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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today program. Thank you
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for joining us as you do each
and every day and thank you for
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your love and your prayers and
financial support of 3ABN as we
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endeavor to take this
great gospel into all the world.
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(Danny Shelton) Today speaking
of taking the gospel into all
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the world, I am so privileged
to be here with Castle Valley
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Academy way out in the state of
Utah. And so we have a bunch of
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young folk on here and we got an
old folk and then one in between
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and then some young folks.
Speaking of that we have the
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President Craig Cleveland. We're
so glad you're here. (Good to be
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here) You're no stranger to 3ABN
and our viewers I'm sure. And so
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Well, why don't we got ahead,
We'll introduce the students but
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then what I'd like to do is
for maybe you to give us some
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background on Castle Valley.
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Sure, sure. This is Alani
Holcombe, a senior, and Emma
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Driesen, a senior. And we have
Nathaniel Livingston, a junior,
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and then Ben Cowden, a junior.
Kansas, Montana, Montana,
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Montana. It's a little
heavy on Montana this morning.
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All right, glad you all are here
And those of you at home, we're
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glad that you're here. This
is an incredible story that they
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have, an incredible Academy and
today if there were ever a time
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that we need institutions,
Adventist educational
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institutions that are literally
living by the Bible, not looking
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to the left, not looking to
the right, not worried about the
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world and what the world
is doing but concentrating on
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taking the gospel to the world,
this is the time, so you may
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want to listen and watch and
maybe you're a young person who
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is watching, maybe even grandma
or the parent or grandma and
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grandpa, you're saying wow I
think that's where I'd like to
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send my student. We're going to
find out if they've got room to
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take anymore and I think we're
going to find the answer is yes
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here in just a little bit. But
Mr. Craig tell us a little bit
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about Castle Valley.
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Well the most important thing
about true education is knowing
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Jesus. Making Jesus attractive
to the students and letting them
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find an exciting adventure
with Him and then giving them an
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opportunity to get out and share
So we have so many stories we
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just got to get on with that. We
also are told on page 17 in the
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book Education to train thinkers
not reflectors of other people's
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thoughts and so we want to share
with you our plan to make that
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happen.
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Okay. Wonderful. The background
of Castle Valley, how long...
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It started in 1970 and had
many different growth spurts you
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might say along the way. We're
excited to see a focus on media
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and growth. We're rebuilding the
boys' dormitory. We want to see
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60 students as soon as we can.
And the Lord's opened ways for
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that to happen and we're excited
about that. And we're also
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building three new staff homes
because we got new staff joining
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us. So we're excited that
God has a plan to see more young
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people trained and soon.
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Okay, now what we're going to
do right before we get into the
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rest of the interview I want
somebody to explain maybe one
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of the students scripture songs,
about your scripture singers.
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tell me a little bit about
what we're getting ready to see.
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Who's, where's Ben? You look
like you know, you look like you
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know everything so tell me...I
think we got a smart kid here.
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(Ben Cowden) Scripture singer
is an app that you can listen to
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many scripture songs the entire
book of Matthew is on there,
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the entire book of James and
with many others. We also have a
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YouTube channel on which
we have many great videos.
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Okay so we're going to go to one
of those scripture songs right
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now. Okay.
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John 6:63 The words that I speak
unto you they are Spirit and
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they are life. The words that
I speak unto you they are Spirit
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and they are life. It is
the Spirit that quickeneth
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The flesh profiteth nothing. The
words that I speak unto you they
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are Spirit and they are life.
John 6:63 The words I speak they
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are Spirit and they are life.
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Hey everybody we're so glad
you enjoyed this video. If you'd
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like to enjoy hundreds more
scripture songs just download
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our free app Scripture
Singer and thanks for watching.
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All right beautiful that's great
So now you're continuing to do
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these videos right. (Yeah) Okay
now I want to find out why you
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all decided to go to Castle
Valley. There's a lot of options
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so Ben why don't
we start with you.
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Okay well I came to Castle
Valley because of the music.
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Music has been a huge part of my
life since I was very little and
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I was greatly inspired frankly
when at Fountain View Academy
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and when I
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heard that he was at Castle
Valley I jumped at the chance
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to go.
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Okay, where are you from?
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I'm from Kansas.
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Okay so that's a little bit of
difference flat Kansas compared
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to Utah, right?
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The scenery is awesome.
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It is absolutely fabulous. All
right do we want to go on down
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the line.
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Last year I actually did
attend Fountain View Academy.
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(Nathaniel Livingston) But
because of issues at the border
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I was praying and God opened
the way for me to go to Castle
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Valley and it's been a huge
blessing and I'm really glad I
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was able to come here. Went into
a lot of stuff with Craig and
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with the curriculum and getting
to work on the farm and in the
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shop and those places. All the
new friends and being able to
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grow spiritually. I've never
been as close to God as I have
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here at Castle Valley
so it's a huge blessing.
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My name is Emma. I'm from
Montana and I came to Castle
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Valley Academy mainly because of
the great program that they have
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They have a different approach
to learning that I really like
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and also the music program.
Also we do a lot of outreach and
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evangelism and colporteuring so
that was the reasons I decided
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to come here.
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Okay, Alani (Holcombe).
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I'm also from Montana and I came
because his mama told me that
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there's a cool school at Castle
Valley. Okay, I'll check it out.
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And then I found out they have
a really big canvassing program
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and I'd canvassed this last
summer and I had such a blast
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I said if I can get a school,
learn in a new way and also go
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canvassing that
sounds fun, let's do it.
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That was a great testimony I
mean honestly. I think we have a
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video. They say a picture is
worth a thousand words. Have you
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heard that. I don't know what a
video would be, maybe a hundred
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thousand words, but let's
go to the video right now.
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Our school is surrounded with
the iconic beauty of the red
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rock mesas, hyasol mountains
and the Colorado River. Here on
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earth we all can tell time won't
last much longer, Jesus soon
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come. So we ask the question
what is important to our young
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people right now. We believe
the answer is they need an
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experience with the amazing love
of Jesus for themselves. They
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find that in the study of the
Bible. They need to share this
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experience with others. But to
share with others they need to
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understand everything
they believe and to understand
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everything they believe they
need time to deeply study God's
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Holy Word. Our program trains
our young people to share Jesus
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wherever they are. In music,
meeting people in the community
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and selling truth-filled books
door to door, through Bible
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studies, furthering their
education. It's all exciting.
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But to do this we need to take
a new approach to learning that
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puts our young people into the
mode of thinking for themselves.
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As they discover the ever
expanding deep truths of God in
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science and inspiration.
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Luke Cook Industries Director
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Anyone who has seen what is
happening in our world today
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knows that we need hope now more
than ever. What if there was a
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place where young people could
come and be trained so that when
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they left they would know how to
rapidly establish gardens, grow
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food, preserve food and
be a blessing for life in any
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community where God takes them.
