Well, hello, friends.
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And welcome to
another 3ABN today.
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We're so glad
that you've joined us,
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myself and my lovely wife, Rise.
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We have a great program today.
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We're going to be talking
about the health message.
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We're going to be talking
about Wildwood Health Institute.
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And we are so
thankful for the message,
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the blueprint that God has
given us in regards to health.
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There are a lot of
people out there today,
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and you may be one of
them, who need some health help.
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So we want to
encourage you to stay with us
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because we're going to
be talking about health,
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and perhaps the very
thing that you're going to need
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to improve your health.
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We have two guests
with us today from Wildwood
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Health Institute and
we're going to introduce those
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two guests right now.
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To my immediate
right is Vaughan Sparrow.
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Vaughan, glad you're here.
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Thank you. Good to be here.
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And to his right is Raven White.
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Raven, glad you're here.
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Thank you for having us.
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So we are going to be looking at
the Wildwood Health Institute.
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We're also going to be
hearing some testimonies.
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And we're going to be
talking about the principles
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upon which this
lifestyle center is based.
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Principles that God has
given us that can help you
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to have great
health, improved health,
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or to help you with
perhaps a little health crisis
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that you might be dealing with.
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And we're going to do that
right after this special music
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from our friend, Jayme
Stabel; Holy, Holy, Holy.
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I wish I could play,
yeah praise the Lord,
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I wish I could play
the piano like that.
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Thank you,
Jayme. That was amazing.
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Well praise the Lord, let's
get right into our program.
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Rise, would you like
to have a word of prayer
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for us as we get started?
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- Yeah, sure. -
Alright, let's pray together.
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Father in heaven,
we're just so grateful
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that to each one you've
given a place and a work.
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And as we talk with
Raven and Vaughan, we just
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pray that as they share with us
the place that You've put them
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and the work that You've given
to them and laid on their hearts
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that You be
honored and glorified.
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And that those who are watching,
their hearts would be touched
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and blessed in some way.
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May Your Spirit
rule and inspire.
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We ask in Jesus' name, amen.
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~ Amen. ~ Amen.
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So, Vaughan, I'm just
going to start with a question.
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It's been a while,
there may be viewers out there
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who have never
heard of Wildwood.
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It's been a few years
since you've been here.
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Can you tell us and give us a
little introduction to Wildwood?
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What is Wildwood? Tell
us a little about Wildwood.
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So Wildwood is located in the
little town of Wildwood Georgia.
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Just outside of
Chattanooga Tennessee.
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And the state line
divides our property into two.
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But Wildwood was started,
or incorporated, let's say,
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in 1942; it was started
a couple of years before.
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But incorporated in 1942
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as Wildwood
Sanitarium Incorporated.
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And the idea behind the
ministry was of health work
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and health education.
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And in those early years
we started as a hospital.
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It was a tiny little hospital.
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And in the early 70's the
current building that we operate
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our lifestyle center out of
was a state-licensed hospital.
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And we operated like
that for a number of years
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until the two philosophies
became a little more divergent
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and we lost our
insurance coverage.
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And then it was cut back
to a 13-bed state licensed
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hospital, from 39, to where
the lifestyle center was born.
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And along with the
lifestyle center today
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we have an education program.
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Our center of health evangelism
operates a six months training
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school for medical missionaries.
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And then there's a possibility
of select students after that
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doing the advanced training,
which is for an additional year,
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and being able to either
take the Lifestyle Counselor
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course or the
Ministry Management course.
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~ Okay.
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We also have the
Wildwood natural food store
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that people travel to
and come to buy whole foods,
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along with our little herb
store that's included in that.
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Which is kind of
like the pharmacy
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for the lifestyle center.
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We have a little farm.
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But we sit on 640 acres
of woods and rolling hills,
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and it's a beautiful campus.
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Many people that come to visit
us say, "When we drive onto
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this campus we just feel
peace and the love of God here."
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And so, we believe that we're
involved in a spiritual work.
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And I'll share more about
that a little bit more later.
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But that's basically
Wildwood in a nut shell.
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And there's more that
can been seen in a video that
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we can have a look at
and give you a little tour.
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Alright, sounds good.
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Let's check it out.
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Wildwood started
medical missionary work in 1942
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with the purpose of
restoring God's image in man.
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We did not just
envision people locally,
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but all over the world.
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We set out to
inspire a global movement,
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to train missionaries,
to use health evangelism,
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so that lives
could be changed forever.
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Every semester we see students
from all parts of the world
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eager to learn what medical
missionary work is all about.
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They get immersed in hands-on
training on God's method of
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healing and
restoration and transformation.
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They get also the opportunity
to go to the communities
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around our campus
meeting people where they are,
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sharing with them what they
are learning in their classes,
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and at the same time showing the
compassion of Christ to them.
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Once a semester they also get
an opportunity to come with us
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to a church in a city
of the U.S. inspiring other
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church members to follow
in the footsteps of Jesus
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of healing,
preaching, and teaching.
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After that training is over,
they get launched to other parts
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of the world and they become
ambassadors of Jesus Christ.
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Sometimes I think
me on the phone, like,
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"Oh, you know what
I'm learning in the class.
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I'm learning about bees,
I'm learning about theology.
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And you know what's
happening in your body?"
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God is literally using
me to share the love of God.
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And I have three friends that
are coming to Wildwood because
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they love what God is doing in
my life, and they want the same.
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They want to be a missionary,
and they want to serve God,
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and they want to
learn how the body works
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and how you can help
more people like Jesus did.
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Every worker that
is employed by Wildwood
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has to have a
basic knowledge at least
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of God's healing practices.
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And that is a basic
requirement that we also have
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when people come to work
in the natural food store.
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Every day we have people coming
in asking these questions,
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not only about what food can
I eat, but what natural remedies
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do you have for
specific conditions.
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And fortunately, we have
the people there that can share
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with them and can
help educate them.
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And in doing so,
we form friendships.
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And we're able to share
not only literature with them,
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but also from our personal
experiences and how this
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knowledge has
actually benefited us.
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And we also have
people attending church now
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because of contacts
that they've made through
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the natural food store.
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And in so doing, I believe
we actually reach our wider
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community and fulfill the
mission statement of Wildwood.
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When I think
about our vision and how
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Wildwood Lifestyle Center
is inspiring a global movement
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using God's method for
restoration and transformation
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of lives, I don't
think about the hydrotherapy,
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I don't think about the staff
even trying to share Christ
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with people, or even our 640
acres of land of peace and joy.
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I think about our
guests who say, "You know,
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I want to actually turn
my home into a sanitarium
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because you all
have transformed me."
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Or when they leave here and
they want to be a part of our
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educational system
because they want to be able to
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help someone else the
way we've helped them,
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and even decided to join our
team and be a part of the work.
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When those people do
that, that makes us even want
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to enhance more of
sharing the gospel.
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And one of the things
that we're doing here in the
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lifestyle center is that
we're trying to tackle even more
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the diabetic crisis
within the United States.
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So one of the things that we're
doing is a research program
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to be able to show and
prove and write articles that
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the methods that we're
doing here is making an
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impact within diabetes,
as well as create a book
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so we can be able to share
again what God's methods can do
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in healing
someone who has diabetes?
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We're also, starting this
October, having a CNA course
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that we can maybe help
people going into people's homes
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to not only help them with
cancer, diabetes, hypertension,
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but also to show God's
method of love and care
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as simple remedies in the home.
