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Hello Family. I'm Jill Morikone.
We just welcome you to another
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3ABN Today program. We love
these programs because we have
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number one the opportunity to
talk to you and connect with you
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our 3ABN family at home. But
we also love them because we can
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feature and showcase what God is
doing in and through ministries
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around the world. The program
today is actually near and dear
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to my heart because we're
talking with individuals from
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Hartland College. Now Greg and
I attended Hartland. This kind
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of starts to date us. We
graduated almost 25 years ago
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which is kind of a little long
time. But we were blessed by our
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time there. And today we're
talking specifically about the
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wellness center there
at Hartland College. We're
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talking about the correlation
between health and cancer care
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as well as the integration with
that and education. The title of
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this program is Transformative
Healing, God's Touch on Cancer
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Recovery. So if you need a
special touch from God, if you
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are looking for healing in your
life or in the lives of people
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that you know and love, if
you're a young person looking to
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attend school, this program is
for you. I want to introduce you
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to our family around the table.
Pastor Norbert Restrepo who is
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the president of Hartland
College. And you came after Greg
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and I were there but we've
gotten to know and love you and
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your beautiful wife Yvonne over
the years and we're so glad you
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both are here today.
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Thank you so much for having
us here. It's always a joy to be
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here at 3ABN and there's a
special connection as you just
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mentioned
because you're an alumni.
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That's right. Absolutely. How
long have you been Pastor there
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President of Hartland College?
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Already 13 years. We
started our service in 2011.
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Okay. Amen. And Yvonne every
time I see you, you look younger
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which is a
beautiful thing. (Thank you)
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I'm trying to get your title
right. You are Advancement and
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Development Director.
So what does that mean?
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It's developing new strategies.
We are praying to the Lord that
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our new methods to do God's
work So we are seeing within the
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Spirit of Prophecy, connecting
with other ministries, learning
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how God leads. So new programs
and good news is coming we
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will tell you during the program
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Amen. That's wonderful. Coming
around the table here is a new
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face to me and my brother in
Christ I just met here just a
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few minutes ago. This is
Thomas Mayhew and you are a
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Hartland College graduate
so Thomas, we're so glad you're
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here Thank you. It's really
great to be here with you.
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And tell me what your
major was and where you're from.
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So my major was theology and so
I started actually online which
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is interesting. A lot of
students don't start that way.
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I started with a few online
classes and then transferred
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in. And I'm originally from
California and now living in
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Michigan pastoring there.
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Okay, that's wonderful.
We're going to hear more of your
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testimony. Coming around
the table closest to me here
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Dr. David Emerson who is
the Hartland Wellness Center
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physician and we're so
glad you're here today as well.
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Always a thrill to
come here. Always enjoy it.
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So tell us just a little
bit before we get to your
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testimony Pastor let's talk just
a little bit. Maybe someone's
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unfamiliar with Hartland
College. Give us just an
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overview. What
is Hartland College?
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Definitely. I'll start with
our mission statement. Hartland
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College mission is to equip
professional missionaries to
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transform the world through
Christ's selfless love. And the
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emphasis on professional
missionaries have a lot. When
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young people go to college
they're at a special phase in
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their lives. They're
transitioning from the home to
being adults and they're
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seeking for an identity. We want
them during that phase of their
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lives to find an identity in
the calling that we all have as
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Christians, to be missionaries.
No matter what career you select
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no matter what God's calling
in your life, we are all called
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to the supreme role of winning
souls for the kingdom of Christ.
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So that is our purpose
at Hartland. And it's a very
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practical education. We use
different labs. One of them is
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the Wellness Center. Each one
of our students is trained in
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medical missionary work so that
they can be more effective as
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we have known in God's word and
the Spirit of Prophecy. Jesus
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himself was a medical missionary
and so that's the emphasis of
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bringing education with
missionary emphasis professional
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education in connection
with a life of service practical
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outreach.
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Amen So speaking of the Wellness
Center, let's talk just a bit
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about the Wellness Center and
the specific focus now on cancer
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care. What led to that focus?
I don't know who wants to jump
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into that.
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I'll let Dr. Emerson
address that initially.
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Yeah, cancer's actually on the
rise and even since 2020 cancers
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have become aggressive. They
have a term, turbo cancer now
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where they're more aggressive
than they used to be. And so
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we're looking at treating,
not treating but supplementing,
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supporting people to strengthen
their immune system so they can
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deal with that. We're trying to
find an opening wedge so that we
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can share the Three Angels'
Message with people but many
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times you have to gain their
trust first. And if we deal with
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diseases that they're suffering
with we can gain their trust and
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then share more
deeper spiritual messages.
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So finding a niche, finding
where the pain is where someone
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is struggling and then seeking
to meet that and then they're
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more open to the gospel. (Yes)
I love that. So before we talk
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more about this cancer care
give us a little bit of your
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background and where you've
served as a doctor and kind of
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what led you on this
journey of discovery.
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Well right after residency the
intern was at Kettering Medical
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Center we went out to
Guam. We served in a Seventh-day
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Adventist medical clinic there
for about eight years and they
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had particular problems with
lifestyle. Before World War II
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they had no problems with
lifestyle because they were
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on a healthy diet. After World
War II they adopted the American
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lifestyle and diabetes and heart
disease became rampant. Diabetes
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became the number one problem,
heart disease number two problem
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So we set up after hour program
like a NEWSTART program where
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they'd come, be trained as to
healthy lifestyle and move away
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from the foods that were causing
the diseases to begin with.
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Following that we returned
to the states set up private
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practice in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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Now "we" is you and your wife?
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Me and my wife, that's right.
