romans 8:28- All things...
00:32:30.98\00:32:38.85
All things work together
for good for them that love.
00:32:38.89\00:32:42.32
And so Oscar speaks Spanish.
Now tell us did they have that
00:32:42.36\00:32:47.46
service there at the...
00:32:47.50\00:32:51.80
Did you have to
speak Spanish for anyone?
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.60
I did. Most of the people
I actually spoke to were only
00:32:53.64\00:32:57.44
Spanish speaking because they
were a majority of the patients
00:32:57.47\00:33:01.98
that were coming in. They didn't
speak any English. They were
00:33:02.01\00:33:06.21
The majority of the health care
providers were only English.
00:33:06.25\00:33:09.58
There was this huge need for
translation. And we had a number
00:33:09.62\00:33:15.46
of students, we had about eight
students who were bilingual and
00:33:15.49\00:33:18.23
so Oscar was one of those
and it was a tremendous blessing
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.73
because you worked with
the physicians (yeah) and you
00:33:20.76\00:33:24.50
worked with the patient to
translate. You're a medical
00:33:24.53\00:33:29.04
person right?
(A medical person?)
00:33:29.07\00:33:32.17
Did you work in medical?
00:33:32.21\00:33:33.54
No but I mean to translate
into Spanish and into English.
00:33:33.58\00:33:36.64
Oh yeah.
00:33:36.68\00:33:38.65
Wow. That's interesting
when you're dealing with medical
00:33:38.68\00:33:40.65
issues and you're the person
between making it clear that
00:33:40.68\00:33:45.79
this is the kind of help they
need. This is what the doctor
00:33:45.82\00:33:47.92
needs to understand. That's
a responsible place to be. Talk
00:33:47.96\00:33:51.66
about your days when you woke
up in the morning of the days of
00:33:51.69\00:33:55.36
being at Pathways to Health.
What was it like? What was the
00:33:55.40\00:34:00.24
first thing you did each day?
00:34:00.27\00:34:01.60
Well you know like every day you
have to pray for the people that
00:34:01.64\00:34:05.37
you are going to meet because
I never knew what type of person
00:34:05.41\00:34:11.15
was going to come my way or what
God had planned for me. So I
00:34:11.18\00:34:15.38
would ask Him, you know God,
just put your influence upon me
00:34:15.42\00:34:19.95
that other people might not
see myself but Jesus through me
00:34:19.99\00:34:24.43
because that's really what's
most important that they see
00:34:24.46\00:34:27.16
Jesus in me, like I guess
helping guide them. I'm not the
00:34:27.20\00:34:37.71
greatest like interactive. I
was usually very quiet and just
00:34:37.74\00:34:43.35
what's the word?
stoic. Yeah. (Okay, okay.)
00:34:43.38\00:34:50.52
So, I just asked Him, Lord, I
just ask that you will open me
00:34:50.55\00:34:55.76
up to these people that they
might feel comfortable around me
00:34:55.79\00:34:59.03
you know. Because it was just
there, a great opportunity to
00:34:59.06\00:35:03.67
train myself in
that way I guess.
00:35:03.70\00:35:06.47
Wow. What do you
think of it, Hon.
00:35:06.50\00:35:11.94
No, I'm just enjoying this
to see young people involved in
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.44
ministry and helping
others. Were you there Jewel?
00:35:15.48\00:35:20.52
At Pathways? (Yes at Pathways)
No. While I was in Bolivia
00:35:20.55\00:35:24.85
that's when they were at
Pathways. So I was not able to
00:35:24.89\00:35:27.66
go. I see.
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.69
Now what about the
story about the bus breakdown?
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.56
Yeah, maybe Alina can.