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I tell you, it's an
inspiring thing to be here
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to see what God is
doing in the lives of others.
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And we pray that the
new adventures that we're
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reaching out to do will even
cause a greater global movement.
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Our work is more
crucial than ever before.
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Serving,
educating, healing since 1942.
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- That was amazing. -
That was really amazing.
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I don't want to just
hone in on this, because it
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seems like Wildwood is so
much more, but I think it's
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so cool that you guys
have this research that
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you're doing too kind
of validate the results of
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what you're seeing, and
let people know about it.
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This is evidence-based.
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~ Amen. - Yeah, that's cool.
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I'm kind of
curious, what do you guys see
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as the special
niche of Wildwood?
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Locally, community,
in America, in the world.
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~ That's a loaded question.
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But as was shared in the video,
and this video is packed with
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a lot of information, and we
can try and unravel some of it,
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but it's restoring the
image of God in humanity.
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It's preparing a people to stand
in the investigative judgment.
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It's largely a spiritual
work that has gone from
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our little campus
to around the world.
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And it's impacted so
many lives around the world,
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both in healing
physical, spiritual, mental,
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and also in order to provide
an opportunity for people
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to get involved in this work and
in the medical missionary work.
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So it's a training and
educational work as well.
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And so, you know, we've
seen over the years that...
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Recently on a trip to India
visiting some of our ministries
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there, the comments
were, "We so appreciate
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what you've done and the
paths that have been laid down
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and that we can follow on."
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And so, it's a special work.
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I believe it's a work
that God has called us to
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for this time
in earth's history.
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Preparing people
to meet their Maker.
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When you say, "some
of our ministries there,"
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so you guys are connected with
ministries all over the world?
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~ Yes. - Okay.
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We have ministries
that have been started by
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previous students.
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We have ministries that,
you know, Wildwood itself
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has been
instrumental in starting.
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But many of these
ministries need funds.
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And so, they raise funds.
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And because we have the
right criteria for the IRS,
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we can assist them in
getting those funds transferred
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to be used in
an appropriate way.
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And so, part of what I do
is visit these ministries,
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encourage, and just
making sure that the funds
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are used appropriately.
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And so, we had the experience
of visiting six ministries
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in India a couple of months ago.
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~ Any idea how many ministries
you are connected with?
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As we've looked and
tried to add up over the years
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approximately around 150.
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And as you look at OCI today,
Wildwood was also instrumental
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in the founding of
OCI, and OCI today is
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headed to in
excess of 200 ministries.
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And so, you know,
there's threads that connect
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all of these together.
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~ You mentioned the
word, medical missionary.
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Will you explain
what you mean by that?
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So the medical missionary
work for us is more involved
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for lay people rather
than many times it's set aside
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for those that are
qualified physicians, nurses.
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But there's also in
the spirit of prophecy
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in, Ministry of Healing,
a call for those that can be
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trained in simple
remedies to fit a niche of
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meeting people where they are.
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An example, a quick story
of students on a mission trip
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to India, this little
boy was brought to them.
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He was a few months old.
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He had a terrible skin
condition, he wasn't able
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to move, or anything like that.
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And our students were
like, "Oh, what do we do?"
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And the Holy Spirit impressed
them, well wash the baby.
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The baby hadn't
been washed since birth.
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~ How old was he?
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He's about three
months old already.
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~ It's part of
the culture there.
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So they bathed this child.
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And within a short time
the skin started healing up.
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And this child became
vibrant and responsive.
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And all of a sudden other
mothers in the neighborhood
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started coming, "Can
you help my baby too?"
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You know, so just
simple things used simply can
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create such a
powerful impact on people.
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And right there
you have an opportunity
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to share about Christ.
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~ I think the biggest
thing that has helped us is
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that our schools really
train us almost like doctors.
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You know, we really
get into the physiology,
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and the disease and treatment,
and how to do suturing,
00:19:22.36\00:19:25.03
and phlebotomy,
and reading bloodwork.
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So you learn so much,
but the end goal where the
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ministry part comes
in, everything is just
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to utilize your skills
to reach souls for Christ.
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Okay, so we go into the
inner cities with our students,
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with our workers.
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We had a gentleman
whose feet were swollen,
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he was diabetic.
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And we could only
see him once a week.
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But the goal was, again, to be
able to reach a soul for Christ.
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So at least once a week
we were able to go in and
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cook for him, help
do massages on his foot,
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use treatments on his foot,
do hot and cold treatments.
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His feet got
better within a month.
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At this stage now, he's asking
the question about Christ.
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Whereas before, we're just
there because we show care.
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But it's like, "Why
are you showing care?"
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You know, "What
do you want from me?
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How much money
do I have to pay?"
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"You don't have
to pay anything?"
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"Why don't I
have to pay anything?"
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You know. The whole
goal is to reach a soul.
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And so we're utilizing
the skills that God gives us
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to be able to do that.
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~ That's the way Christ worked.
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I mean, when you
think about His ministry
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on this earth, He
went forth healing people
00:20:23.95\00:20:26.92
physically, and then He
started preaching the gospel.
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He would make that
connection with the gospel.
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So this work sounds
like the work that Christ did
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when He was on this earth.
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So how does
Wildwood empower individuals
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to take hold of
their own health?
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To take control of their
health and their well-being?
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Well one of the aspects that we
do within our lifestyle center,
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we have a segment of time
where we get really practical.
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Okay. So we're teaching
them how to cook, and then
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they're actually not
only learning, but hands-on.
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Learning how to cook,
learning what ingredient is good
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and what is not, and
then they learn how to
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make their own breads.
00:21:01.42\00:21:02.76
Also how to make their
own products, whether it's
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lotions, shampoos, toothbrushes.
00:21:05.26\00:21:08.03
~ That's great. ~ Really?
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.40
Because whatever you
put on your skin, 60% of it
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goes into your bloodstream.
00:21:11.50\00:21:12.83
And so, when I had fibroids,
and this is one of the things
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.90
that I really appreciate about
Wildwood, when I went there
00:21:14.94\00:21:16.94
I didn't realize how
sick I was as a student,
00:21:16.97\00:21:19.24
but I had to realize that
a lot of the products I used
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caused the
fibroids to grow more.
00:21:22.78\00:21:24.55
And so, when you
learn how to take back,
00:21:24.85\00:21:26.92
you know, for yourself, when
they teach us gardening there,
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we also teach that to some
of our mental health guests.
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We take them out to the farm.
00:21:32.12\00:21:33.46
So when you start to
learn these are ways that
00:21:33.76\00:21:35.89
I can utilize any
kind of skills and tools,
00:21:35.92\00:21:38.06
whether it's making my
own food, you know, my breads,
00:21:38.09\00:21:40.73
my own products,
how to grow my own food,
00:21:40.76\00:21:42.96
I get to be empowered to know
that I don't have to be a victim
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to whatever you say,
to whatever you give me
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I have to take in.
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.31
I can take
charge of my own life.
00:21:50.34\00:21:51.81
We want to empower
people to continue to do that.
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I really like that.
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~ I think also the important
part of that, you know,
00:21:55.41\00:21:57.68
is this concept of change.
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And giving people back
the ability to make choices.
00:21:59.48\00:22:05.95
Because change is about choice.
00:22:06.29\00:22:08.49
And so, as we share with
people, you know, your habits
00:22:08.72\00:22:13.23
that you have are
detrimental to your health.