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And she is a doctor or?
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She's a nurse and she does a lot
of the health coaching, does a
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lot of our cooking classes. And
so we served there on a regular
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medical practice, seeing
patients in the hospital and
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also addressing the lifestyle
issues. And then we got called
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to a lifestyle center out in
Colorado. We served there for
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three years. And there was an
emphasis on cancer there because
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that's the type of patient they
had attracted in the past. And
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so we were introduced to using
lifestyle approaches to cancer
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patients there. And then we came
out to Maryland at our family's
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ancestral farm. Ancestors came
over from Austria in the 1700s,
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set up a log cabin and then
in 1800 they built the log cabin
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that we're in now and then
we set up a home office in that
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cabin. Then we were invited by
Hartland to come down and work
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with their lifestyle guests
and so we go down there for the
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lifestyle programs and see the
patients and do the histories
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and physicals and monitor them
through the process. And then we
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give lifestyle
health talks as well there.
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So how many years has
that been in this department.
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Ten years now. So yeah, it's
been a joy. We've been thrilled
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to be honored to serve there.
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Amen so I want to ask this at
the outset. We're talking about
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transformative healing, God's
touch in cancer recovery and you
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were talking about the lifestyle
center in Colorado and how they
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focused on cancer and now
you're attracting patients at
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Hartland and the Wellness
Center there dealing with cancer
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What would you say if someone?
says wait a minute, I thought we
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need to follow medicine and
how do we integrate and you're
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telling that this natural
is going to cure cancer so what
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would you say
in regards to that?
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We usually play a supportive
role. We get patients from
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different backgrounds, some
choose to have chemotherapy and
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we work with them. We do the
modalities that can strengthen
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the immune system things that
can help turn on their immune
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system so they can fight cancer.
We also have patients who opt
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not to get chemotherapy due to
side effects and things and we
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do supportive things to here
again strengthen the immune
system, turn it on,
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to help them. And then we
give cancer lectures to show the
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responses to these approaches
in the past. Most of the
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modalities we use have been
around for some for over 100
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years. And they're not typically
focused on currently and so we
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just remind people that hey this
has been used in the past and
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these were the responses
that they saw in the past.
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So what would some of those
modalities be? You talk about
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what you're utilizing.
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Well one of them is bringing the
body temperature up. When you
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get an infection your white
cells sense that they release
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chemicals that reset your
thermostat higher say 102, but
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you're 98.6 and so you feel cold
You put on a blanket, you shiver
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you generate heat. That brings
your temperature up to 102 and
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you feel comfortable now.
At that higher temperature your
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whole immune system's turned
on white cells move faster they
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gobble the bacteria faster
and if you're. Interferons which
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have anticancer and antiviral
activity much higher levels.
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You're whole immune system's
turned on and then when you
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clear the infection your
thermostat is reset at 98.6. Now
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you feel hot because your
temperature's exceeding your
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thermostat, you break out in
a sweat, throw your blanket off
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and brings your temperature down
And in the old days when kids
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got fevers parents watched for
the sweat. When the sweat came
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on they'd say ah the fever's
broken, they're going to get
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better. Well with cancers many
times the immune system is not
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turned on so we turned it on
artificially. We can do this.
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Actually, it was first done in
the 1800s actually. Dr. William
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Cohey, he was a physician at
the New York hospital currently
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known as Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Hospital and he
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treated a patient, a young girl
17 years old who had a sarcoma
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in her hand. She was a girl
friend of J.D. Rockefeller's son
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wealthy oil magnate. There was
nothing they could do. She had
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it in her hand. They had to
amputate the hand. They gave her
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morphine for pain but it had
spread and she died. So 17 years
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old, tragic. So he searched
the medical records and found...
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looking for patients with
sarcoma who had had maybe better
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outcomes. And he found one, a
Fred Stein who, six years ago,
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had cancer in his cheek, sarcoma
couldn't eat, couldn't swallow
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He was having severe problems
with it. They did four surgeries
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It kept coming back. Finally
he got a postoperative infection
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streptococcus biogenesis
which is a common postoperative
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infection They didn't have
antibiotics then. It could be
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lethal. He got severe fever
almost died, but after he
recovered from the tumor
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shrank and went away
and he was discharged.
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I wonder if it was a severe
fever that worked with that.
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Exactly. Dr. Cohey thought
well maybe it was the fever that
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turned on the immune system that
cured it. So he said now this is
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six years ago. Is this guy still
alive? So he tracks him down to
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the Lower East Side of New York
City. He finds he is still alive
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He examined him, took photos,
and found that he's still
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healthy six years after he's
been considered terminal. So due
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to that, he found 38 more
patients who had sarcomas who'd
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had fevers 12 of them with
those fevers got better. So then
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he took 10 patients and treated
them all streptococcus injection
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He was giving them the
infections and this was
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dangerous at the time. But these
were inoperable cancer patients
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they were considered terminal.
And four of them got high fevers
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they got better no more issues
Four of them had transient and
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lower elevations of temperature
and they had temporary
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remissions but two of them died
from the infection. So he said
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how can we make this safer? So
then he used heat and activated
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Strep biogenesis. He
killed the bacteria first.
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So there was no
danger of the bacteria, okay.
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That's right. They're not going
to reproduce anymore. And then
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he combined it with serious
_ and other bacteria which
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made the fevers higher and he
was using that to treat cancer
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patients and he was having...
Some got better, some didn't
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He eventually died in 1936 but
his daughter Helen Cohey Knotts
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took up the work and followed
the patients that he'd treated.