00:35:31.59\00:35:37.40
Yeah so the bus I was riding
in that was where the girls were
00:35:37.43\00:35:41.60
and we were riding and we hear
this pop and we don't know what
00:35:41.64\00:35:45.24
it is. We're not sure. We don't
know what happened. We go okay
00:35:45.27\00:35:49.34
we keep going and after maybe
a minute later the bus starts
00:35:49.38\00:35:53.52
sputtering and it breaks down
to the side of the road in the
00:35:53.55\00:35:57.69
middle of the highway. And so
the guys come and pick us up. We
00:35:57.72\00:36:03.69
were about an hour and a half
away from our destination. And
00:36:03.73\00:36:07.46
the guys come pick us up,
take the girls to a campsite and
00:36:07.50\00:36:11.97
then come back get the guys and
go back. So instead of it being
00:36:12.00\00:36:17.01
a 15-hour trip it turned out to
be an 18-hour trip. And at the
00:36:17.04\00:36:22.88
end when the mechanics came they
found out the tire had actually
00:36:22.91\00:36:28.78
popped and if we had kept going
it could have been more than
00:36:28.82\00:36:36.79
what had happened.
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.16
It was really amazing because
the dulies on the back, there's
00:36:38.19\00:36:41.80
two tires and the inside tire,
we didn't know it, but it had
00:36:41.83\00:36:44.67
blown and we were riding on the
left tire. You know they had to
00:36:44.70\00:36:48.87
tow the bus all the way
to Indianapolis and when they
00:36:48.90\00:36:51.97
lifted up the front end the back
end went down because it was
00:36:52.01\00:36:55.34
only on one tire. And he had to
turn around and lift it from the
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.55
back and tow it from behind.
And realizing God's hand of
00:36:57.58\00:37:02.58
providence very much...you know
when we were broken down beside
00:37:02.62\00:37:05.92
the road we don't know why. It
just is inconvenient and it's a
00:37:05.95\00:37:09.99
long drive. The next day we're
like you know who knows what
00:37:10.03\00:37:12.73
would have happened if
that other tire had blown on our
00:37:12.76\00:37:16.06
journey you know. It could have
been disastrous. God is good.
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.13
Okay, we know what that's like.
00:37:18.17\00:37:21.27
It happened to you
recently with your brakes.
00:37:21.30\00:37:23.57
Yeah. My brakes gave out on my
way. The Lord stopped me before
00:37:23.61\00:37:26.64
I got to the highway. I didn't
know why I would pull over to
00:37:26.68\00:37:29.64
pick up something hot to drink
and I thought I don't do that
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.88
and then I realized the Lord had
me pull over. Only when I was
00:37:31.91\00:37:35.48
getting back on the road I had
no brakes and I thought wow if I
00:37:35.52\00:37:38.59
had gone on the highway driving
in a hurry to get to the meeting
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.89
with no brakes that would have
been quite a different story.
00:37:41.92\00:37:44.39
So God does intervene. But
you made it to the Pathways. Was
00:37:44.43\00:37:50.33
that on the way to Pathways?
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.93
It was on the way to Pathways
just as we crossed the Illinois
00:37:51.97\00:37:54.30
border, Indiana border, and then
we ended up having to rent a 15
00:37:54.34\00:38:00.38
passenger van it was
tremendously more expensive than
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.58
we anticipated but God provided
and we were able to meet all of
00:38:04.61\00:38:07.32
our obligations. We got there
on time, just in time, actually.
00:38:07.35\00:38:10.29
But the students saw that when
you're on a mission field number
00:38:10.32\00:38:13.86
one, the devil's angry and he's
going to do everything he can to
00:38:13.89\00:38:17.33
try to prevent it. Right? He's
going to slow us down and they
00:38:17.36\00:38:20.40
saw that we were on a battle
field. When you're on the front
00:38:20.43\00:38:23.03
lines you're in war. And you can
expect things are going to go
00:38:23.06\00:38:26.40
not the most smoothly, right?
And then they also saw that God
00:38:26.43\00:38:33.01
provided because we were able
to orchestrate things and we did
00:38:33.04\00:38:35.78
get it repaired and we were able
to get back to campus with the
00:38:35.81\00:38:39.48
bus. So, in the end,
everything worked out. But...