It's so fun when young people
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know how to make healthy soil
and then grow organic veggies
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potatoes, melons, etc., and
then take that food and can it,
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dehydrate it, freeze dry it.
Young people who are trained in
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CPR and first aid. It's like
sending out community survival
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experts into any place to be
leaders. This is our vision and
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this is what is happening
here at Castle Valley Academy.
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(Anita Cook, girls dean) Our
desire here is to create a warm
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loving atmosphere, a home away
from home in which every student
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is heard, valued, and
appreciated Here students and
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staff depend on one another as
we work together. We realize the
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importance of staying in close
contact with parents and as a
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dean, I consider it a
great honor and privilege to be
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entrusted with your most
precious treasures. I do not
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take this responsibility
lightly. By God's grace I will
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be their mom away from home.
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(Jason Strack, principal) There
is a saying that if you give a
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person a fish you'll feed them
for a day. But if you teach them
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how to fish then you'll feed
them for a lifetime. Well it's
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also true in education. If you
teach someone some facts they
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learn for the test. But if
you teach them how to learn for
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themselves, to think for
themselves, they learn for a
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lifetime. At Castle Valley
Academy we train thinkers, not
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thinkers of the worldly sort but
thinkers that gain their reason
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from the Bible. There is no
curriculum calculated to lift
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men higher than the word of
God. With the Holy Spirit as our
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teacher the wisdom of man
becomes foolishness and we
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become wise unto salvation. We
are seeking that highest of all
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educations and we have the
most incredible classroom, the
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exquisite outdoors. We study
from God's book of nature first
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hand. Learning becomes connected
to reality instead of just
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theories, a book. Biology
becomes alive in the garden.
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Physics is experienced
when repelling on the mountains,
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riding dirt bikes through the
desert and rafting on the rivers
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God's presence seems nearer
while enjoying the views from
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the mountain tops. Math is real
when you plan how much mulch you
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need to cover the flower
beds. The water cycle becomes
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practical when you see how much
less water those flowers need
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when they're mulched. Chemistry
is applied in the kitchen.
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English is real when you preach
that sermon that you wrote. We
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don't measure students' learning
by the time they spend in class.
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No. We evaluate our students by
the competence they show in real
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life skills and knowledge. To
reach targets that we have hand
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selected to train
students for true greatness.
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Amen, boy what an incredible
video. Who put that together for
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you? My son Ethan.
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Oh wow, let him know I thought
he did a great job on it. No
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it's amazing some of the stuff
that y'all do there. It's not
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not like your normal when I
think Academy. Way back, you
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probably haven't even hear dates
this far back in 1967 to 1968, I
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went one year to Wisconsin
Academy. It was very cold up
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there because we're several
hundred miles south of there.
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It gets cold here but not like
that and I worked on the farm.
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But it was 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
We didn't have any of that stuff
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you know that you have there. So
you've got recreation that looks
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like it's out of sight but your
farming is incredible with what
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you do. I mean Craig what
an incredible place. I have a
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feeling there's a lot of
students right now watching this
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that say I think I'm going
to take a closer look at Castle
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Valley.
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Yeah well we hope they do and we
do have a beautiful farm and God
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has blessed us a lot. In fact,
we just had funds come in to put
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irrigation on 70 more acres
of that farm. And Alani tell us
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about it. You guys, what
do you like about the farm.
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The farm is really cool. So it
has about 320 acres or our whole
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property for the farm. We have
potatoes about 33-37 varieties
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of potatoes. We have a student
greenhouse where we grow all
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different veggies of our
choosing. We get to choose.
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And the students get to learn
how to grow the food. We each
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have like our own sections
and we can choose what we want
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to plant and they teach us how
to grow it and how to take care
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of stuff. And then we also
work in the bigger greenhouse to
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Produce, produce that we
actually we sell for the school.
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Not only do we work in the
student greenhouse and the main
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greenhouse. We also do micro
greens which is a lot of fun.
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And then we have our orchard.
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And don't forget the cucumbers
too. They're like in the back of
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of the greenhouse where we have
the tomatoes. We have cucumbers
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and they get like huge like...
Some of them we save for seed
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and some of them like you don't
see them because they're under
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like all the leaves and then you
find them like two days later
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and they're like literally this
big. I like that for a monster
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size one.
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You're out in the desert I
understand. Where do you get
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your water from?
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Yeah we actually have three
ponds on campus and then we have
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an artesian well that
supplies all our water.
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An artesian well?
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Several, several. We also have
first rights on the creek as we
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have a huge supply that comes
more than three miles down the
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mountain, that's 12-inch pipe.
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The water's not a problem.
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Yeah and it's really good
water too. (Oh it's the best)
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Through a real miracle, we
have actually become the largest
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organic seed potato farm in
North America. Somebody talked
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about 37 varieties it's not just
a couple of potatoes here and
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there It's acres and acres
of seed potatoes. It's a real
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miracle. So what do you
do with all those potatoes?
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Sell them as seed. (Okay) Yeah.
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And we just recently got a
really big harvester that we're
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going to harvest potatoes and
that's going to be a lot of fun.
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Talking about fun. Maybe I
should tell them about some of
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of the things we like to do when
we aren't busy in class or out
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on the farm.
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So we have lots of activities at
the school. We're never really
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bored. We do lots of things. We
have rafting. We have a rafting
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launch by our school and we have
quads and dirt bikes and horses.
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We have a really neat horse
program. You can bring your own
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if you have a horse. I brought
my own horse, yes. I love horses
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Also, bring your own quads and
dirt bikes. And if you have a
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trike you can bring that too.
And unicycles are also an option
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and bikes too. You
can bring you own bike.
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Often times we use quads and
dirt bikes just to ride around
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campus. There's different like
trails and jumps around campus
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that we can use. We
have Castleton Trail which is
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close to our
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school that we can take
our quads and dirt bikes on and
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mountain bikes too if
that's what you're into.
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We also have like a really
cool thing and we live like in
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a beautiful area with lots
of red rocks that we do rock
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climbing and repelling.
So that's another cool thing.
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And you know what was really fun
is for the boys campout that we
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we went up to Recapture
Reservoir and then we had
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everybody have like a quad
or dirt bike and then we'd go up
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into the mountains and we'd
literally, go for like miles and
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miles of trails and we'd just
keep going and going. It's a lot
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of fun especially if you run out
of gas or pop tires. You lose
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your way on the trail and then
you have to go to the highway
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and you have to go to the
station and then you have to
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find your way back
home. It's a lot of fun.
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Yeah it's a lot of fun being
a student there. A lot of wake
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boarding that we do too. It was
still nearly a hundred degrees
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We're in a very desert, warm,
warm area. But it is exciting
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I think though even more
exciting that getting out in
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nature, repelling, or rafting
like we've talked about, camping
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out there is learning
about Jesus and sharing Him with
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others. And we love to do that
in music. We love to get out
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on the road.