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And in 1999 working with a
Dr. Stearns, published about oh
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170 cases were treated just
with this mixed bacteria vaccine
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where about 65 percent
had remissions and five-year
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survival was 44 percent.
And these were patients who had
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inoperable cancers. (wow) In
1954 or so Helen Cohey Knotts
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got a grant from JD Rockefeller
of $2000 and started the New
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York Cancer Institute where they
do research. And now they give
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millions of dollars away in
grants to do cancer research
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starting from that. Nineteen
sixties the mixed bacteria
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vaccine was determined to
be experimental so it's not
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available anymore but we can
turn on the immune system again
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with fever baths. Put
people in hot water brings their
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temperature up and you can get
the same stimulation, the same
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effect. And the reason it's so
important in cancer is because
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most of the time in cancers,
the cancer does not turn on the
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immune system. We don't get the
fever and the chills. The immune
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system doesn't know it's
been invaded. Some cancers like
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lymphomas may cause fevers,
but most of them don't and so we
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induce the fever artificially
and that is something...It's
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very nice because people
can actually do this at home and
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that can help strengthen
the system and turn it on.
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That's really fascinating
because you know when you get
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the regular flu you always get
a fever and my parents used to
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always say it's a good
thing Jill. And I'd say but I'm
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miserable. But no, this is a
good thing because your body is
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fighting. But I had never
processed that with cancer you
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don't get that automatic fever
or with most of the cancers you
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would not. And so you wouldn't
engage the body's natural
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immunity. So what you are saying
then that if someone is watching
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and they have cancer all they
have to do is have a fever bath
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and it would be cured.
Is that what we're saying?
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Not necessarily. Just like with
any infection you may not be
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cured. We're basically saying
we're trying to increase the
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benefits or the chance of
recovery with these modalities.
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And the other thing I should add
is that when you're temperature
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is elevated like this your
metabolism is racing. It's like
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climbing a mountain and
it's exhausting. That's the
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discomfort that comes with
fevers. And so people with heart
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disease, people that you
wouldn't have exercising to
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begin with you wouldn't want
to give the fever treatments
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because it's taxing on the heart
But the nice thing about fever
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treatment, just like
exercise you can adapt to it.
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You can get stronger with each
fever treatment and tolerate
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them better later on. So you
want to check with your doctor
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to see if you could tolerate
something like that or an
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exercise program. If you can do
an exercise program then you can
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handle fever
treatments, no problem.
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I love that. So what we're
saying here is we're saying that
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God has given us natural things
natural benefits, modalities,
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that can be combined. I think
the best is, to me the best is
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we combine medicine with God's
natural and use a synthesis of
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the two. We would encourage you
at home to make sure you contact
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your local doctor and to work in
conjunction with those natural
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remedies. And contact
Hartland because they use, the
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natural modalities combined with
the medical. And see what are
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some of the results and some of
the stories that are coming out
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of this.
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Definitely. And that's part
of what we do in the educational
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component as well. You know
God's original plan when he gave
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us the health message was
to enlighten the world with the
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importance of obedience to the
health laws. You know, the world
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in darkness the way they ate,
they smoked, all their lifestyle
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was in complete transgression
of God's natural laws. So that's
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our emphasis in God. As Seventh-
day Adventists he has given
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us that wonderful message. But
that complements the advancement
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in medical technology that also
God has inspired. And when those
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two can be combined then we can
see much better results. And as
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we serve people unselfishly then
they can see something deeper
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of God's love,
God's transformative love,
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and we can bring them to the
ultimate Healer, salvation in
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Jesus Christ.
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Amen, so I know we have a video
we want to go to showing some
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of the testimonies. Before
we do that do you have a monthly
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program or is it a 10-day
program or if people at home say
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I want to go to the Hartland
Wellness Center and I need this
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for myself and my loved
one. What are the programs like?
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Usually once a month. For cancer
it's usually 17 days. For other
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lifestyle programs like diabetes
hypertension usually lasts about
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11 days. And we introduce them
to other modalities. Especially
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cancer, we have
intravenous Vitamin C,
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which has been shown in 1978,
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Dr. Paulin extended the
life of terminal cancer patients
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from an average of 50 days
to over 300 days just by giving
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intravenous vitamin C. We have
lectures that explain how it
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works. Also vegetables. They
have found that vegetables in
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one study in England 6000
patients they looked at what
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they ate in the previous 24
hours. If they ate seven pieces
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of fruit in a day following for
the next years their death rate
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dropped, all-cause death
rate dropped about seven percent
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which was not statistically
significant. But if they ate
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three or more vegetables
for a day or in the previous 24
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hours their risk of dying
in the next seven years dropped
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24 percent and that was
statistically significant.
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Oh, that's substantial.
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Yeah and so you think is
something special about the
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vegetables and you know you
think well in the Garden of Eden
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they didn't have vegetables
because you have to eat the
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roots, the stems, the plants.
You kill the plant to do that.
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But when they were expelled from
the garden all of a sudden God
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added vegetables. I thought
why did he add vegetables? And I
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thought well you know when they
were expelled from the garden
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all of a sudden now they need an
immune system to fight bacteria
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and viruses and the study seem
to indicate that the vegetables
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are the things that help
strengthen the immune system
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and one program has actually
used pressed juices for the last
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hundred years...
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What does that
mean, pressed juices?