00:38:39.51\00:38:43.52
All things work together...
Romans 8:28 (That's right)
00:38:43.55\00:38:46.15
The students...when you're doing
active service that's when you
00:38:46.19\00:38:50.33
really see the hand of God
providing for your needs, taking
00:38:50.36\00:38:54.46
care of the opposition. But
then you know it's an answer to
00:38:54.50\00:38:58.13
prayer that He really answers
and pushes the work forward.
00:38:58.17\00:39:02.87
Well I want to ask Jewel another
question about evangelism
00:39:02.90\00:39:05.97
because evangelism is what
causes the church to grow, what
00:39:06.01\00:39:11.65
causes the student to grow
in preparation for your nightly
00:39:11.68\00:39:14.52
meetings. Well actually
preparing to go. What kind of
00:39:14.55\00:39:18.45
material did you
use for evangelism?
00:39:18.49\00:39:22.62
So, It Is Written actually gave
us sermon notes so we can get a
00:39:22.66\00:39:27.40
better idea as to what we
need to preach on, what they're
00:39:27.43\00:39:32.03
expecting for the people to hear
So in the afternoon, we would
00:39:32.07\00:39:36.40
get back from the medical
clinic, later in the afternoon.
00:39:36.44\00:39:40.18
The meetings for my church
didn't start until around seven.
00:39:40.21\00:39:44.41
So I had a little bit of time to
prepare then. During that time
00:39:44.45\00:39:47.52
I would go over the notes. I
added some things. I would take
00:39:47.55\00:39:50.49
out things just to cut time so I
wasn't going over too much. And
00:39:50.52\00:40:01.06
so I would basically just go
through notes and I had a power
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.63
point so that...They provided
a projector and I would use the
00:40:03.67\00:40:08.60
PowerPoint I had with my paper
notes and I would use that to
00:40:08.64\00:40:13.78
basically, go off of to share
with the people. So I would
00:40:13.81\00:40:17.58
share with them stories,
the doctrine entire...Yeah I had
00:40:17.61\00:40:22.78
some pictures with them or for
them and lots of Bible verses we
00:40:22.82\00:40:29.66
would go over the Bible verses
in Spanish, so they could read
00:40:29.69\00:40:32.26
it and I didn't have to wait for
the translator to see that. And
00:40:32.29\00:40:37.63
basically yeah I would just
share with them that and that
00:40:37.67\00:40:42.50
was it.
00:40:42.54\00:40:43.87
Did you make an altar call?
00:40:43.91\00:40:45.24
I made three altar calls towards
the end of the week, yeah.
00:40:45.27\00:40:47.58
Okay, and people responded?
00:40:47.61\00:40:49.84
Not for my church there
were very few people there that
00:40:49.88\00:40:58.22
actually...There were a
few people there who were still
00:40:58.25\00:41:00.66
taking studies. So I didn't
get any calls during those altar
00:41:00.69\00:41:05.19
calls but I did make a few,
yes. There were some people that
00:41:05.23\00:41:08.26
answered from baptisms
in the other churches but...
00:41:08.30\00:41:11.53
Well you know you'll not see
the success until later on till
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.47
kingdom come
00:41:14.50\00:41:15.84
You know Paul says, I planted,
Apollos watered but God gave the
00:41:15.87\00:41:26.98
impact of your work maybe till
eternity. Praise the Lord. Keep
00:41:27.02\00:41:38.53
doing that.