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We're booked for concert tours
all over California, Washington,
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and Idaho and all the way out to
Washington, D.C. up to Minnesota
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and so on and we're excited
about that. The kids that really
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the Lord sent us a very talented
group, four of them are sitting
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right here. But even on tour
more than sharing the music we
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like to get out and go door
to door. And it was something we
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planned to do but then our
industries director Luke Cook
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and I were out fundraising with
our wives back in April and we
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asked a donor if they would help
us expand our bakery because we
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have a beautiful bakery, we grow
grow (laughs) make lots of sour
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dough bread and specialty bread
and so we were talking about
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that, the needs there, and this
donor said well wait a minute
00:18:53.53\00:18:55.96
do you like the book The Great
Controversy and I'm like ah yes
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I've read it many times.
It's wonderful. He said well how
00:19:00.67\00:19:03.04
about a semi-load of those
and it's worth twice what you
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asked me for. So anyway with
all those books we have one goal
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and that's to get rid of them
all and I think we should talk
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about some of those experiences
because we've seen miracles.
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door to door.
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Yeah canvassing is always fun
because it's a way to not only
00:19:15.72\00:19:18.19
get to know the fellow student
you're working with and go
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through you know fun experiences
kind of scary experiences
00:19:21.92\00:19:25.29
with them but also to be
able to experience Jesus moments
00:19:25.33\00:19:29.93
with them and make relationships
with the people at the door.
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That's so much fun.
00:19:35.17\00:19:36.81
We really enjoy going outdoor
to door because it's a way that
00:19:36.84\00:19:41.94
we as sinners can be really
grounded in our faith and you
00:19:41.98\00:19:44.81
know just believing something
having gone out sharing about it
00:19:44.85\00:19:47.98
and actually sharing it
with somebody. It's a totally
00:19:48.02\00:19:51.25
different experience when
you can share your faith it
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strengthens you and it helps you
to gain strength in many ways.
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There's a lot of divine
appointments too. Like you pray
00:19:56.99\00:20:00.13
something, Lord help this to
happen, help me to be able to
00:20:00.16\00:20:04.30
connect with this person
and then it seems like it's not
00:20:04.33\00:20:06.84
working out at all and then
it just totally turns around and
00:20:06.87\00:20:09.34
God just leads and it's amazing
how He just goes forward with
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that.
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We have a few stories of
how God has led. (Absolutely)
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Which shall I tell first, the
one about the food or the one
00:20:16.38\00:20:20.28
about the (Unclear)
00:20:20.32\00:20:23.35
So two of our students were
canvassing out in Moab which
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is just
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.09
outside of where we live in
Castle Valley. Two students went
00:20:29.12\00:20:30.73
up to a house, a trailer park
I believe it was and they went
00:20:30.76\00:20:35.66
and knocked on the door and
the lady they got to talking and
00:20:35.70\00:20:39.37
they said this is our last
meal today because we don't have
00:20:39.40\00:20:42.70
enough food. And one of the
young ladies said hey can we
00:20:42.74\00:20:48.11
pray with you? And the woman
at the door says sure. And so
00:20:48.14\00:20:50.75
during the prayer one of them,
her name's Isadora, she had this
00:20:50.78\00:20:57.02
urge to go get food for them.
And we had produce with us from
00:20:57.05\00:20:58.75
our farm and they gave them what
they had at hand. So we all got
00:20:58.79\00:21:03.53
in the van, our leader picked
us up and Isadora said can we go
00:21:03.56\00:21:08.30
get food for them? Yeah, let's
go get food. So we did it, we
00:21:08.33\00:21:11.43
went and bought food for them
and we went back. And Nathaniel
00:21:11.47\00:21:18.01
and myself and Emma canvassed in
Montana this summer and we sang
00:21:18.04\00:21:19.41
at doors. So we said, (gasps)
we should sing some of our choir
00:21:19.44\00:21:21.44
songs for them at the door. And
so we went to her house and gave
00:21:21.48\00:21:26.41
food that we had bought for her
and she was crying and we prayed
00:21:26.45\00:21:29.08
with her and we sang one of
our songs. And we went back that
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same I think two weeks, a week
or two weeks for her (two weeks)
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and sang for her again and gave
her some more produce that we
00:21:38.33\00:21:39.66
had and it was really, really
great experiences for them and
00:21:39.69\00:21:43.23
for us.
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Incredible.
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One of the really neat
things about the person who was
00:21:46.97\00:21:49.60
selling Great Controversies that
have the commission to get them
00:21:49.64\00:21:50.97
out before Jesus comes back.
And so that's our goal, just to
00:21:51.67\00:21:54.74
get these books into the
community and then another thing
00:21:54.78\00:21:58.21
about having books that are
donated is that we can give them
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away to the people who
can't afford to buy them from us
00:22:00.25\00:22:02.65
because they're broke. So
we have lots of really neat
00:22:02.68\00:22:06.89
experiences
00:22:06.92\00:22:08.26
with that. One of the one that
I would like to share with you
00:22:08.29\00:22:10.53
actually happened when we were
on music tour because when we go
00:22:10.56\00:22:13.40
on tour we actually take books
with us and we go canvassing
00:22:13.43\00:22:16.53
in the towns that we stay in
which is really great because we
00:22:16.56\00:22:20.67
get Bible study interests for
the churches that we're staying
00:22:20.70\00:22:23.87
in. And so this particular day
we were canvassing near Rifle
00:22:23.91\00:22:29.18
and we were just walking to the
doors like we do always and we
00:22:29.21\00:22:32.18
kept on hearing this loud music
coming from somewhere around
00:22:32.21\00:22:34.98
town.
00:22:35.02\00:22:36.35
The interesting thing before
that we were originally supposed
00:22:36.38\00:22:38.25
to stay at a church in a
different town but for some
00:22:38.29\00:22:43.22
complications we weren't able to
stay there so we had to go back
00:22:43.26\00:22:45.59
to Rifle where we had already
canvassed. We'd already done our
00:22:45.63\00:22:49.36
thing but now we're back here
even though we weren't supposed
00:22:49.40\00:22:51.23
to be. God brought us back there
and then we figured out why
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.44
later.
00:22:53.47\00:22:55.94
Yeah so we were in this town
that we'd already canvassed in
00:22:55.97\00:22:58.24
and we decided to canvas We said
hey let's go and see where the
00:22:58.27\00:23:03.91
music is coming from. Let's
canvas the party. And so we
00:23:03.95\00:23:05.91
drove to find where the music
was coming from and it turned
00:23:05.95\00:23:07.92
out to be this big concert
and so our canvassing leader was
00:23:07.95\00:23:11.09
how about I drop
00:23:11.12\00:23:12.45
two teams off and you guys can
canvas just the people that are
00:23:12.49\00:23:15.22
going in or the people
that are inside and so...