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Pressed juices, well, you want
to get the most phytochemicals
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from your vegetables as possible
and if I give you 20 pounds of
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vegetables which is what they
get the phytochemicals from a
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day. You say here eat these. You
say it's too much. But if you
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press the juice with a press
juicer, not a masticating, not
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centrifugal juicer but a
press juicer you can get the
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phytochemicals from those 20
pounds of vegetables in about
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three liters and this one
program you drink one cup every
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hour throughout the day and that
gives you the phytochemicals to
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help strengthen your immune
system and get the benefits of
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those vegetables which we were
given when we were cast out of
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Eden. And so this one program
has used those pressed juices
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and looked at stage four
malignant melanoma. Standard
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five-year survival
mainly medicine was six percent.
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they were getting 39
percent survival with five-year
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survivals. So a dramatic
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increase in a history.
And this is something that...
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these are things that you can
do whether or not you're getting
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chemotherapy. You can add
this to whatever program you're
00:23:04.41\00:23:07.42
choosing to help strengthen
the immune system and help you
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fight the cancers.
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Amen for not just the fever
treatment. We have the pressed
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juices, the vitamin C infusions
and I'm sure many other
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modalities as well. What is the
website. Let's put that upright
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.93
now. What's the website if
someone wants to go and find out
00:23:21.96\00:23:25.27
more about the
Hartland Wellness Center.
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.63
So if they want to find about
the Hartland Wellness Center
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.57
we have a Cancer Care specific
program that they can turn on
00:23:28.60\00:23:34.51
that website and you will see
it on the screen. Hartland.edu
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or you can just go to
Hartland.edu and then under
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ministries select Wellness
Center. So that's a longer route
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but you will still get there.
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Perfect. So you can go
to Hartland.edu and under
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ministries select Wellness
Center. What we want to do right
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now is go to that video. These
are some testimonies I believe
00:23:52.53\00:23:55.90
of patients who have been
through the Hartland Wellness
00:23:55.93\00:23:58.03
Center.
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¤ ¤
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My experience here I do not have
the words for it but I will tell
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you this. I have made a lot of
friends here. There's a lot of
00:24:37.41\00:24:42.61
love here and I think I've
learned more in 11 days than I
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did in all my college years.
Well his definition of cold is
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ice.
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One thing that I love about this
place is that they always pray
00:24:56.69\00:24:59.26
with us before they give us
treatment. When you pray for us
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whatever we're going through in
our heads, in our hearts, and in
00:25:03.97\00:25:08.20
our spirit we try to let it go
and cling on to Jesus. It's so
00:25:08.24\00:25:18.61
important that you guys
know how we appreciate it. We so
00:25:18.65\00:25:24.62
appreciate it. These are
not tears of sadness, these are
00:25:24.65\00:25:27.82
tears of joy because you
don't see this everywhere.
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That's a hard one, I think what
I've learned since I've been
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here (pauses cannot go on)
We're not on our own, we belong
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to God. I think I learned
to depend more. I think I've
00:26:03.26\00:26:20.58
learned of a different way
of life, a different style. I've
00:26:20.61\00:26:24.95
always knew the Adventist way
but sometimes you get a little
00:26:24.98\00:26:29.58
lost and we become so much a
part of the world that we tend
00:26:29.62\00:26:34.92
to lose our way. I needed to be
brought back and to be able to
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put me back on the path.
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¤ ¤
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Amen. I loved that. I needed
to be brought back on the path.
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That's all of us needing that
physical healing or restoration
00:27:04.55\00:27:09.39
or whether it's emotional or
mental. Sister Yvonne why don't
00:27:09.42\00:27:14.13
you talk to us about that
component with the Wellness
00:27:14.16\00:27:16.16
Center.
00:27:16.20\00:27:17.53
It's something that as we see
the patients we realized that
00:27:17.57\00:27:21.67
the lifestyle choices are very
important but also the mental
00:27:21.70\00:27:26.81
health aspect. We see the
patients with a lot of guilt
00:27:26.84\00:27:31.15
unforgiveness, difficult
relationships in family circle
00:27:31.18\00:27:36.05
so we need to deal with that
because that causes to...that
00:27:36.08\00:27:42.36
takes to disease and that's an
important component. We cannot
00:27:42.39\00:27:45.63
take out the approach, a
holistic approach. So the mental
00:27:45.66\00:27:49.76
health is very important. And
we are working with our patients
00:27:49.80\00:27:51.77
and that is when we blend
with the spiritual because there
00:27:51.80\00:27:55.97
cannot be a mental
health component without God.
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.74
And that's what we really want
to make the connection. So we
00:27:58.77\00:28:02.34
see the souls of people
realizing that probably the
00:28:02.38\00:28:07.18
hatred that they haven't
taken for years or these other
00:28:07.22\00:28:10.52
feelings have been account for
them to be where they are at now
00:28:10.55\00:28:14.62
So that has been a joy.
And also, that is where the
00:28:14.66\00:28:19.29
community aspects come in. The
healing comes in the community
00:28:19.33\00:28:24.37
because it's in community,
in the love of each other and
00:28:24.40\00:28:25.73
praying with each other and
talking to each other To see
hope in some eyes of
00:28:25.77\00:28:29.97
young people treating them
so community meant to happen to
00:28:30.01\00:28:35.38
each one is also a very
important component in the
00:28:35.41\00:28:37.78
treatments that
we do at Hartland.
00:28:37.81\00:28:39.68
Amen. I love that because
healing is holistic, the mind,
00:28:39.71\00:28:43.18
the body, the spirit, the soul
connection with the emotional
00:28:43.22\00:28:47.49
mental health and the physical
health and then the ultimate
00:28:47.52\00:28:51.89
goal which is spiritual healing.