00:41:38.56\00:41:39.89
And one of the things that has
been important over the years
00:41:39.93\00:41:44.27
is that, you know, we don't just
go for spreading the gospel. We
00:41:44.30\00:41:50.07
go for us. And it gives the
students a blessing. And we have
00:41:50.11\00:41:53.98
had many students who when they
are giving the call...I remember
00:41:54.01\00:41:58.41
one young man that was preaching
in the Philippines and he gave a
00:41:58.45\00:42:01.92
call for baptism and he hadn't
been baptized. And when he gave
00:42:01.95\00:42:06.96
the call he actually walked down
and answered the call and he was
00:42:06.99\00:42:13.90
baptized after the series
of meetings. In other words,
00:42:13.93\00:42:16.97
sharing the gospel with others
does something for us. And it
00:42:17.00\00:42:23.91
cements the gospel and it helps
us to make that same step that
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.41
we're asking them to do. And we
have had many young people that
00:42:26.44\00:42:29.44
have come back realizing that
God is doing something in their
00:42:29.48\00:42:33.38
life because of them going to
share in someone else's life and
00:42:33.42\00:42:36.12
they have
answered their own calls.
00:42:36.15\00:42:38.29
He made the altar call.
00:42:38.32\00:42:39.65
And he answered it. That's
called practicing what you
00:42:39.69\00:42:42.79
preach. (That's right)
00:42:42.82\00:42:44.43
It's a wonderful thing because
when they come back you can see
00:42:44.46\00:42:47.46
a difference in their lives.
They're more comfortable up
00:42:47.50\00:42:50.57
front just as part of their
training but they have grown
00:42:50.60\00:42:55.20
spiritually. Because they've
been sharing with others they've
00:42:55.24\00:42:57.07
seen God's hands at work and
they've seen answers to prayer.
00:42:57.11\00:43:02.11
You know. There's something
about mission service that makes
00:43:02.14\00:43:05.85
a difference in
everybody's lives.
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.38
Yes. Now you want
to be a missionary?
00:43:08.42\00:43:11.75
Are you looking forward to that?
00:43:11.79\00:43:14.26
Oh, I am. Yes, I am. I'm still
asking God if that's His will
00:43:14.29\00:43:17.99
for me and if it is that is
what I'm going to try to do it.
00:43:18.03\00:43:21.86
Where would you want
to go? Think about it.
00:43:21.90\00:43:24.00
Anywhere God sends me I will go.
00:43:24.03\00:43:27.00
Including Poland?
00:43:27.04\00:43:28.57
Oh yes. Especially Poland.
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.57
Do you speak the language?
00:43:31.61\00:43:33.31
I do. I do.
00:43:33.34\00:43:34.68
So say Happy, will it's not
Sabbath, but say Happy Sabbath
00:43:34.71\00:43:38.05
in your language.
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.41
Wesolych sabat.
00:43:39.45\00:43:40.78
Wow! Wow that's nice. So
at least you're ready to go to
00:43:40.82\00:43:44.75
Poland and preach there.
What were you going to say?
00:43:44.79\00:43:48.92
When she was a Pathways you
know all the people that speak a
00:43:48.96\00:43:52.69
different language they get
a little placard that says what
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.46
language they speak in case they
had somebody that came in that
00:43:56.50\00:43:59.77
spoke Polish then they would
serve as a translator. They
00:43:59.80\00:44:02.17
would call up and say we need a
Polish translator, right? So she
00:44:02.20\00:44:05.27
had her little Polish...but
during that time they didn't
00:44:05.31\00:44:08.61
have an opportunity, no one came
in that spoke Polish. But we had
00:44:08.64\00:44:11.78
another student, her mother
is Chinese from Malaysia (_
00:44:11.81\00:44:20.86
Chinese). We had a patient that
came in that only spoke Chinese.
00:44:20.89\00:44:27.36
And maybe you can share that...
00:44:27.40\00:44:29.46
I can say ni hao ma. That's it.
00:44:29.50\00:44:33.84
What does that mean?
00:44:33.87\00:44:36.04
Hi, how are you?
00:44:36.07\00:44:38.14
Okay, all right.
00:44:38.17\00:44:39.51
So this lady, she was Chinese.
She only could speak Chinese.
00:44:39.54\00:44:41.74
She came to me and she said ni
hao ma? And I responded to her.
00:44:41.78\00:44:45.55
I said hao, which is good. And
then she just started speaking
00:44:45.58\00:44:49.48
fluent Chinese. And I felt so
bad because I didn't know what
00:44:49.52\00:44:52.42
to do. So then she held onto me.