00:22:13.26\00:22:16.06
But you have the power,
through the Holy Spirit,
00:22:16.26\00:22:20.10
cooperating with God,
to make positive choices.
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Where you've make
negative choices before,
00:22:24.21\00:22:26.17
now you can make
positive choices.
00:22:26.21\00:22:28.14
Then teaching them how to
reason from cause to effect.
00:22:28.41\00:22:31.08
If I do this if I
put this in my body,
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this is going to be the result.
00:22:33.68\00:22:35.28
Do I need to do this now?
Do I need to eat this now?
00:22:35.38\00:22:38.95
Do I need to eat this at all?
00:22:38.99\00:22:40.89
And so, I can say no, and start
a new neural pathway in my brain
00:22:40.92\00:22:47.06
for positive choices, and
use that to improve my health
00:22:47.10\00:22:52.57
and be more
receptive to the Holy Spirit.
00:22:52.67\00:22:55.37
So it sounds like Wildwood
has different compartments,
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categories of what you guys do.
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So you have a lifestyle center.
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And does that
function like a clinic?
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~ So we actually
have a lifestyle clinic
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and we have a lifestyle center.
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So the aspect, if you
want to come and stay with us
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for 11 or 22 days, or
even longer, we've had people
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.99
up to like even three to
four months, yeah, before.
00:23:15.02\00:23:18.86
Because you're
talking about cancer at times.
00:23:18.89\00:23:21.56
You're talking about
people wanting to lose weight,
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.43
having anxiety.
00:23:23.47\00:23:24.80
They have the funds, so by God's
grace they stay with us longer.
00:23:24.83\00:23:28.07
And then for those who cannot
stay or who don't really need to
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.51
because they're within the area,
they can come to our clinic.
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And it's an outpatient clinic
where they're still meeting with
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.11
our endocrinologist,
our nutritionist.
00:23:37.15\00:23:39.65
And God is able to bless.
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Yes, we do have different
entities within Wildwood.
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Because the Wildwood Institute
is the school, the store,
00:23:45.12\00:23:48.92
the farm, the lifestyle center.
00:23:48.96\00:23:50.69
Because we're trying to
reach people holistically
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.99
and empowering them to
make changes in their lives.
00:23:53.03\00:23:55.60
~ The lifestyle guest
has the education part
00:23:56.36\00:24:00.47
woven into their program.
00:24:00.50\00:24:01.94
So they have a
visit with a doctor,
00:24:02.17\00:24:05.61
they have treatment plans,
00:24:06.27\00:24:08.48
then they have
lifestyle lectures
00:24:09.31\00:24:12.18
where many of these
principles are shared with them.
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.62
The eight laws of health.
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.22
And you have the
power to choose to practice
00:24:17.25\00:24:20.46
those eight laws of health.
00:24:20.49\00:24:21.82
~ What are the eight
laws of health, real quick?
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.19
~ Okay, so you
know there's NEW START.
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.89
So you have
nutrition, exercise, water,
00:24:26.09\00:24:29.26
temperance, where usually a lot
of times that is self-control,
00:24:29.30\00:24:33.10
you have air,
rest, and trust in God.
00:24:33.13\00:24:35.70
~ Sunlight. - Sunlight, yes.
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.27
~ Like the exact
opposite of lockdown.
00:24:37.31\00:24:39.37
I mean, I think it's really
important for us and for our
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.65
viewers to recognize that the
principles that God has given us
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.22
are under attack. Right?
00:24:47.25\00:24:48.88
We're living in a world
right now that we're seeing
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.85
a spiritual conflict.
00:24:51.89\00:24:53.22
Not just of flesh and
blood, but a spiritual conflict.
00:24:53.25\00:24:55.59
And I love that story from
India because it reminds me that
00:24:56.09\00:25:00.40
people just don't know
about simple basic treatments.
00:25:00.43\00:25:04.90
You know, I think
we're in a world now
00:25:05.27\00:25:06.87
where everyone wants a
drug, everyone wants a shot.
00:25:06.90\00:25:08.94
Everyone wants something
that somehow is just going to
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.54
cure them, you
know, and they can...
00:25:11.57\00:25:12.97
But really what God is directing
us to is lifestyle. Right?
00:25:13.01\00:25:16.51
The way we live, what
we expose ourselves to,
00:25:17.08\00:25:20.42
the products we
expose ourselves to.
00:25:20.45\00:25:22.25
Air, sunshine,
exercise, rest, trust.
00:25:22.28\00:25:26.05
All of this.
00:25:26.09\00:25:27.42
~ I think the biggest thing is,
we're trying to empower people
00:25:27.46\00:25:30.23
to know how significant they
are, how important they are.
00:25:30.26\00:25:33.03
The body was built to heal.
00:25:33.06\00:25:34.70
So it's just, what
can we utilize from God
00:25:34.90\00:25:37.53
to naturally give
it its ability to heal.
00:25:37.57\00:25:39.93
So this is why we do
even the mental health.
00:25:40.04\00:25:42.20
Ninety percent of all
diseases start in the mind.
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.34
So how do we get you to
stop working against yourself
00:25:44.37\00:25:47.18
when you didn't know that you
we're working against yourself?
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.48
~ Well tell us
about the mental health.
00:25:49.51\00:25:50.85
I haven't hear this one.
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.21
~ So the mental health
program, it's the same.
00:25:52.25\00:25:53.62
You have an 11-day program.
00:25:53.65\00:25:55.05
So you're meeting
with a mental health coach,
00:25:55.15\00:25:57.82
which I've been filling
in also for that right now.
00:25:57.85\00:26:00.32
~ When you say, mental health,
does that include depression?
00:26:00.36\00:26:02.22
So that's
depression, anxiety, stress.
00:26:02.26\00:26:04.56
The three corporate things
that we're trying to address
00:26:04.96\00:26:07.06
is how a person
feels about themselves,
00:26:07.10\00:26:09.00
how do they handle
themself with others,
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.53
how do they
handle day-to-day life.
00:26:10.57\00:26:11.90
So it's different
from mental illness,
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.24
where we're talking about
bipolarism or schizophrenia.
00:26:14.27\00:26:16.64
We've had people come to
our lifestyle center with that,
00:26:16.67\00:26:18.94
but they have to
stay on their medications.
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.48
Legally that's something
we cannot take them off of.
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.74
But we try to deal
with the basic things.
00:26:23.85\00:26:25.88
How a thought pattern
can really create cancer,
00:26:25.91\00:26:28.78
diabetes, hypertension.
00:26:29.18\00:26:30.69
And no one would know
that. No one would think that.
00:26:30.89\00:26:33.46
And so, we're trying to
educate them to work in a more
00:26:33.66\00:26:36.62
positive way, that they are
actually worth fighting for.
00:26:36.66\00:26:39.69
And so, we've had
people who have come...
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.90
Like, I have this young
lady who just came recently.
00:26:42.93\00:26:45.37
And she wanted to commit
suicide, and has children.
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.74
And her family said, "Please..."
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.44
Her mother came before with
the same kind of depression.
00:26:49.47\00:26:52.67
And she got
better with our program.
00:26:52.87\00:26:55.01
And so she sent her daughter,
because they stopped her
00:26:55.04\00:26:57.08
from committing suicide.
00:26:57.11\00:26:58.51
So someone told her
and said, "Hey, listen,
00:26:58.55\00:27:01.42
someone has got a word for you.