I think of the paralytic. He
00:28:51.93\00:28:55.10
didn't just heal him. He said
your sins are forgiven you and
00:28:55.13\00:28:58.97
that encompasses that
entire healing. I remember my
00:28:59.00\00:29:02.90
experience at Hartland and the
Wellness Center. It was not just
00:29:02.94\00:29:06.44
a place where the patients would
come in, but the students had
00:29:06.47\00:29:09.64
the opportunity to interact
there as well. So let's talk
00:29:09.68\00:29:13.31
about the integration and the
correlation between the Wellness
00:29:13.35\00:29:16.82
Center and the
students as well in the college.
00:29:16.85\00:29:20.32
We believe it's very important
to have a practical education
00:29:20.36\00:29:24.69
not just theory and for every
single major that we offer at
00:29:24.73\00:29:28.03
Hartland there is a practical
lab. Even for those who are
00:29:28.06\00:29:31.60
studying for a different major
like pastoral evangelism they
00:29:31.63\00:29:34.54
have opportunities to do
health outreach. They have
00:29:34.57\00:29:38.04
opportunities to minister
at the Wellness Center doing
00:29:38.07\00:29:41.38
devotionals and other activities
But as I was saying before
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.15
there's always a practical
component through outreach and
00:29:44.18\00:29:47.18
also on campus. And the Wellness
Center is one of our biggest
00:29:47.22\00:29:50.69
labs that is very effective
because it's medical missionary
00:29:50.72\00:29:55.46
work in action with
young people involved as well.
00:29:55.49\00:29:59.63
What are the majors that
Heartland offers I know health
00:29:59.66\00:30:03.23
is a component of every major
but what are the majors that
00:30:03.26\00:30:04.97
Heartland offers?
00:30:05.00\00:30:06.37
So we currently offer a major in
health science ministry, that's
00:30:06.40\00:30:09.70
how we call it. It's a
baccalaureate degree but you can
00:30:09.74\00:30:12.04
also, choose to take an
associate degree and then move
00:30:12.07\00:30:16.98
on to another college or
university that has a more
00:30:17.01\00:30:20.75
specific career that you're
looking for. So even though we
only offer right now
00:30:20.78\00:30:24.05
four majors which is in theology
in health science, in education
00:30:24.09\00:30:28.26
elementary and secondary
with emphasis on religion or on
00:30:28.29\00:30:32.29
health science. And we also
offer media. Those are our four
00:30:32.33\00:30:35.33
main areas. We also offer a
certificate in Midwifery online
00:30:35.36\00:30:40.07
and we will speak more about
this soon we'll be offering a
00:30:40.10\00:30:44.94
new major this fall which is
Biblical Psychology. Now that's
00:30:44.97\00:30:48.71
a very important area and it's
an area of growth and need in
00:30:48.74\00:30:53.11
our current society. Just going
back...Young people might say
00:30:53.15\00:30:57.65
well majors that Hartland
offers do not draw my attention
00:30:57.69\00:31:01.86
or catch my attention. I'm
thinking of something different.
00:31:01.89\00:31:04.19
Well Hartland is still an
option because you can go there
00:31:04.23\00:31:07.36
for one year. You can go there
for two years and then transfer
00:31:07.40\00:31:11.03
your credits to another college.
But you don't want to miss that
00:31:11.07\00:31:14.47
experience of
combining missionary work with
00:31:14.50\00:31:17.37
professional training.
Furthermore, if you think that's
00:31:17.41\00:31:19.47
too much. You can go just for
three months because we offer
00:31:19.51\00:31:24.11
a summer term that is focused on
missionary training at a college
00:31:24.15\00:31:27.75
level with experienced pastors
and evangelists like Pastor Mark
00:31:27.78\00:31:32.25
Finley, Pastor Scott Griswold,
Pastor Paul Conniff given
00:31:32.29\00:31:36.12
Discipleship and given different
tools you can just do that and
00:31:36.16\00:31:38.99
you will still benefit greatly.
So this is what we're all about.
00:31:39.03\00:31:42.46
It's transforming, healing,
evangelism, mission work to
00:31:42.50\00:31:46.17
hasten Christ's second coming.
00:31:46.20\00:31:48.67
Amen. I love those options. So
if people are interested in that
00:31:48.70\00:31:52.11
summer training program or
any of the majors or going to
00:31:52.14\00:31:55.34
school you can go to
Hartland.edu and you can access
00:31:55.38\00:31:58.45
all the information there. So
that's Hartland.edu. So Thomas
00:31:58.48\00:32:04.42
let's bring you into
this discussion. Before we do
00:32:04.45\00:32:05.79
just a moment. You mentioned the
media major and it made me think
00:32:05.82\00:32:07.69
Darius works at 3ABN. He came as
an intern from Hartland College
00:32:07.72\00:32:15.16
We were so delighted to have him
come as an intern and as he was
00:32:15.20\00:32:19.87
even in his internship decided
we wanted to hire him. So we
00:32:19.90\00:32:22.90
did. And he's a hard worker.
He's a gifted young man and does
00:32:22.94\00:32:28.41
incredible work. And I think you
might know him as well Thomas
00:32:28.44\00:32:30.55
Is that right?
00:32:30.58\00:32:31.91
Yes we both came to Hartland at
the same time on campus. So...
00:32:31.95\00:32:35.15
So talk to us about
your experience at Hartland.
00:32:35.18\00:32:40.09
Yeah, you know Hartland is...
I wanted to touch on something
00:32:40.12\00:32:44.66
Mr. Restrepo said. Hartland is
a place where if you understand
00:32:44.69\00:32:48.66
why you're there, you're
not just there to get a degree.