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Why don't we hold it and I think
we ought to maybe...this is an
00:23:18.43\00:23:24.03
awesome story and maybe can
build some suspense by showing
00:23:24.07\00:23:30.21
another...Maybe we can show
another video from Scripture
00:23:30.24\00:23:32.31
Singers and just say you know
that it is true. It is really
00:23:32.34\00:23:35.98
awesome you know as we go
touring you know we love to make
00:23:36.01\00:23:38.61
every concert a way to reach the
community for every church. And
00:23:38.65\00:23:43.28
now...you know I've done that
for all my life...but now to be
00:23:43.32\00:23:46.45
actually able to go knock on
doors in the town selling truth
00:23:46.49\00:23:51.13
filled books and handing out
flyers inviting people to the
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.86
concerts and then working
with the church because we're
00:23:53.90\00:23:57.50
finding people who want to study
the Bible. And so these kids ask
00:23:57.53\00:24:00.50
do you want to study the Bible?
And so when we come tonight
00:24:00.54\00:24:04.57
we'll sing you about Jesus and
there's people in this town that
00:24:04.61\00:24:06.91
want to study the Bible with you
So it's just an awesome package
00:24:06.94\00:24:09.94
and it kind of exploded this one
time in Rifle, Colorado, and I
00:24:09.98\00:24:14.28
think before we go on why don't
we show another video because we
00:24:14.32\00:24:16.62
love to memorize the Bible too.
It's just a big part of what
00:24:16.65\00:24:19.75
we do.
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¤ ¤ 2
Corinthians 5:21 Mark 8:34-36
00:24:21.72\00:24:25.29
He hath made him who knew no sin
to be sin for us that we might
00:24:25.36\00:24:35.87
the righteousness of God,
the righteousness of God in Him.
00:24:35.90\00:24:42.34
2nd Corinthians 5:21 He hath
made Him who knew no sin to be
00:24:42.38\00:24:55.12
sin for us that we might be made
the righteousness of God, the
00:24:55.16\00:25:03.30
righteousness of God in Him. ¤ ¤
00:25:03.33\00:25:19.05
Whosoever will come after me,
let him deny himself and take up
00:25:19.08\00:25:28.22
his cross and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life
00:25:28.26\00:25:37.90
shall lose it, but whosoever
shall lose his life for My sake
00:25:37.93\00:25:48.21
and the gospel's, the same
shall save it. For what shall it
00:25:48.24\00:25:59.59
profit a man if he shall gain
the whole world but lose his
00:25:59.62\00:26:07.10
own soul? Mark 8:34-36.
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00:26:37.06\00:26:42.26
Amen, I love it. Now that's
amazing that piano, I'm assuming
00:26:42.30\00:26:46.10
that's not a big heavy piano.
That would be tough to get it
00:26:46.13\00:26:49.64
out there. But what an
incredible experience to look at
00:26:49.67\00:26:53.88
all the scenery around you.
You have to think about God. You
00:26:53.91\00:26:58.11
cannot help it. What a great way
when you all go out and do these
00:26:58.15\00:27:00.35
scripture songs. Are most of
these done outside, the videos.
00:27:00.38\00:27:04.62
(Yeah) It's just incredible
because like I said when you see
00:27:04.65\00:27:08.09
all of that beautiful nature
around you, I mean that puts you
00:27:08.12\00:27:12.36
right in the mood to worship.
Then you hear these songs.
00:27:12.39\00:27:15.56
Incredible! But we were in a
story about...we were going back
00:27:15.60\00:27:19.73
to Rifle, right Utah. Want
to hear the end of this story.
00:27:19.77\00:27:22.57
Okay just to refresh everything
we're in a town, weren't
00:27:22.60\00:27:27.64
supposed to be there. Supposed
to be somewhere else, but anyway
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.04
and we're in the middle of
canvassing and our leader pulls
00:27:29.08\00:27:31.31
up.
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.42
So our leader drops us off
outside this big concert and
00:27:34.45\00:27:36.89
we're two teams. Me and
Nathaniel were a team and
00:27:36.92\00:27:39.35
then another team got
00:27:39.39\00:27:40.79
dropped off with us as well and
so we had to try to get in the
00:27:40.82\00:27:45.13
concert to try to canvass people
inside. But we found out that
00:27:45.16\00:27:48.06
it was $100 per person to get
in. (Have mercy) Also everybody
00:27:48.10\00:27:52.27
at the concert spoke Spanish.
The band that was playing was
00:27:52.30\00:27:57.34
singing in Spanish. So me
and Nathaniel, all our friends,
00:27:57.37\00:28:01.08
decided to see if they could get
in to canvass people. So me and
00:28:01.11\00:28:05.58
Nathaniel walked away and
started talking to some of the
00:28:05.61\00:28:06.95
people and then we turned
around and they were inside
00:28:06.98\00:28:11.29
and we were like well how did
they get inside. So I tried to
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.02
radio my friend but the music
was loud and we couldn't hear
00:28:13.05\00:28:14.39
anything. And so we're standing
outside the gate and Nathaniel
00:28:14.42\00:28:17.19
turns to me and he's like I have
the best idea in the world. And
00:28:17.23\00:28:20.50
I was like Oh no what is he
going to say now? And he's like
00:28:20.53\00:28:24.13
we should go up to the people
backstage and ask them if we
00:28:24.17\00:28:26.87
can sing. We have a song that we
sang called It Is Finished. And
00:28:26.90\00:28:31.11
it's just a really great song
that talks about Jesus coming
00:28:31.14\00:28:32.87
back and the hope that we have.
And so he's like we could sing
00:28:32.91\00:28:35.94
it up front and witness to all
these people. The speakers were
00:28:35.98\00:28:39.31
loud everybody could hear us
from like half way across town.
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.28
Imagine how many people we can
reach. And I was like No way,
00:28:41.32\00:28:44.82
that's not going to happen.
00:28:44.85\00:28:49.49
At that point we eventually did
get contact with the other team
00:28:49.52\00:28:53.16
again and we were like, How did
you get in, what did you do? And
00:28:53.19\00:28:55.96
he's like We just asked someone
We're like Oh okay, Well let's
00:28:56.00\00:28:59.27
just do that. So we go over
the the entrance and walk up to
00:28:59.30\00:29:03.74
people and we're like we're here
for the event and our friends
00:29:03.77\00:29:06.04
are already inside and they're
like, Oh sure yeah come on in.
00:29:06.07\00:29:08.24
So he's like bring us on in, so
it's like okay that works. So we
00:29:08.28\00:29:13.68
get inside and the other team
they had vanished and we had no
00:29:13.72\00:29:17.39
idea where they were. So we went
to try and find them. He brings
00:29:17.42\00:29:22.32
_ Eventually we did find
them. And I walk up to one
00:29:22.36\00:29:27.23
of them, because It is Finished
has a guy and a girl singing
00:29:27.26\00:29:29.53
it. And I
00:29:29.56\00:29:32.57
wasn't too sure if Emma would
want to do it and I was like
00:29:32.60\00:29:35.44
Oh maybe she'll want to do it
so I walk up to the other girl
00:29:35.47\00:29:39.17
and I'm like hey you want to do
this with me. Like I know you'd
00:29:39.21\00:29:42.08
want to do it. You'd be willing.