00:27:01.45\00:27:02.92
Please don't try to,
you know, commit suicide."
00:27:03.02\00:27:05.09
They sent her to the program.
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.45
She pretty much
just was done with us.
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.16
She didn't like us, she didn't
like anything about the program.
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.79
It's boring to her.
00:27:10.83\00:27:12.16
And so, our chaplain
spoke to her and said,
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.43
"Babe, listen..."
00:27:14.46\00:27:15.96
Now, "Babe" is
how I speak, you know.
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.97
He was like, "Listen,
God has a word for you.
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.07
Someone has a word for you."
00:27:22.10\00:27:23.44
She said, "Wait a
minute. Why are you saying that?
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.01
I was told that. Do
you know this person?"
00:27:25.04\00:27:26.61
He was like, "No, I
don't know that person."
00:27:26.64\00:27:28.04
She said, "Okay, alright, fine.
00:27:28.24\00:27:30.18
I don't know what
word you're talking about."
00:27:30.21\00:27:31.55
Right? So I taught a
class on identity first.
00:27:31.65\00:27:36.02
And then I teach the
next one on coping mechanisms,
00:27:36.05\00:27:38.45
and cognitive distortions,
and then guilt and forgiveness.
00:27:39.85\00:27:42.69
And by the time I teach these
classes and really showing you
00:27:42.89\00:27:46.19
from Romans 8:6-7, "The carnal
mind has enmity against God,
00:27:46.39\00:27:50.50
is not subject to
His law, neither can be."
00:27:50.70\00:27:53.07
So there's going to be
an aspect of you that's
00:27:53.27\00:27:54.80
always going to want to fail.
00:27:54.84\00:27:57.47
Okay?
00:27:57.51\00:27:58.84
So when we're teaching you
not to run with your emotions,
00:27:58.87\00:28:01.01
but your belief system,
your thoughts can control
00:28:01.04\00:28:03.85
and determine your emotions
00:28:03.88\00:28:05.41
because your
feelings follow your focus,
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.72
we're trying to help people
shift their thought pattern.
00:28:08.05\00:28:10.29
Literally, her face
looked so cold in the class.
00:28:10.52\00:28:12.82
But what I didn't realize,
as she got up closer to me
00:28:13.19\00:28:15.76
and talked to me
afterward, she was crying.
00:28:15.79\00:28:18.03
She said, "You are the
one who had the word for me."
00:28:18.06\00:28:20.03
She said, "I don't have to die.
00:28:20.06\00:28:21.40
Satan is trying to destroy me.
00:28:21.83\00:28:23.16
Wait a minute, I need to
be here for my children."
00:28:23.20\00:28:25.37
And it was like a light went on.
00:28:25.57\00:28:28.47
And for us, it's
like simple knowledge.
00:28:28.57\00:28:30.17
Like, "Of course." You know.
00:28:30.21\00:28:31.87
But for them, it's life-saving.
00:28:31.91\00:28:34.04
And we can never diminish
what a person is going through
00:28:34.24\00:28:36.64
even though it may
seem trivial to us.
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.68
It's huge for another person.
00:28:38.88\00:28:40.72
But just a shift of
mindset makes a huge difference.
00:28:40.82\00:28:44.09
So I think this story here
really reiterates and focuses on
00:28:44.12\00:28:49.06
the spiritual
nature of this work.
00:28:49.26\00:28:51.46
Because it takes an all
seeing God to be able to
00:28:51.86\00:28:54.90
connect those dots.
00:28:54.93\00:28:56.26
A mother who says a
word, a chaplain who uses the
00:28:56.70\00:29:00.17
same phrase, and makes the
connection through one of our
00:29:00.20\00:29:05.41
lecturers, and all of a
sudden a soul is reached
00:29:05.44\00:29:08.58
and a life is saved.
00:29:08.61\00:29:09.94
That can only be God.
00:29:10.21\00:29:11.55
~ Do you guys have more
testimonies, something we can...
00:29:11.75\00:29:13.82
~ We do, we do.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.18
Especially from a
health aspect, we do.
00:29:15.22\00:29:17.62
~ Okay, so let's
take a look at that.
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.62
My name is Gloria Dorsey,
and I'm from suburban Maryland
00:29:20.22\00:29:23.49
about a mile
from Washington, DC.
00:29:23.53\00:29:25.73
Well, the reason I came
to Wildwood was because I had
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.76
some symptoms and
things going on that
00:29:29.80\00:29:34.04
comes sometimes with aging.
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.07
High blood pressure, high
cholesterol, metabolic syndrome.
00:29:36.10\00:29:39.61
But more than that, I
found tumors on my kidneys.
00:29:40.08\00:29:44.58
And I had two procedures
that were not successful
00:29:44.68\00:29:49.28
in reducing them significantly.
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.29
My name is Genevieve Washington,
00:29:51.32\00:29:52.89
and I live in
Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware.
00:29:53.39\00:29:56.59
In the last few years
I've had some challenges.
00:29:57.93\00:30:00.36
I found out that I had
bone on bone with my knee.
00:30:00.83\00:30:06.87
And then I've had asthma
for quite a number of years,
00:30:07.37\00:30:10.27
but it has
progressed over the years.
00:30:10.64\00:30:13.81
And it was pretty bad.
00:30:14.54\00:30:16.64
And I gained weight.
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.95
I think that even made it worse.
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.45
My name is Linda Richards.
00:30:21.48\00:30:23.52
I'm a U.S. Virgin Islander
from the island of St. Thomas,
00:30:23.55\00:30:27.99
now living in
Huntsville, Alabama.
00:30:28.39\00:30:30.73
I'm over 30 years diagnosed with
diabetes, high blood pressure.
00:30:30.76\00:30:37.50
Twelve years ago I had a stroke.
00:30:38.40\00:30:41.14
And since then,
other conditions.
00:30:41.80\00:30:45.07
And over time now, you
know, the body deteriorates
00:30:45.47\00:30:51.41
and I know I've been
in need of extra help.
00:30:51.45\00:30:56.35
~ Well, I fell in
love the moment I walked
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.05
onto the grounds actually.
00:30:58.09\00:31:00.42
The very first person who
met me at my car was pleasant.
00:31:00.46\00:31:04.83
And then it was just wonderful.
00:31:05.23\00:31:07.66
Every interaction
since then with the staff,
00:31:07.96\00:31:11.23
with the programming, with the
food, the grounds are lovely.
00:31:11.27\00:31:15.70
I think it's a very
comprehensive program,
00:31:16.60\00:31:18.57
and well thought out.
00:31:18.61\00:31:19.94
It was one of the best decisions
I've made in my life to come.
00:31:19.97\00:31:24.15
Taking the hydrotherapy,
it really helped my knee.
00:31:24.31\00:31:28.85
It really improved.
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.99
And I really
don't have back pain.
00:31:31.02\00:31:33.05
From the knee, I had back pain.
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.96
I don't have that with taking
the hydrotherapy every day.
00:31:35.99\00:31:39.29
And with my high blood pressure,
I've lessened my medication.
00:31:39.59\00:31:44.43
I'm looking forward to
perhaps lowing my medication.
00:31:44.87\00:31:49.27
And I think that
probably I will be able
00:31:49.47\00:31:54.38
to get rid of my medication.
00:31:54.41\00:31:56.24
Three of the
medications that I was taking,
00:31:56.91\00:31:59.51
actually two for diabetes
and one for cholesterol,
00:31:59.55\00:32:05.49
those have been eliminated.