00:32:48.70\00:32:51.67
You're not just there for
school. You're there for an
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.94
education and there's a big
difference between school and
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.81
education in many places, school
is just seen as you know go get
00:32:56.84\00:33:00.74
your degree and move on with
life. Hartland seeks to combine
00:33:00.78\00:33:04.78
all these other aspects that we
talked about and basically give
00:33:04.81\00:33:08.98
you a holistic experience.
So that you're not just going in
00:33:09.02\00:33:12.45
with just head knowledge or
theoretical knowledge but you've
00:33:12.49\00:33:17.33
also gained some practical
knowledge and you've become a
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.49
well-rounded and well-balanced
individual. So maybe plugging
00:33:19.53\00:33:23.40
that into medical missionary
work a little bit in the
00:33:23.43\00:33:26.13
lifestyle center. I am a
theology, or I was a theology
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.67
major and so going to Hartland
I was thinking all right let's
00:33:28.70\00:33:33.98
go for the Bible classes, let's
learn how to be a pastor. That's
00:33:34.01\00:33:36.85
what I was really excited about.
and I knew I was called to that
00:33:36.88\00:33:40.82
ministry. So I wasn't thinking
that I was going to be getting
00:33:40.85\00:33:44.82
health outreach, health
classes things like that.
00:33:44.85\00:33:48.99
Did it bother you when they said
oh you're going to be in some
00:33:49.02\00:33:51.73
health classes. Were you like
afraid of it or like I don't
00:33:51.76\00:33:53.83
want to do that
or how did you feel?
00:33:53.86\00:33:55.26
I was afraid a little bit
because...I mean we all say
00:33:55.30\00:33:59.27
these things you know, like I'll
never be this or I'll never do
00:33:59.30\00:34:02.54
that. I knew I would never be
a doctor. I mean I don't think
00:34:02.57\00:34:07.98
that's my calling but I didn't
really feel comfortable with
00:34:08.01\00:34:12.88
anything in the medical field.
It just...(Intimidating) Yeah,
00:34:12.91\00:34:17.25
Yeah intimidating is a good word
but you know you feel scared to
00:34:17.29\00:34:21.56
like work on people and like do
treatments and stuff like that.
00:34:21.59\00:34:23.76
I don't want to mess that
up. You know I really respect
00:34:23.79\00:34:26.59
doctors like Dr. Emerson you
know. So then when I saw we were
00:34:26.63\00:34:29.43
going to be doing health out
reach and health classes I was
00:34:29.46\00:34:33.57
like okay that'll be interesting
So at first, it was more
00:34:33.60\00:34:37.04
the...my initial attitude was
we're going to do this because I
00:34:37.07\00:34:40.94
need to and that's how I
graduate you know. But
especially this past year
00:34:40.98\00:34:45.68
the Lord started bringing to my
mind the importance of medical
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.75
missionary work and I was
reading some statements in the
00:34:48.78\00:34:51.62
Spirit of Prophecy that
talk about really that medical
00:34:51.65\00:34:54.72
missionary work is an all
inclusive work for God's people
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.03
and that we are all called to be
medical missionaries in some way
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.70
I was trying to think what that
must mean you know for me and I
00:35:00.73\00:35:05.03
realized that hey this
also obviously applies to me and
00:35:05.07\00:35:09.00
as a pastor then I have to think
about how that translates to the
00:35:09.04\00:35:14.11
ministry I do. How does that
translate to getting members on
00:35:14.14\00:35:17.98
fire for the Lord and doing
evangelism, things like that.
00:35:18.01\00:35:20.62
So when I started taking part
in things like the health expo
00:35:20.65\00:35:26.12
that we did for health outreach
and some of the other health
00:35:26.15\00:35:31.76
classes as well. I actually saw
the opportunities that I would
00:35:31.79\00:35:35.20
have and I would mingle
with people in the community who
00:35:35.23\00:35:37.70
weren't Adventist or maybe
not even Christian. I saw the
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.87
opportunities I had to minister
to them and to give them an
00:35:40.90\00:35:43.71
opportunity to see not just
God's way of healing, physical
00:35:43.74\00:35:47.44
healing but God's way of
spiritual and mental healing as
00:35:47.48\00:35:50.08
well and that all of these
things combined we can really
00:35:50.11\00:35:52.68
do exactly what Jesus did. You
mentioned the paralytic that was
00:35:52.71\00:35:57.02
lowered through the roof, right?
When Jesus healed him he healed
00:35:57.05\00:36:01.06
him in every way. Jesus doesn't
do a half job. He does a full
00:36:01.09\00:36:04.16
job. He does a holistic
transformation and so that's
00:36:04.19\00:36:09.53
when I started realizing that
okay as a pastor I need to think
00:36:09.56\00:36:13.64
about the importance of also as
a shepherd of God's flock how do
00:36:13.67\00:36:19.04
I also help to provide through
the Holy Spirit, through God's
00:36:19.07\00:36:23.18
help that holistic healing.
So I'm very grateful for the
00:36:23.21\00:36:26.35
experience that we got at
Hartland because it's helped me
00:36:26.38\00:36:28.75
to not only have that holistic
experience where I'm getting
00:36:28.78\00:36:33.32
theology and some other things
but also to realize that this is
00:36:33.36\00:36:37.46
good, this is Biblical, this is
right and this is how we should
00:36:37.49\00:36:41.50
do ministry.
00:36:41.53\00:36:43.16
Amen. So looking forward...that
was your experience at Hartland
00:36:43.20\00:36:44.90
With that looking forward to
your vision as you step in as a
00:36:44.93\00:36:48.90
brand new pastor there in the
Michigan Conference how do you
00:36:48.94\00:36:52.01
plan to combine the
medical ministry aspect with the
00:36:52.04\00:36:54.34
evangelism in your work?