She grabbed hold of me and as
00:44:52.45\00:44:57.26
we went on she used Google
translator and told me that she
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.16
had to use the restroom. I said
all right. So I took her to the
00:45:00.20\00:45:04.00
restroom and it turned
out there's two exits to the
00:45:04.03\00:45:05.93
restroom and I waited at one
exit and she never came out. She
00:45:05.97\00:45:11.17
went the other exit. And
she found one of my classmates,
00:45:11.21\00:45:15.08
his name's Raphael and he
took care of her for four hours
00:45:15.11\00:45:18.68
translating through Google
translator with the paperwork
00:45:18.71\00:45:24.79
everything. He even prayed with
her through Google translator
00:45:24.82\00:45:29.42
saying some phrases and
then translate it in Chinese and
00:45:29.46\00:45:34.20
Mandarin and then some phrases.
She was very grateful. It was an
00:45:34.23\00:45:39.83
amazing experience.
00:45:39.87\00:45:41.70
And he had a translation placard
that said Portuguese because he
00:45:41.74\00:45:47.98
spoke Portuguese, but he ended
up translating Mandarin through
00:45:48.01\00:45:53.75
Google translate, you
know. I was just thinking in the
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.32
technology we have in the world
we live in we can minister in
00:45:55.35\00:46:00.16
in ways that we never could
before, right? He prayed with
00:46:00.19\00:46:03.12
her back and forth. She would
read it, she would translate it
00:46:03.16\00:46:06.36
and then you know she was very
much appreciative, four hours
00:46:06.39\00:46:09.93
working through that and she was
here because she had come over
00:46:09.96\00:46:12.97
before COVID and then COVID
hit and shut everything down and
00:46:13.00\00:46:16.07
she's been stuck here, not able
to go back the China. That's why
00:46:16.10\00:46:18.51
she spoke no English. And
she was coming to get medical
00:46:18.54\00:46:21.54
services because she had no
resources here or very few. And
00:46:21.58\00:46:25.71
so those were the lives of
people that were touched in so
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.05
many ways and even using
Google translator. A number of
00:46:28.08\00:46:31.65
the students had
similar experiences.
00:46:31.69\00:46:33.19
I want to ask Oscar, what about
Pathways impacted you the most?
00:46:33.22\00:46:37.89
I think just the abundance
of needs you know. It was just
00:46:37.93\00:46:44.63
amazing to see how many
people are not only needing like
00:46:44.67\00:46:49.60
physical help but like
support mentally and emotionally
00:46:49.64\00:46:56.61
and spiritually. You know there
are so many people that come
00:46:56.64\00:47:01.55
from hard places and you see it
everywhere and they just need a
00:47:01.58\00:47:05.42
little bit of comfort and
usually, that's all it takes for
00:47:05.45\00:47:08.32
the gospel to be spread. And
it was so inspiring because it's
00:47:08.36\00:47:13.23
just like wow. You know God has
so much work to be done. And you
00:47:13.26\00:47:19.60
know He gives us what we need
to give to others and it was
00:47:19.63\00:47:26.78
inspiring just to...inspiring
for me because it was like God
00:47:26.81\00:47:34.42
is calling me to go out
you know to do the gospel.
00:47:34.45\00:47:39.55
How many students went?
00:47:39.59\00:47:41.32
So the whole school went except
for the four seniors that were
00:47:41.36\00:47:45.23
in Bolivia. All the rest
and seven staff and a few of the
00:47:45.26\00:47:49.20
staff families, so we had a
group of like 42, 43 or so that
00:47:49.23\00:47:52.60
went. Of the 2000 some
volunteers we were a small
00:47:52.63\00:47:56.67
portion of it.
Were you all on the bus?
00:47:56.71\00:48:00.94
Well it was a 21-passenger bus
and thankfully we had the other
00:48:00.98\00:48:03.08
vehicle so that when it broke
down we were able to make a
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.98
couple trips back and forth the
last hour and a half and we got
00:48:05.01\00:48:07.35
in at like 1:30 in the morning.