00:32:05.85\00:32:08.06
And I'm just using
slow-acting insulin.
00:32:08.16\00:32:13.60
But I've lost weight.
00:32:14.16\00:32:15.73
The food program is excellent.
00:32:17.53\00:32:20.74
And I see that it's necessary
and it's well received.
00:32:21.14\00:32:26.98
It's very good.
00:32:27.08\00:32:28.54
Well, I'm a stats person.
00:32:29.11\00:32:30.71
In nine days my blood pressure
medicine was actually reduced.
00:32:30.75\00:32:36.08
In twenty days my
cholesterol was down 20 points.
00:32:36.45\00:32:40.39
I'm an inch smaller
in the bmi measurement.
00:32:40.89\00:32:44.76
So I would say I've had a
very successful time here.
00:32:44.79\00:32:48.96
At Wildwood, in taking care
of those and getting back to
00:32:49.16\00:32:53.74
the eight laws of
health, I think it has really
00:32:53.77\00:32:59.01
helped me to be able to cope
with my conditions that I have.
00:32:59.04\00:33:04.05
And I'm okay now. I'm okay.
00:33:04.08\00:33:08.18
And with the walking and
going to bed, getting my rest,
00:33:08.22\00:33:13.79
getting my rest,
really, that helped.
00:33:13.82\00:33:17.16
I'm ready now to go
out and traipse the world.
00:33:18.46\00:33:22.33
Powerful testimonies.
00:33:35.64\00:33:37.58
They all were just
very good testimonies.
00:33:37.61\00:33:39.75
You know, we always remember
a place by how good the food was
00:33:39.78\00:33:42.15
or what the food was like, and
I think that was really powerful
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.35
that she said
your food is excellent.
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.89
Even though it's
therapeutic, right?
00:33:46.96\00:33:48.62
You're feeding them
food that's going to...
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.03
Total plant-based food.
00:33:51.06\00:33:52.93
Nothing, no meat analogs.
00:33:52.96\00:33:54.76
Everything is made from scratch.
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.53
~ Alright, so how do you
guys get out into your local
00:33:56.56\00:33:58.80
community or into the community?
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.17
Like, do you have any
ties or connections or programs
00:34:00.20\00:34:04.14
that you're doing
there in that vein?
00:34:04.17\00:34:06.34
~ We do. So we had a
former lifestyle guest.
00:34:06.37\00:34:10.21
Actually, his parents
came to Wildwood years back.
00:34:10.25\00:34:12.71
And because of the change
that, I guess, happened in
00:34:13.05\00:34:15.82
their life, he and his
wife decided to start a
00:34:15.85\00:34:19.32
medical training
facility in Chattanooga.
00:34:19.35\00:34:21.76
And so, he's come and
partnered with Wildwood.
00:34:21.86\00:34:24.83
Like, "I want to give
back. What do you all need?"
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.63
And so, at the time
we needed phlebotomists.
00:34:26.83\00:34:29.26
So he was, like, "I
can train your people.
00:34:29.30\00:34:30.87
You just come. You
tell me what you need."
00:34:30.90\00:34:33.10
And then he had
his own health issues,
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.20
and he just came last year.
00:34:35.24\00:34:36.77
He was like, "This is
amazing. Anyone else need help?"
00:34:37.47\00:34:40.78
And we were like,
"Well, we do have a school.
00:34:40.81\00:34:42.54
And we have some other
programs we're trying to start."
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.28
So that's one of the
ways we're partnering out.
00:34:45.51\00:34:49.12
Our health emphasis weekend,
we usually go out to churches.
00:34:49.15\00:34:52.15
But this time we tried
to reach organizations.
00:34:52.25\00:34:54.79
So this year for the past
couple of weeks, even months,
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.79
we've been
working with the YMCA,
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.69
doing classes at
the YMCA downtown.
00:34:59.73\00:35:02.30
And we have our
Better Living Center.
00:35:03.20\00:35:04.93
~ Downtown Chattanooga?
~ Downtown Chattanooga.
00:35:04.97\00:35:06.84
- Really? ~ Yes.
00:35:06.87\00:35:08.20
So you go into the YMCA
and you give classes there.
00:35:08.24\00:35:10.11
~ Yes, even in
Hixson Tennessee as well.
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.41
So in our Better
Living Center we just built,
00:35:12.77\00:35:16.34
a nice center for
people to be able to come,
00:35:17.08\00:35:19.01
and we have our
restaurant there.
00:35:19.21\00:35:21.12
So, come.
00:35:21.38\00:35:23.08
~ You have a restaurant? - Yes.
00:35:23.12\00:35:24.45
So, public access?
00:35:24.49\00:35:25.82
People can come to
the restaurant and eat
00:35:25.85\00:35:27.19
good wholesome vegetarian food.
00:35:27.22\00:35:30.06
~ Yes. - Really?
00:35:30.09\00:35:31.43
It's good when we
see the recurring people
00:35:31.46\00:35:33.29
bring more people.
00:35:33.33\00:35:34.66
~ Cooking classes, too
- We have cooking classes.
00:35:34.70\00:35:36.63
We have gardening classes.
We've done health expos.
00:35:36.67\00:35:39.67
Dinner with the doctor.
00:35:39.97\00:35:41.44
It's something to be
able to reach people in need.
00:35:41.80\00:35:44.34
We've gone out to the community.
00:35:44.37\00:35:45.71
So a lot of times we're
trying to invite people to learn
00:35:45.74\00:35:49.21
how to be empowered
and to empower others.
00:35:49.24\00:35:51.48
~ Okay. - You know.
00:35:51.51\00:35:52.85
That has been such a theme that
I've heard you communicating.
00:35:52.88\00:35:54.95
And I absolutely love it.
00:35:54.98\00:35:56.32
The idea of
empowering the individual
00:35:56.35\00:36:00.36
to understand, you don't
have to be just reliant on,
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.59
you know, an organization or
a system that's sometimes very
00:36:04.09\00:36:07.46
difficult or challenging to
get into, or you have to wait
00:36:07.50\00:36:09.70
for so long,
and yet you're sick.
00:36:09.73\00:36:11.13
Well, what can you
do for yourself at home?
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.03
And just that education.
00:36:13.13\00:36:14.87
I also really liked the
topics that you said you teach
00:36:15.17\00:36:18.57
at the school, and I'm curious,
can other people who don't
00:36:18.61\00:36:22.14
go to school
somehow access your classes?
00:36:22.18\00:36:23.81
I noticed that there was online.
00:36:23.85\00:36:25.85
~ There was. There is.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.22
So we do have our
six month and one year.
00:36:27.25\00:36:30.75
And then there is an
online for the six-month course
00:36:30.79\00:36:34.32
which you can take, I think, you
have up to a year to finish it.
00:36:34.36\00:36:37.06
And added too, I think we also
have for the Spanish course.
00:36:37.93\00:36:43.83
Right? We have an
online Spanish course as well.
00:36:43.87\00:36:46.10
~ But then, online as
well we've taken our programs
00:36:47.60\00:36:51.84
online with a
virtual lifestyle program.
00:36:51.87\00:36:54.91
So that's part of the
extension, the expansion,
00:36:54.94\00:36:57.35
that we're trying to do there.
00:36:57.38\00:36:58.71
Many people cannot come
to our lifestyle programs.