00:36:54.38\00:36:55.71
That's a good question. What's
actually really nice is in one
00:36:55.74\00:36:59.95
of the classes I'm taking I have
the opportunity to think about
00:36:59.98\00:37:04.09
that and to...you know it's more
open-ended. We're able to choose
00:37:04.12\00:37:08.22
different ministry projects.
It's kind of the idea of
00:37:08.26\00:37:10.93
learning how to run and plan
a ministry. And so I started
00:37:10.96\00:37:14.86
thinking you know a good project
to think about would be to think
00:37:14.90\00:37:20.97
about a health ministry that
could be connected to a church
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.27
or church district. And so I
haven't had the opportunity to
00:37:23.30\00:37:26.91
implement anything specific
yet but I am thinking about the
00:37:26.94\00:37:30.68
potential of using like small
groups, a small group method
00:37:30.71\00:37:35.08
that you see in Acts chapter
2 and Acts chapters 3 and 4 as
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.82
well where you see that
the early apostolic church that
00:37:37.85\00:37:42.99
God's people were meeting
together and they were actually
00:37:43.02\00:37:44.59
having these small groups and
this is how the work was growing
00:37:44.63\00:37:46.90
Yes there was preaching,
yes there were all these other
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.86
things but this was really what
caused God's message of Jesus
00:37:48.90\00:37:54.90
the Savior who had come and died
for us. This was what caused it
00:37:54.94\00:37:59.34
to spread and to gain traction
and so I started realizing wait
00:37:59.37\00:38:02.58
we can still utilize this small
group method and actually use
00:38:02.61\00:38:06.18
health ministry as part of that.
Invite someone over for a meal
00:38:06.21\00:38:09.05
you know, teach them how to cook
healthy meals. Do an exercise
00:38:09.08\00:38:13.29
round with them, 15 minutes,
20 minutes you know and then
00:38:13.32\00:38:16.19
you have multiple small groups
then you can start to introduce
00:38:16.22\00:38:19.39
them to the gospel as well. So
that's kind of what I'm thinking
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.06
in a nutshell but we'll see
where the Lord leads with that.
00:38:22.10\00:38:26.47
Well I'm excited just to see how
God is working in your life and
00:38:26.50\00:38:29.90
to see how you're utilizing that
health with the gospel and know
00:38:29.94\00:38:34.34
that the 3ABN family will be
praying for you as you launch
00:38:34.38\00:38:38.05
into ministry there in Michigan.
God will just bless and anoint
00:38:38.08\00:38:40.35
you there. I know we have a
video. I don't pastor if this is
00:38:40.38\00:38:44.52
a good time to go to that
video. This is testimony or...
00:38:44.55\00:38:47.39
Sure, sure, and as a prelude
to that video I want to mention
00:38:47.42\00:38:50.89
that one of the things that
really impacts our health guests
00:38:51.26\00:38:54.03
is seeing young people
ministering to them. Now the
00:38:54.06\00:38:58.20
expectation is that young people
are out there just focused on
00:38:58.23\00:39:01.70
whatever they want to do,
whatever makes them happy. But
to see young people
00:39:01.74\00:39:05.14
who are happily serving them has
an impactful experience for our
00:39:05.17\00:39:10.75
health guests and in this video
you're going to watch some of
00:39:10.78\00:39:13.62
the testimonies of young people
including our graduate Thomas
00:39:13.65\00:39:17.29
Mayhew as he had the opportunity
to minister in the area.
00:39:17.32\00:39:21.02
Amen. Let's go to that right now
00:39:21.06\00:39:22.86
¤ ¤
00:39:22.89\00:39:30.33
Studying pastoral ministry is
unique in that pastoral ministry
00:39:30.37\00:39:35.27
is a special calling and many
parts of it are very daunting
00:39:35.30\00:39:39.81
when you think about the
expectation that church members
00:39:39.84\00:39:43.51
place on the pastor and you
realize that as a young person
00:39:43.55\00:39:47.88
you're just not ready.
00:39:47.92\00:39:49.25
¤ ¤
00:39:49.28\00:39:53.66
Through this time studying
for the ministry in college
00:39:53.69\00:39:56.96
it's not just been so much about
gaining Bible knowledge or you
00:39:56.99\00:40:00.73
know getting good grades or
things like this, those things
00:40:00.76\00:40:03.43
are important of course.
But it's also been about gaining
00:40:03.47\00:40:08.40
life experience and also
realizing that I need a lot of
00:40:08.44\00:40:11.87
the Lord in my life in terms of
my character, just my growth in
00:40:11.91\00:40:14.74
Him. So one of the unique things
I've had the opportunity to do
00:40:14.78\00:40:18.48
as part of my college experience
is actually reach out to people
00:40:18.51\00:40:23.18
in the community and that's
something that doesn't happen
00:40:23.22\00:40:27.49
in a lot of places. You just
kind of go and do your classes
00:40:27.52\00:40:32.06
But my experience has been
different. I've had a lot of
00:40:32.09\00:40:34.20
opportunities to connect
with the community in many ways.
00:40:34.23\00:40:38.20
One of those ways has been
through health outreach and that
00:40:38.23\00:40:43.84
has been a blessing because it
has allowed me to connect with
00:40:43.87\00:40:47.21
people many of which I've not
been Adventist, many of which
00:40:47.24\00:40:51.55
are just simply there to learn
more about how to have good
00:40:51.58\00:40:54.25
health. I realize that through
this experience that it's not
00:40:54.28\00:40:58.09
about necessarily which
are called to full-time.