You'd go up there and then right
00:29:42.11\00:29:46.55
then Emma walks up and she's
like Oh this guy is crazy, he's
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.68
out of his mind or whatever and
she's like well what do you want
00:29:48.72\00:29:52.05
to do? Oh I just want to go up
and say we'll sing to them. You
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.56
what!? So I'm like yeah I mean
come on you should do it and
00:29:54.59\00:29:57.79
he's like no way I'm doing that!
Okay fine then I'll do it by
00:29:57.83\00:30:01.33
myself. So I gave her the books
that I had and then I walk over
00:30:01.36\00:30:04.17
to where the DJs, where the MCs
were at the back right by the
00:30:04.20\00:30:08.67
stage and I don't speak Spanish
The only thing I can say in
00:30:08.70\00:30:12.67
Spanish is actually that I don't
know how to say it in Spanish.
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.01
So I walked over to them and
in English I say Hi, I have a
00:30:15.04\00:30:19.98
question for you. And they were
like yeah so. Could you do me a
00:30:20.02\00:30:25.05
favor, would it be okay if I
went up on stage and sang for
00:30:25.09\00:30:28.02
my best friend? And he was like
well I'm not the person to ask
00:30:28.06\00:30:30.13
for that. So I have to go over
to these other people and...It
00:30:30.16\00:30:35.80
was like almost 10 different
people that I had to ask and I
00:30:35.83\00:30:37.33
just kept asking and asking.
Finally, I got to the point
00:30:37.37\00:30:40.17
where they were like Okay after
this band's done then you can go
00:30:40.20\00:30:43.61
up and sing your song.
00:30:43.64\00:30:44.97
So me and the other team sat,
we were watching him and just
00:30:45.01\00:30:48.34
wondering what was going to
happen. And we saw him talk to
00:30:48.38\00:30:50.98
one person and talk to another
person and finally he leaned up
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.82
against the gate that they
have for back stage and he had
00:30:53.85\00:30:56.99
in his hand like I don't know
they probably gave him water or
00:30:57.02\00:30:59.19
something. And so we just sat
there. We were just praying and
00:30:59.22\00:31:02.46
like if this is Your will,
please help it to be able to
00:31:02.49\00:31:04.33
happen. And then all of a sudden
we hear the MC on stage speaking
00:31:04.36\00:31:09.73
in Spanish and they started
talking about this boy who wants
00:31:09.76\00:31:12.17
to sing a song for his friend.
And we're like no way, they're
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.60
not going to actually let him
sing. And then he walked up on
00:31:14.64\00:31:16.87
stage And he doesn't speak
Spanish so they were talking
00:31:16.91\00:31:20.38
about him in Spanish, no clue
what they're saying. And so they
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.65
handed him a mic and he started
singing the song It Is Finished,
00:31:23.68\00:31:26.72
a Capella, no backup music
or anything. And the who stadium
00:31:26.75\00:31:31.42
was dead silent. There was
at least 2000 people there.
00:31:31.45\00:31:34.12
Everybody was quiet. People
stopped dancing and started
00:31:34.16\00:31:36.49
watching. And my friend and
I were sitting in the bleachers
00:31:36.52\00:31:40.30
and she said, we gotta go,
we gotta go and so she stands up
00:31:40.33\00:31:43.06
and she told Billy that she felt
that God was just pulling her up
00:31:43.10\00:31:45.73
there and she couldn't stop it.
And I love singing but I wasn't
00:31:45.77\00:31:48.87
just about to walk out and sing
for all those people but I felt
00:31:48.90\00:31:52.47
like God was just pulling us
up there. So we ran through the
00:31:52.51\00:31:55.94
crowd and got up and started
singing and somebody handed us a
00:31:55.98\00:31:59.41
mic and we sang the whole
song and people were just like
00:31:59.45\00:32:02.02
watching us and people even
pulled out there phones and were
00:32:02.05\00:32:04.42
taking a video. And as we
finished and walked off the
people on stage started
00:32:04.45\00:32:10.56
talking about us in Spanish and
they were like did you see that
00:32:10.59\00:32:12.43
they just evangelized us
all. And Nathaniel had a bag of
00:32:12.46\00:32:17.97
garlic hanging off his pants
because when we're colporteuring
00:32:18.00\00:32:21.84
we take produce from our farm
to hand out to our people. Yeah
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.81
we had garlic, we had (multiple
voices) that we grow it all on
00:32:24.84\00:32:28.18
our farm. And so they were like
did you see that he had garlic
00:32:28.21\00:32:30.65
on his pant? He's an evangelist
and a farmer. Yeah it was just
00:32:30.68\00:32:35.15
amazing and we were really
thankful to see how God can lead
00:32:35.18\00:32:38.49
and one of the things that I
just really learned from that
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.66
experience is that God can do
so many things with us if we're
00:32:40.69\00:32:43.53
just willing. Because I'm
not brave. I didn't have enough
00:32:43.56\00:32:47.33
faith but He just wanted us to
be willing so He could use us.
00:32:47.36\00:32:50.03
Also going back a little bit
into the story, when I was up
00:32:50.07\00:32:54.70
there singing, if you're
familiar with the song It Is
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.74
Finished there's a part in it
that says the earth shakes with
00:32:57.77\00:33:01.08
the force of the conflict.
Because of how loud those
00:33:01.11\00:33:03.41
speakers were the earth
literally did shake. I talked to
00:33:03.45\00:33:07.28
some other friends of mine who
were canvassing somewhere all
00:33:07.32\00:33:10.69
the way across town, at least
a mile or two away and I was
00:33:10.72\00:33:14.92
talking to him and he said
yeah just out of nowhere, I hear
00:33:14.96\00:33:19.23
(sings) It Is Finished and
I'm like Oh well that was pretty
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.30
cool because you know the
speakers were so loud. And it
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.17
was just amazing. And I'm
the type of person that I'm not
00:33:24.20\00:33:28.77
afraid to go up to someone and
just say hi and just like start
00:33:28.80\00:33:30.27
talking to them. But you
know something about going up on
00:33:30.31\00:33:33.61
stage in front of 2000 people
singing a song a Capella that
00:33:33.64\00:33:37.21
was kind of daunting. But I just
prayed Lord just give me peace
00:33:37.25\00:33:41.75
and give me strength and I
wasn't even afraid at all. It
00:33:41.78\00:33:44.65
was like I was just singing
to my family and it was amazing
00:33:44.69\00:33:47.39
It really
strengthened my faith in God.