00:36:58.75\00:37:00.65
And so, we've had our
online diabetes program
00:37:00.92\00:37:04.49
where they meet
with our endocrinologist.
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.39
We have life alignment.
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.16
Because our programs are life
alignment, our disease reversal,
00:37:08.19\00:37:11.63
and mental health.
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06
So, we have at least the life
alignment and disease reversal.
00:37:13.09\00:37:17.43
And if we have the possibility,
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.60
to have the
mental health as well.
00:37:19.63\00:37:21.34
We have those online virtual.
00:37:22.04\00:37:23.67
People can actually be
live with us in our classes.
00:37:23.71\00:37:26.57
We'll see them on
screen, we can talk to them,
00:37:26.61\00:37:28.71
and they can talk back
to us and interact in class.
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.98
We send food home to
them with the recipes
00:37:31.21\00:37:33.68
so they can be eating what
we're eating, you know, here.
00:37:33.78\00:37:36.35
~ How do you send
food home to them?
00:37:36.38\00:37:37.72
~ So we have
packed food for them.
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.65
So we give them a list of some
things fresh that they have to
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.09
buy themselves, but other
things, seasonings, all of that.
00:37:42.12\00:37:46.76
~ It's all supplementing
what they get fresh.
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.56
~ Exactly, exactly. ~ Fantastic.
00:37:48.60\00:37:50.33
- So we send the...
~ The herbs as well.
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.93
The herbs, yeah. The
water bottle, the pedometer.
00:37:51.97\00:37:54.57
Getting them out walking.
00:37:54.60\00:37:55.94
I hope our viewers
are listening to all this.
00:37:55.97\00:37:57.47
This is really good.
00:37:57.51\00:37:59.01
Yeah, so we really
want them to feel that
00:37:59.04\00:38:01.91
they're not, again, alone.
00:38:02.34\00:38:04.15
We're in this together.
00:38:04.18\00:38:05.61
So are part of the expansion,
if possible, which is where we
00:38:06.41\00:38:10.09
talked about the CNA aspect,
and we have a video later on
00:38:10.12\00:38:13.15
for that, we want to
be able to train people
00:38:13.19\00:38:16.36
to be able to go
into people's homes.
00:38:16.39\00:38:17.73
So again, if you cannot come,
and the virtual is just not
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.76
enough to take that
knowledge on your own,
00:38:20.80\00:38:22.60
we'll come to you and do a
lifestyle program with you.
00:38:22.63\00:38:25.00
We'll come to you and teach
you what to do in your home.
00:38:25.03\00:38:27.44
And if you are coming to our
program, but then you're like,
00:38:27.47\00:38:31.07
"How do I acclimate this
into my home, into my life?"
00:38:31.11\00:38:33.91
we'll come to you
and spend time with you
00:38:33.94\00:38:36.28
so you can know how to do that.
00:38:36.31\00:38:37.78
So we're developing an
in-home service department
00:38:37.81\00:38:41.08
so we can send
people out for that.
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.22
So that's one of the
expansions, some of the visions
00:38:43.25\00:38:45.29
of adding on to what the mission
and vision is at Wildwood.
00:38:45.32\00:38:49.09
~ I love that.
00:38:49.19\00:38:50.53
So you're actually going to
have people like a little team
00:38:50.56\00:38:53.50
that will go to a location
for a certain amount of time,
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.87
whether it's a home or maybe
an institution, or whatever,
00:38:56.90\00:38:59.83
and train a group of people
who may not be able to come
00:38:59.87\00:39:03.41
to the center itself
and get that training.
00:39:03.44\00:39:05.47
~ And we kind of already
do that now with our students
00:39:05.51\00:39:07.61
going out and teaching people
in churches or if we have to
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.68
teach institutions.
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.05
We also do that with our
health emphasis weekends.
00:39:12.08\00:39:14.45
It's not just for churches,
we deal with businesses as well.
00:39:14.48\00:39:17.42
But it's more so for
the individual, you know,
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.49
in their homes and
spending time with them,
00:39:20.52\00:39:22.82
with their time management,
their stress management,
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.13
how to grocery shop,
how to clean their home
00:39:25.16\00:39:27.63
so they don't have clutter
that messes with their minds.
00:39:27.66\00:39:29.80
How to even garden, if need be.
00:39:29.83\00:39:31.70
That's so perfect.
00:39:31.80\00:39:33.23
I've heard of a few doctors,
medical doctors who did that.
00:39:33.27\00:39:35.34
They shop with their patients,
they're doing all that.
00:39:35.37\00:39:37.47
So what other
developments do you have?
00:39:37.77\00:39:39.51
Anything else that
you're developing for the future
00:39:39.54\00:39:41.81
as far as Wildwood goes?
00:39:41.84\00:39:43.31
~ I think the focus, you
know, being through strategic
00:39:45.31\00:39:50.02
plans with our board,
focusing on what do we do best.
00:39:50.05\00:39:55.52
And where do we
get the most results.
00:39:55.56\00:39:57.43
And it's the focus on diabetes.
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.53
So through all of our programs
now we've got this diabetes
00:39:59.93\00:40:04.40
thread, like, in our
school we're teaching specific
00:40:04.43\00:40:09.50
classes on diabetes.
00:40:09.54\00:40:10.87
In our lifestyle center
we're taking and focusing
00:40:10.91\00:40:13.58
on diabetes patients
with an endocrinologist.
00:40:13.61\00:40:17.25
And we also do still
the other diseases as well.
00:40:18.55\00:40:21.82
But even our store
has a focus on, you know,
00:40:21.85\00:40:24.95
these are the foods
that you need if you
00:40:24.99\00:40:27.79
are suffering from diabetes.
00:40:27.82\00:40:29.16
These are the whole
foods that you need.
00:40:29.32\00:40:31.09
And so, those are identified for
our shoppers in the community.
00:40:31.69\00:40:36.67
And we're going to
be looking at a book.
00:40:36.70\00:40:39.63
Yeah, we have our diabetic
tea. So we do have that.
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.90
So supplements also for that.
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.47
We're having a medical
seminar coming up soon.
00:40:44.51\00:40:47.68
So we can be able to help.
00:40:47.71\00:40:49.04
In May we're
having our physicians come
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.21
and we'll be able to talk
about reversing or helping
00:40:51.25\00:40:54.15
type 2 diabetes
and its complications.
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.69
So there's so much that we're
trying to expand on even more.
00:40:56.89\00:41:00.92
Our school is trying to
now, for the advance course,
00:41:00.96\00:41:04.83
train students to be medical
assistants and partnership
00:41:04.86\00:41:08.66
with that same
gentleman in Chattanooga.
00:41:08.70\00:41:10.67
So yeah, we've
got a lot going on.
00:41:11.77\00:41:13.84
If someone has diabetes and
they're watching this program,
00:41:14.17\00:41:16.60
and they're like, "Yeah,
I'd really like to access
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.51
the information or knowledge.
00:41:18.54\00:41:19.97
And I want my
diabetes to improve."
00:41:20.01\00:41:21.88
they could come to actually
become a guest or a patient
00:41:22.04\00:41:26.01
at your facility.
00:41:26.05\00:41:27.45
But then they could also access
some of these things online.
00:41:27.48\00:41:31.59
~ Yeah, so we have the
online diabetes program.
00:41:32.32\00:41:36.16
We have the outpatient
clinic where you can actually
00:41:36.19\00:41:38.26
work with our endocrinologist.