Long day but the Lord provided
00:48:07.38\00:48:11.35
and the students saw you know
God takes care of our needs when
00:48:11.39\00:48:14.42
we're serving Him. You know
there's a...when we were in our
00:48:14.46\00:48:18.36
place where we're staying here
at 3ABN there's a poster on the
00:48:18.39\00:48:20.60
wall and it says where God leads
He provides. Where He guides He
00:48:20.63\00:48:27.34
provides, right? And that's
what the students experienced.
00:48:27.37\00:48:30.01
Now what are some of the things
that our audience, our viewers,
00:48:30.04\00:48:32.97
and our listeners could do to
help participate in the ministry
00:48:33.01\00:48:36.88
the educational
ministry at Ouachita Hills.
00:48:36.91\00:48:38.71
There's always lots of demands.
Most important is to pray for us
00:48:38.75\00:48:43.59
The challenges facing education
in this generation are numerous.
00:48:43.62\00:48:48.49
You know the devil I think
has his cross hairs on schools,
00:48:48.52\00:48:52.93
on young
00:48:52.96\00:48:54.30
people more than anything else
because we are told that of all
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the institutions in the world
the school is the most important
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That's a bold statement. That's
from the Spirit of Prophecy,
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that the school is really where
the future is headed, you know
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the training that young
people get. And so we need to be
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uplifting all of our schools
before the Lord. Of course,
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there's lots of volunteers.
We often have people that come
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to the school and volunteer.
Retired families or others that
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might have skills. We have
several that are teaching in the
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college and in the academy that
are retired and want to invest
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in young people, while
they still have opportunity to
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contribute. That's another way.
Of course, financially would be
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many needs Helping specifically
for young people to get involved
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in missions. Those donations
go specifically for helping
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students to gain strength to
resist temptation because that's
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gained through active service.
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What's the NET again,
what's that an acronym of?
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NET is to Nurture students
into a relationship with Jesus.
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To Educate them, E, for a life
of service and to Train them to
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take the gospel to the world.
And really it's the emphasis of
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taking the gospel to the world.
Training young people to get
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involved in service.
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Oh I love this, don't you Honey?
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You know and I want to ask just
before we go to the break, we've
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got about a minute and 30 before
we go to the break. What would
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you say, let's start with Alina,
what would you say if a young
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person in your age group is
thinking about going to Ouachita
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Hills. What would you say to
convince them that this is the
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place they need to go?
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This is definitely a school you
can grow with your relationship
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in Christ. If you want a
relationship with God and to get
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to know Him personally, one
on one connection, This is the
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school to come to.
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Okay, and what about you Jewel?
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I think the biggest thing
I learned about the school is
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opportunity. It's an opportunity
So if you're wanting an
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opportunity to grow in your
spiritual life, to get to know
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more about God and have
opportunities to share that with
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other people, I think
it's definitely a school that
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provides those opportunities.
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I'd agree with Jewel. You
know that's exactly the reason I
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started attending because I
saw an opportunity, an open door
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before me that only God opened.
I can only give Him the credit
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on this. And I saw this
opportunity and I was like a
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great opportunity for me to grow
and to be able to not only grow
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personally as a person but grow
spiritually, physically, and
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mentally.
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Wow, thank you. Yeah, we have
another side of the program on
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the other side of the address
roll. You know you've heard some
00:51:34.32\00:51:37.73
wonderful testimonies and
if you're considering Christian
00:51:37.76\00:51:40.06
education here is the website
information that you need in
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order to get in
touch with the school.
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If you would like to contact or
know more about Ouachita Hills
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Academy you can do so in the
following ways: You can write to
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them at PO Box 35, Amity,
AR, 71921. You can call them at
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(870) 342-6210. You can
also send them an email at
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Info@OuachitaHillsAcademy.org
Or visit their website at
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OuachitaHillsAcademy.org
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