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.09
Right after that, we went out
into the crowd and we just got
00:33:49.12\00:33:53.60
out our books in Spanish, we
had Steps to Christ in Spanish
00:33:53.63\00:33:57.00
And we started canvassing people
we made up a canvas for the
00:33:57.03\00:34:00.80
book in Spanish. And we just got
out all our books. So that was
00:34:00.84\00:34:04.61
really amazing.
00:34:04.64\00:34:07.24
You see that's a great lesson
for all of us for those at home
00:34:07.28\00:34:08.84
because when Jesus says go ye
into all the world sometimes we
00:34:08.88\00:34:13.68
pick and choose what part, well
we can't go here or okay this
00:34:13.72\00:34:17.95
looks good, let's go over here.
But when you get out of your
00:34:17.99\00:34:21.76
comfort zone like you all were
literally out of your comfort
00:34:21.79\00:34:24.93
zone but you said okay Lord and
you kind of feel impressed to do
00:34:24.96\00:34:29.56
something and you do it, God
will open the doors. And so you
00:34:29.60\00:34:34.24
know you weren't unkind, you
didn't force your way, you asked
00:34:34.27\00:34:37.27
and you asked and you asked and
you went through all the proper
00:34:37.31\00:34:41.48
channels and the Lord was just
you know...Basically, I think
00:34:41.51\00:34:45.38
that's a challenge for each and
every one of us. Oh well I can't
00:34:45.41\00:34:48.28
I have people say you know I
just not good. You know you talk
00:34:48.32\00:34:52.72
a lot but I'm too quiet, I can't
you know I can't witness to
00:34:52.75\00:34:56.89
people and one guy, a friend
of mine, I said you told me all
00:34:56.93\00:35:00.83
about your new car but you can't
tell me about Jesus. You know in
00:35:00.86\00:35:05.20
other words people we do what we
want to do. So thank you, this
00:35:05.23\00:35:07.57
is great. So we got to hear some
more. I want to talk a little
00:35:07.60\00:35:11.47
bit about your building projects
but whatever else we got here
00:35:11.51\00:35:15.41
this is good.
00:35:15.44\00:35:17.71
Yeah, we definitely want to keep
those stories going but God is
00:35:17.75\00:35:19.08
blessing and we are building
three brand new staff homes
00:35:19.11\00:35:22.22
which is a
00:35:22.25\00:35:23.59
real miracle and a real blessing
that God has put that there.
00:35:23.62\00:35:27.62
Also both Build and Restore
came back in July and Maranatha
00:35:27.66\00:35:31.33
Volunteers International will be
there in November to ramp up the
00:35:31.36\00:35:35.96
remodeling of the old
boys dormitory which has been
00:35:36.00\00:35:39.27
abandoned and that will let us
have 60 students on our campus
00:35:39.30\00:35:42.14
and that's our goal. And we're
excited about the volunteers
00:35:42.17\00:35:45.97
that have made this possible
with people that have given
00:35:46.01\00:35:48.71
funds. Our ongoing needs are for
a bus. We don't mind driving a
00:35:48.74\00:35:54.22
school bus but we need...You
know right now we're driving
00:35:54.25\00:35:56.28
four different vehicles
to get the group around.
00:35:56.32\00:35:58.35
How did you all get
here to Southern Illinois?
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.46
We drove the van.
00:36:00.49\00:36:01.82
How many hours?
00:36:01.86\00:36:03.73
It was 22 hours.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.09
Whoo! Twenty-two hours! You got
to know each other very well.
00:36:05.13\00:36:10.23
Kansas seemed to go
forever, so. And Missouri.
00:36:10.27\00:36:15.17
So you need a bus.
00:36:15.20\00:36:17.47
That's right. And just the
support that it takes to keep
00:36:17.51\00:36:20.18
these kids knocking on doors and
to keep the vans going and to
00:36:20.21\00:36:23.85
keep the books in their hands
and...That's something that we
00:36:23.88\00:36:27.02
just praise God that He's
provided for. We ask that, that
00:36:27.05\00:36:30.15
go forward because we love to
see the young people spread the
00:36:30.19\00:36:33.72
good news of Jesus' love. We're
out every Tuesday afternoon
00:36:33.76\00:36:36.62
sharing in the community
helping in practical ways. We're
00:36:36.66\00:36:39.39
knocking on doors and selling
books and as we tour we like to
00:36:39.43\00:36:42.33
do that in each community
so that churches have the
00:36:42.36\00:36:45.13
opportunity for us to personally
invite people to the concerts
00:36:45.17\00:36:47.54
offer them these truth-filled
books and also see if there's
00:36:47.57\00:36:51.84
interest in studying God's word.
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.61
Absolutely. What I'd like to do
is talk to our viewers at home
00:36:53.64\00:36:56.21
for just a minute. And there
are projects and then there are
00:36:56.24\00:37:00.15
projects and there's the things
that you really want to support.
00:37:00.18\00:37:03.25
I'm very impressed today
with what you all are doing and
00:37:03.28\00:37:06.05
praise the Lord for you
Craig and your staff and for the
00:37:06.09\00:37:12.26
students that are there because
you're not what I call and I
00:37:12.29\00:37:16.33
lift up to Jesus and you're not
you know you personally but the
00:37:16.36\00:37:19.93
the Jesus in you. It shows
that the education that you're
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.47
getting which starts sometimes
with the parents and sometimes
00:37:22.50\00:37:26.07
not but through Christian
Education when it's really
00:37:26.11\00:37:30.48
Christian Education. It makes a
difference. It's life-changing.
00:37:30.51\00:37:32.85
So I want to do two things. One
is if you're interested and want
00:37:32.88\00:37:36.85
to know more about Castle Valley
we're going to put up an address
00:37:36.89\00:37:40.19
in just a moment. Maybe you're
a student and you want to go or
00:37:40.22\00:37:43.06
maybe you're that grandma or
grandpa who says boy I wish my
00:37:43.09\00:37:46.63
grandson or granddaughter would
go there. But secondly, I want
00:37:46.66\00:37:49.60
to talk about the projects
and financially...I know it's a
00:37:49.63\00:37:52.53
small school, I know they don't
have a lot of support in that
00:37:52.57\00:37:55.94
area but also I want to put up
the address and we want you to
00:37:57.11\00:38:00.78
pray and ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you to do
00:38:00.81\00:38:03.38
in support. This bus is nothing.
If we get all of us together and
00:38:03.41\00:38:07.98
you gave $10 and somebody gave
$100 and somebody $50 there are
00:38:08.02\00:38:13.59
literally potentially millions
of people here in the states.