00:41:38.29\00:41:39.63
Or you can come into the
lifestyle program itself.
00:41:39.66\00:41:42.03
As we're developing our
CNA course, we're combining
00:41:42.36\00:41:46.30
lifestyle medicine
and the CNA training
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.94
so we can be able to
send someone into your home.
00:41:48.97\00:41:50.74
~ Okay.
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.11
We actually, one of the other
things I forgot to mention,
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.18
is opening up and
expanding more and more
00:41:55.21\00:41:58.05
working with Conferences.
00:41:58.08\00:41:59.48
You know, we're
trying to help pastors.
00:41:59.68\00:42:01.68
We see that there's, like
the spirit of prophecy speaks
00:42:02.48\00:42:06.45
about our pastors should
also, be medical missionaries.
00:42:06.49\00:42:08.79
~ I can
appreciate that. - Right.
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.16
So we've been having a lot
of Conference, leaders come.
00:42:10.19\00:42:13.70
So we even have a testimony
release of one of those.
00:42:13.73\00:42:16.03
~ Okay, let's look at that.
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.40
My blood sugar
numbers were high.
00:42:18.13\00:42:20.57
And they consistently
kept climbing higher.
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.81
And my A1C numbers
kept climbing higher.
00:42:23.91\00:42:26.21
And I thought I've got to
get better control of this.
00:42:26.24\00:42:28.64
My name is Pastor Leslie Louis.
00:42:29.88\00:42:32.11
I am the president of
the Carolina Conference
00:42:32.48\00:42:34.95
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:42:34.98\00:42:36.72
I prefer really using the
title, a servant leader for the
00:42:37.42\00:42:41.06
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.49
And I have been in this capacity
for the past eight years.
00:42:42.69\00:42:46.96
I decided to come to
Wildwood, to be perfectly honest
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.23
with you, because my
wife talked me into it.
00:42:51.27\00:42:53.40
I primarily came
here because I was having
00:42:53.70\00:42:56.64
a challenge with
my diabetes type 2.
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.01
The other thing is
that my weight always
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seemed to stay
at the same level.
00:43:03.14\00:43:04.55
I could never seem
to lose any weight.
00:43:04.58\00:43:06.98
And it was my goal to
lose down to 190 pounds.
00:43:07.18\00:43:13.59
I've exceeded the goal
that I had, in terms of being
00:43:13.86\00:43:18.06
able to reduce my weight
below what I had hoped to.
00:43:18.09\00:43:22.00
And I've also been able
to get tremendous control
00:43:22.20\00:43:25.10
over my blood sugar levels.
00:43:25.13\00:43:26.90
And I'm so thankful for that.
00:43:26.94\00:43:29.10
Probably the best
moments of this have been
00:43:29.64\00:43:32.94
what we call the walk that
we have right after each meal.
00:43:33.71\00:43:40.48
And that walk has helped me,
not only in terms of utilizing
00:43:40.68\00:43:47.46
metabolism that I'd like
to to facilitate in terms of
00:43:47.66\00:43:51.63
digestion, but it has also
given me an opportunity to spend
00:43:51.93\00:43:56.73
more time with my wife.
00:43:56.77\00:43:58.10
And it's been great.
00:43:58.13\00:44:00.17
It's been some of the
best moments that I've had
00:44:00.54\00:44:03.54
to be able to just take time
with my wife on those walks.
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I definitely
would recommend Wildwood
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to those who are wanting kind
of a reset in their lifestyle.
00:44:10.41\00:44:15.15
And they help you.
00:44:15.18\00:44:16.62
They give you guidance,
they give you principles,
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.82
they give you wonderful recipes.
00:44:18.85\00:44:21.09
So I would definitely
recommend the experience.
00:44:21.12\00:44:24.79
The experience
has been a wonderful
00:44:24.83\00:44:26.66
and a memorable time
for me while I've been here.
00:44:26.70\00:44:30.00
- That was powerful. - That was.
00:44:38.14\00:44:39.77
You know, one of the things,
one of the questions I have,
00:44:39.81\00:44:42.04
so my wife works as a registered
dietitian and nutritionist.
00:44:42.08\00:44:44.88
And she's got her
masters in functional medicine.
00:44:44.91\00:44:47.35
She hates for me to
say that, but anyway.
00:44:47.38\00:44:49.32
And I hear her on the
phone, because she works from
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.49
home a lot, or when we're
here she works a couple of days,
00:44:51.52\00:44:54.12
and I hear her on the
phone talking to patients.
00:44:54.16\00:44:55.72
And, you know, some patients
she asks, "Are you Christian?
00:44:56.16\00:44:59.49
Would you like to pray?"
00:44:59.53\00:45:00.86
How do you
transition into that spiritual,
00:45:00.93\00:45:04.23
the area of
spirituality with patients?
00:45:04.27\00:45:07.14
Maybe people aren't necessarily
open to that, or whatever.
00:45:07.17\00:45:10.11
And I think that's like we said
earlier, that's the main goal.
00:45:10.14\00:45:12.54
Christ ministered to
people's physical needs
00:45:12.64\00:45:15.04
then drew them to the gospel.
00:45:15.08\00:45:16.61
~ Well, He's the
healer, you know?
00:45:16.64\00:45:18.55
It's His work.
00:45:18.58\00:45:19.91
~ Well, I will admit this.
00:45:19.95\00:45:21.35
I mean, we've had at least one
or two, and no more than that
00:45:21.55\00:45:25.82
that I can remember,
00:45:25.85\00:45:27.19
that literally have
left and walked out.
00:45:27.22\00:45:28.62
And their answers were,
literally, their answer was,
00:45:28.92\00:45:31.19
"They pray too much."
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.63
And they left.
00:45:33.06\00:45:34.40
And so, I think one of the
issues is when people expect
00:45:34.43\00:45:39.23
a Christian
environment, to not be Christian
00:45:39.33\00:45:41.80
it can be a difficulty.
00:45:41.84\00:45:43.17
In our world, it's like we
know, we're not trying to push
00:45:43.20\00:45:47.18
Christianity on you, but
it's hard to not be yourself.
00:45:47.21\00:45:51.21
I appreciate my staff
for not having to tell them,
00:45:51.48\00:45:55.22
"Hey, make sure you're smiling.
00:45:55.25\00:45:56.58
Make sure you're talking
to the people in Christ."
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.45
It really is just basically,
we believe in the work.
00:45:58.65\00:46:01.79
You know, we have
all been transformed.
00:46:01.99\00:46:03.59
I went through
the school, you know.
00:46:03.63\00:46:05.13
I've had my own health issues.
00:46:05.16\00:46:07.63
I was atheist and
became a Christian.
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.83
So it's almost within you
to want to share exactly what
00:46:09.86\00:46:13.57
you know and how you
feel in the belief about God.
00:46:13.60\00:46:16.10
So, I think that it's imperative
that we never teach...
00:46:16.54\00:46:21.81
We don't want to Bible beat,
but I think it's scary to teach
00:46:21.84\00:46:26.45
something as powerful
as how your body heals,
00:46:26.48\00:46:29.78
how your mind functions,
and how it affects the body,
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.39
and leaving out God.
00:46:32.59\00:46:33.92
We are very intentional.
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.96
Again, we have a multitude
of different belief systems that
00:46:35.99\00:46:39.43
come to us, even
Hindu or Buddhist.
00:46:39.46\00:46:42.03
And we're fine with that.