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.32
There's tremendous amounts of
people that are watching. So I'm
00:38:15.36\00:38:18.19
going to say a little prayer and
I'm going to ask you to pray and
00:38:18.23\00:38:22.06
ask the Holy Spirit what He
would have you to do to get the
00:38:22.10\00:38:27.00
gospel into all the world
because what we're actually
00:38:27.04\00:38:29.20
doing here is some of us older
folk we realize we're not going
00:38:29.24\00:38:33.27
to be around forever right,
should the Lord tarry. But these
00:38:33.31\00:38:36.68
young folk these are the church
of tomorrow and so what I see
00:38:36.71\00:38:40.45
that I respect and love is Jesus
is the center of their joy.
00:38:40.48\00:38:46.35
That's the focus. When they're
talking you can see that Jesus
00:38:46.39\00:38:49.46
is real to them. And we're
not worried about all the things
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.46
happening here and there
and around the world but just
00:38:52.49\00:38:55.06
sticking to the Bible, going out
and doing evangelism, personal
00:38:55.10\00:38:58.90
evangelism, I mean at that age
and not a lot of our schools are
00:38:58.93\00:39:02.30
doing that anymore. So we're
seeing something here that I
00:39:02.34\00:39:05.71
think that this bus, they need a
bus to travel. They're doing all
00:39:05.74\00:39:09.38
these concerts in California and
wherever, west coast or Oregon
00:39:09.41\00:39:13.38
wherever, maybe Minnesota, all
of that. So they need a bus so
00:39:13.42\00:39:16.45
we're going to pray. So
who knows maybe you have a bus
00:39:16.48\00:39:18.52
We've had people donate us
motorhomes or buses in the past
00:39:18.55\00:39:22.42
Maybe you have one you're not
sure you know what to do with it
00:39:22.46\00:39:26.39
But other than that you say look
I want to help support. I want
00:39:26.43\00:39:30.73
to support what they're doing in
the community, I want to support
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.10
the farm. There's new building
projects, faculty housing, the
00:39:32.13\00:39:38.37
boys dorm to expand it for
growth. So I think right now,
00:39:38.41\00:39:42.01
I'm going to say a little prayer
and then we're going to put up
00:39:42.04\00:39:44.78
this address. In fact, we'll
give you an opportunity even
00:39:44.81\00:39:50.29
when the program's over that if
you want to learn more and you
00:39:50.32\00:39:53.02
didn't get their address or
email that you can always call
00:39:53.05\00:39:55.99
us here at 3ABN and we'll put
you in contact. Right now let's
00:39:56.02\00:39:59.93
bow you heads with me if you
would and let's pray and I want
00:39:59.96\00:40:02.86
you to pray too. See what
the Lord would have you to do.
00:40:02.90\00:40:05.67
Dear Lord, we thank you for your
blessings and your love and we
00:40:05.70\00:40:09.14
thank you for your plan of
salvation. We thank you for
00:40:09.17\00:40:12.31
Castle Valley and for the
leadership, for Craig and the
00:40:12.34\00:40:16.14
others that are literally
here not only being mentors but
00:40:16.18\00:40:19.15
educators and their personal
lives with these young people
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.68
that are there. We can see
Jesus in them and they each are
00:40:22.72\00:40:27.16
becoming evangelists in
their own way. Some may end up
00:40:27.19\00:40:30.23
actually in front preaching but
we heard the stories today out
00:40:30.26\00:40:34.53
of nowhere, you opened the door
and these kids are singing to
00:40:34.56\00:40:37.57
2000 people and then able to
give them the books and able to
00:40:37.60\00:40:42.34
witness to them, to canvas.
So we know that there are many
00:40:42.37\00:40:46.61
needs. We know the devil is
not happy about this academy and
00:40:46.64\00:40:49.08
what's happening out there
but Lord we know greater are you
00:40:49.11\00:40:53.45
that's in us than he that is
in the world and so today we're
00:40:53.48\00:40:56.55
just praying that people
literally around the world that
00:40:56.58\00:40:59.22
are watching this program today
that each and every one of us
00:40:59.25\00:41:02.39
will do something to help them
financially. We can do that.
00:41:02.42\00:41:05.93
Some of us can pray, some of us
can help financially, some of us
00:41:05.96\00:41:10.37
can donate certain things, maybe
vehicles, whatever it is Lord
00:41:10.40\00:41:13.97
I'm just praying for each of
us to be open. We know that your
00:41:14.00\00:41:17.84
coming is soon and we realize
this is our church of tomorrow
00:41:17.87\00:41:21.11
and I'm just asking again that
each and every one of us listens
00:41:21.14\00:41:25.25
to your Holy Spirit and do
what you would have us to do and
00:41:25.28\00:41:28.58
support the continuing education
of Castle Valley Academy. I ask
00:41:28.62\00:41:32.39
and pray in Jesus' name Amen.
00:41:32.42\00:41:34.49
Now what I want to do is
get the address up on the screen
00:41:34.52\00:41:37.66
for a little bit and it's okay
to cover our face especially
00:41:37.69\00:41:41.46
mine. But I want to make sure
it's up there long enough that
00:41:41.50\00:41:46.47
people can...and maybe you can
read it for our radio listeners.
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.14
Castle Valley Academy, HC 64 Box
2201, Castle Valley, UT 84532
00:41:48.17\00:41:58.41
And our phone number is
(435) 259-7719. The website is
00:41:58.45\00:42:06.02
CVA.School that's Castle
Valley Academy so CVA.School
00:42:06.05\00:42:11.19
Or you can email
us at Info@CVA.School
00:42:11.23\00:42:15.76
All right let's leave it up
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.13
there. Emma, you
read it for us. Okay.
00:42:17.17\00:42:19.33
Castle Valley Academy, HC 64 Box
2201, Castle Valley, UT 84532
00:42:19.37\00:42:30.31
And our phone number is
(435) 259-7719. You can reach us
00:42:30.35\00:42:37.42
at CVA.School or Info@CVA.School
00:42:37.45\00:42:41.46
All right. Thank you so much.
Now we only have about eight or
00:42:41.49\00:42:45.76
nine minutes left so
Craig where are we going?
00:42:45.79\00:42:48.53
Well you know the most exciting
thing we saved for last. And
00:42:48.56\00:42:53.57
ultimately we believe
that training thinkers takes a
00:42:53.60\00:42:57.81
different approach to school
in the academics especially. And
00:42:57.84\00:43:01.98
so we like to focus on master
learning. Master the grammar,
00:43:02.01\00:43:05.25
the math,
00:43:05.28\00:43:06.61
the science. Do it in little
bits. Get it in for real. Have
00:43:06.65\00:43:10.79
it for life. But more than that
the book Education also tells us
00:43:10.82\00:43:15.09
that the Bible as a textbook is
better than all other books that
00:43:15.12\00:43:20.70
have ever been written. And so
we figure look if the Bible is
00:43:20.73\00:43:25.13
and must be
00:43:25.17\00:43:26.57
the center of true education
then we should know the Bible
00:43:26.60\00:43:30.64
and share the Bible. So tell
us about You Choose. This is a
00:43:30.67\00:43:33.54
program that these kids run,
this is a program they named,
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.41
I believe is the most exciting
thing at Castle Valley Academy.