00:46:42.23\00:46:43.57
And so, we don't try to push...
00:46:43.60\00:46:46.17
~ Christianity on them?
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.40
- Right. - Okay.
00:46:48.44\00:46:49.77
~ But we give them an
understanding of principles
00:46:49.80\00:46:53.41
that we as an institution
take from the Word of God.
00:46:53.44\00:46:56.61
And so, we've had many
understand that, you know.
00:46:56.81\00:46:59.78
And they can accept that.
00:46:59.81\00:47:01.15
That again, your feelings
follow your focus. Right?
00:47:01.18\00:47:03.65
By beholding you become changed.
00:47:04.22\00:47:05.55
If you keep
beholding negativity,
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.26
if you keep beholding
the negatives or the drama
00:47:07.46\00:47:10.23
that you're having in your life,
00:47:10.26\00:47:11.59
you're just
really reproducing that.
00:47:11.63\00:47:13.13
But if you can try to
behold something positive,
00:47:13.33\00:47:15.63
if you don't want it to
be the Bible, then still,
00:47:15.66\00:47:17.73
look at positive
things within your life.
00:47:18.00\00:47:19.80
At least they can
take away principles.
00:47:20.40\00:47:22.60
But our principles are pretty
much steeped in the Word of God.
00:47:22.80\00:47:26.17
Like I teach my
mental health class
00:47:26.21\00:47:27.61
from the Sanctuary message.
00:47:27.64\00:47:28.98
To bring out,
again, the principles
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.81
just from the
different articles of furniture.
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.75
~ I love that. - Yeah.
00:47:32.78\00:47:34.12
~ But I think it's
important to also recognize,
00:47:34.18\00:47:36.99
and like we said,
we're intentional about it,
00:47:37.02\00:47:39.55
but without Christ
there's no healing.
00:47:39.92\00:47:42.69
And so, weaved all
through from the beginning of
00:47:43.22\00:47:47.70
this work, and we find
this in the spirit of prophecy,
00:47:47.73\00:47:50.03
you go all the way
back to where Elder Tindall
00:47:50.07\00:47:53.34
started to work with the
Conferences to bring in the
00:47:53.64\00:48:01.04
health work into
the evangelistic work.
00:48:01.08\00:48:03.24
And from Elder
Tindall it went to Frazee
00:48:03.55\00:48:07.15
who also worked under him.
00:48:07.18\00:48:08.68
And from there it was brought
into Madison who started as the
00:48:08.92\00:48:14.29
first self-supporting ministry
with hospitals, sanitariums,
00:48:14.32\00:48:19.69
and then moved on to Wildwood.
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.66
But we see the intentionality
that God has brought about this
00:48:21.70\00:48:26.63
sanitarium work specifically
to prepare a people to meet Him,
00:48:26.67\00:48:33.78
and specifically
to protect the people.
00:48:33.81\00:48:36.41
There's so many false
healing systems out there today,
00:48:36.44\00:48:40.48
and we cannot go
around like the disciples went
00:48:40.52\00:48:44.49
healing for a reason.
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.86
Because it's because of
these false healing systems.
00:48:46.89\00:48:49.59
And so, the Lord
ordained sanitarium work
00:48:49.89\00:48:52.76
to come in to protect people,
and through natural remedies,
00:48:52.79\00:48:58.77
the eight laws of
health, teaching people to
00:48:59.33\00:49:03.10
align themselves with
natural law so that they
00:49:03.14\00:49:06.61
can align themselves with
spiritual and focus on God.
00:49:06.64\00:49:10.88
And so, it has to be a part.
00:49:10.91\00:49:13.82
So, we don't
make excuses for it.
00:49:13.85\00:49:15.98
We don't specifically
teach doctrines in our lifestyle
00:49:16.32\00:49:20.16
center unless people ask,
but the spirituality is there.
00:49:20.19\00:49:23.69
There is so much history and
so much you could unwrap there.
00:49:23.73\00:49:27.33
I know we don't
have a lot of time.
00:49:27.36\00:49:28.86
We've just got a
couple of minutes left.
00:49:28.90\00:49:30.33
So just moving into,
we're going to share with people
00:49:30.57\00:49:33.84
how they can get hold of
you and contact information,
00:49:33.87\00:49:35.57
but moving into that, you
know, if people want to come to
00:49:35.60\00:49:39.17
Wildwood, if they want
to partake of some of these
00:49:39.21\00:49:41.78
programs, what
do they need to do?
00:49:41.81\00:49:43.28
~ They pretty
much just call us up.
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.98
Call us up, we'll
have the information.
00:49:45.01\00:49:47.08
That will be there
when the program ends,
00:49:47.38\00:49:49.65
but call us up, ask for
our guest services department.
00:49:49.68\00:49:52.49
They will talk to you,
00:49:52.52\00:49:53.86
they will give you all
the information you need.
00:49:53.89\00:49:55.76
The biggest one that
everyone usually comes to
00:49:56.49\00:49:58.89
is our disease reversal program.
00:49:58.93\00:50:02.26
When we're in house we
always say, medical program.
00:50:02.30\00:50:04.17
But it's the
disease reversal program.
00:50:04.50\00:50:06.84
And that starts at $4,200.
00:50:07.14\00:50:09.10
And we have the other
ones: our life alignment,
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.41
and our mental
health, and our online ones,
00:50:11.44\00:50:13.84
where there's
different prices for that.
00:50:13.88\00:50:15.24
And they can give
you all that information.
00:50:15.28\00:50:17.01
~ Okay, so let's just
take that one for example.
00:50:17.05\00:50:18.65
The most popular one for $4,200.
00:50:18.68\00:50:22.12
For two days? Two weeks?
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.32
~ That's eleven days.
00:50:24.35\00:50:25.69
- Eleven days. ~
Eleven days. Okay.
00:50:25.72\00:50:27.16
~ And does that
include accommodations?
00:50:27.19\00:50:28.69
~ Oh yeah. Everything.
- Do they need to bring...
00:50:28.72\00:50:30.16
~ No, nothing. - No.
00:50:30.19\00:50:31.53
Just bring you and
hopefully the belief that,
00:50:31.56\00:50:35.13
that you have hope
that there can be change.
00:50:35.16\00:50:38.17
~ And does insurance
help cover any of this?
00:50:38.20\00:50:40.07
~ It will help. ~ Partial, yeah.
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.54
~ So the medical aspect,
because we do have our clinics,
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.94
so we have our lab,
we draw the blood there,
00:50:44.97\00:50:47.68
we have doctor's appointments
with the endocrinologists,
00:50:47.71\00:50:51.55
any of those,
yes, it will cover.
00:50:51.58\00:50:53.88
And some of the
hydrotherapy treatments,
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.72
because the world does have
some codes for that as well.
00:50:55.75\00:50:58.62
~ Good, good. Alright.
00:50:58.65\00:50:59.99
So you get some insurance help.
00:51:00.02\00:51:02.06
You've got an eleven day
program that's the most popular,
00:51:02.59\00:51:04.89
and you've got other programs
that you can find out about.
00:51:04.93\00:51:06.70
Let's put your information
up so that people can
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.46
know how to contact you
and get more information
00:51:08.50\00:51:11.03
about these programs.
00:51:11.07\00:51:12.40
If you would like to
contact or know more about
00:51:13.70\00:51:16.17
Wildwood Health Institute...
00:51:16.20\00:51:17.81