00:43:36.44\00:43:40.52
So we're really excited to tell
you about a program called You
00:43:40.55\00:43:44.42
Choose. It's a Bible-based
program where we as students
00:43:44.45\00:43:47.99
carefully study
00:43:48.02\00:43:49.36
the Bible and our ultimate goal
is to be able to have a live
00:43:49.39\00:43:52.73
video, a program that people can
send in any questions that they
00:43:52.76\00:43:55.76
have about the Bible and we can
answer those in the Bible and
00:43:55.80\00:43:58.40
also, learn how to think about
it for ourself. And we have a
00:43:58.43\00:44:03.30
group of singers that we have
open our program with scripture
00:44:03.34\00:44:06.41
songs We bring a keyboard. We
can do this from anywhere around
00:44:06.44\00:44:09.68
our school. We have beautiful
red rock that we can film from
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.91
or we have this thing called
Star Link Mobile which allows us
00:44:12.95\00:44:17.29
to stream live from
anywhere and so yeah.
00:44:17.32\00:44:20.22
Another thing that's really
amazing is our team behind the
00:44:20.26\00:44:24.39
camera that you don't normally
see, they've put together what
00:44:24.43\00:44:28.46
we call a Bibliopedia, a
You Choose Bibliopedia which is
00:44:28.50\00:44:32.17
basically like a Wikipedia
of all the Bible topics that at
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least we could think of and the
amazing thing about this program
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is the more questions that you
ask and the more questions that
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we get the more we can put into
this Bibliopedia so if you think
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of basically any topic on the
Bible all we have to do is put
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that in there. We can find all
the verses on that, we can find
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the references and everything
there so we can put forward the
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information. But the really
amazing thing about this program
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is that we're not just telling
you what's going on. We're
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giving you the information and
we'll let you choose what the
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answer is. So we're not just
putting it in your face, oh this
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is what you're supposed to do
like this is what the Bible says
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to do. This is what God has told
us to do and you can interpret
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that for yourselves.
So it's really amazing.
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It's a way for us to learn the
Bible better while also helping
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other people learn.
They're really great...
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Even more than that if you know
media, and Danny I know you do,
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you know for every minute of
run time on a great music video
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there's probably 10 to 40 hours
backstage, all that stuff, and
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so we just feel like time's too
short to spend all of our time
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making music videos so but
here's a way to basically have
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enthusiasm and eagerness and all
this scripture singing happening
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live and between each song you
know they're saying hey guys let
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us know what song you want to
learn from the Bible and send us
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your questions and then
these guys are ready for those
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questions and diving in. And
it's just...you know one of the
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things that is so important
for young people to learn is the
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ability to communicate and have
an enthusiasm and have energy.
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And so then, I mean, you're
going to make this thing fly
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You know for people to
really watch it, it's got to be
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interesting. It's not just like
oh here's the question. No. And
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that's for me as a teacher
it's so exciting to see that
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happening, see that dynamic
start to grow and to see that
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their communication skills
are going through the roof. And
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praise God because the message
has got to get out and every
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question's got to be answered.
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And any question that we get
to answer is something that we
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learned, we learned for
ourselves a lot more than just
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hearing it in a sermon and
knowing it from since you were
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little because we're good
Adventists but actually sharing
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answers straight from the Bible.
It just really strengthens you
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and your beliefs and it helps
you know exactly where it's
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found in the Bible and how to
share them with people that are
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wondering because there are a
lot of people out there that are
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just hungry for the truth and
that's our mission to get it out
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there.
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The amazing thing about this
is it's not just that all the
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adults have put this thing
in front of us to do. It's that
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everything from thinking of
a name, You Choose, everything
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from actually studying there,
from singing the songs, from
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being backstage, the cameras,
the tech support, everything
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back there is all student-run.
We do the Bibliopedia, we're
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actually studying the Bible to
find the questions, to find the
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verses and answers and to be
able to put it out there. Like
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we have the privilege of being
able to do this and it's not
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just something that they've put
for us. We're actually involved.
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So the Bible is just really the
textbook for our school. We're
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studying the Bible. We're
learning much more than you
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would in any other school.
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Nothing's more powerful than
a personal testimony what we're
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doing in the process. Oh say
this is what we learned while
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trying to answer your
question. Here's how we kind of
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interpreted it but here's the
answer to it. And it's a really
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good way for us to get to work
with each other, get to know
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each other better from the
closer student body by having
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you know worked with our friends
in front of the camera and
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with our friends off the camera.
It's a really really great thing
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to do.
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Ben, you're kind of quiet over
there. These folk are jumping in
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Do you have any comments right
before we close here. Somebody's
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thinking about coming to Castle
Valley and joining all of you,
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what would you say to some
student right now that's in the
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valley of decision.
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Well personally coming to Castle
Valley has been one of the
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greatest things that has
ever happened to me. Just being
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around other students that are
focused on God and loving each
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other and the music, the
canvassing, the canvassing has
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strengthened my relationship
with God more than anything I
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have ever done. And so if you
have a chance please come. It's
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an incredible
experience on every front.
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All right. Any closing thoughts?
We've got two minutes left.
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We know that Jesus is coming
soon and we want to share it in
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every way we can. And it's
exciting to see miracle after
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miracle. It's exciting to go out
with these young people and to
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pray for those Divine
appointments, to pray, you know,
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lead us to the home where
there's a great need. Lead us
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to the place where they want to
study the Bible and then to see
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those prayers answered is just
proof that God is listening and
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that He's willing to use us.
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Do you have time
for another quick story?
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Be really quick.
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During our music tour, we were
in a Walmart parking lot and I
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just happened to walk up to this
guy that was at the back of his
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car. And I gave him the books
Great Controversy, Lessons of
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Love and Steps to Christ. And it
was so amazing because he said
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he'd been searching, he'd been
looking for the answers and just
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trying to find God and it was
just amazing that God put him
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in our path and impressed
me to just give him the books.
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What's really great about
this school is that we're doing
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things that we've done before
you know we've all probably
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worked in the garden been
to school in the classroom but
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we're also doing things
that kind of get us outside our
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comfort zone, get us to
experience more things than just
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this little world we've
been living in and that's what's
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really good about canvassing,
about you know music tours,
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working on the farm
and going everywhere else.
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I love it. What we're going to
do is we're going to put up your
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address one more time for our
folks at home. Then we're going
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go to a news break. We'll
come back for a closing thought.
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We'll be back right after that.
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If you would like to contact
or know more about Castle Valley
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Academy you can do so in the
following ways: You can write to
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them at HC 64 Box 2201, Castle
Valley, UT 84532. You can call
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them at (435) 259-7719 You can
visit their website CVA.School
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Or send them an
email at Info@CVA.School
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