00:40:58.12\00:41:01.19
To this day I
don't think being a
00:41:04.56\00:41:05.89
medical missionary is a talent
of mine. It's not a been natural
00:41:05.93\00:41:09.76
to me, but you realize that
this gives you an opportunity to
00:41:09.80\00:41:13.40
broaden your windows
of opportunity to minister
00:41:13.44\00:41:15.20
to people.
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.57
¤ ¤
00:41:16.60\00:41:24.38
Being here has been a tremendous
experience for me. It's a place
00:41:24.41\00:41:28.18
where to come in
00:41:28.22\00:41:29.55
contact with people with
different elements, people from
00:41:29.58\00:41:33.36
different walks of life and
people who have gone through
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.02
different things.
00:41:36.06\00:41:37.39
And there you have a
special opportunity of eating
00:41:37.43\00:41:40.16
with them, being with them in
the treatment rooms. And to be
00:41:40.20\00:41:43.57
able to inspire them and to
share the love of Jesus with
00:41:43.60\00:41:47.14
them.
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.84
¤ ¤
00:41:49.87\00:41:52.24
So many times when guests
come they have different fears,
00:41:52.27\00:41:58.15
different expectations. They
don't know what to do and they
00:41:58.18\00:41:59.81
don't know what they're going to
be facing. They're just coming
00:41:59.85\00:42:03.49
here amongst us strange people
And just building a relationship
00:42:03.52\00:42:07.12
with them in the short period
of time is what God really helps
00:42:07.16\00:42:11.43
us and the rest of the team
to do and we just get to bond
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.53
with them because we
get to eat with them,
00:42:14.56\00:42:16.70
we get to listen
to their stories.
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.63
In the
treatment room we sit down
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.50
we're not talking
about our problems.
00:42:20.54\00:42:22.14
We're sitting down
asking them, Tell me your story.
00:42:22.17\00:42:24.34
Where are you coming from
and who are you? And so we get a
00:42:24.37\00:42:27.61
chance to listen to who they are
to their families, through their
00:42:27.64\00:42:31.11
struggles. And at every
treatment, at every breakfast,
00:42:31.15\00:42:34.95
at every opportunity we get
we are praying for them and even
00:42:34.98\00:42:38.99
in our personal spaces, we are
pleading for God to intervene
00:42:39.02\00:42:42.56
in their lives.
00:42:42.59\00:42:45.19
For 30 years I have just allowed
myself to be larger and it's not
00:42:45.23\00:42:51.47
good for my health, you know,
and I didn't think of that part
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.44
It was more mental for me. And
I could cry right now because we
00:42:53.47\00:43:00.48
take life so for granted. People
don't realize that something as
00:43:00.51\00:43:07.92
simple as eating it can be wrong
too. I had shooting pains going
00:43:07.95\00:43:12.65
through my heart as well prior
to coming here and I don't have
00:43:12.69\00:43:16.42
any of that right now. And I've
only lost 10 pounds but I know
00:43:16.46\00:43:19.19
I'm going in the right direction
00:43:19.23\00:43:20.73
¤ ¤
00:43:20.76\00:43:32.74
During devotions, we prayed
together and we sing together
00:43:32.77\00:43:34.54
and that has been an inspiration
to many people. And in the
00:43:34.58\00:43:38.01
farewell they explained how they
have been inspired, that they
00:43:38.05\00:43:40.98
have seen Jesus in me and for
me that's the best part of what
00:43:41.02\00:43:43.99
we have learned.
00:43:44.02\00:43:46.22
Serving God is a dynamic. You
know it's not supposed to be a
00:43:46.25\00:43:51.09
stale, bland, boxed-in type
of experience. No, it's vibrant
00:43:51.13\00:43:56.26
it's free, it's ever-moving. God
wants us to explore all sorts of
00:43:56.30\00:44:01.20
different avenues. And I've
found that Health Outreach did
00:44:01.24\00:44:05.44
help me to do just that.
00:44:05.47\00:44:07.71
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00:44:07.74\00:44:12.65
Amen, praise the Lord for
what he's doing at the Hartland
00:44:12.68\00:44:17.49
Wellness Center and that
integration, correlation with
00:44:17.52\00:44:20.46
the students working with
the guests who come through. And
00:44:20.49\00:44:24.46
seeing God work. Speaking
of stories and testimonies, Dr.
00:44:24.49\00:44:28.36
Emerson is there a quick story
you could share with us about
00:44:28.40\00:44:30.43
someone who's been
through the program?
00:44:30.47\00:44:31.83
Sure. We have new patients come
through. Some people respond,
00:44:31.87\00:44:35.60
some people don't physically.
They all respond spiritually
00:44:35.64\00:44:38.44
in general. One lady came.
She had a 7 cm. mass in her left
00:44:38.47\00:44:42.98
breast, invasive lobular
carcinoma by biopsy. She went
00:44:43.01\00:44:50.12
through the program. She was
going to have a lumpectomy and
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.85
radiation. I encouraged her to
follow through with it. But she
00:44:52.89\00:44:56.56
kept postponing her surgeries,
postponing and postponing. And
00:44:56.59\00:45:00.23
when she stayed on the program
and a few months later she had
00:45:00.26\00:45:06.57
a mammogram and it showed it had
shrunk from 7 cm down to 1.7 cm
00:45:06.60\00:45:11.27
(oh wow). Another three months
it had gone to half a centimeter
00:45:11.31\00:45:15.34
so she was one that did respond.
And the other nice thing about
00:45:15.38\00:45:20.92
it is whether they respond
or not we do have Bible studies
00:45:20.95\00:45:24.92
with them. We have devotionals
and they're all shared means to
00:45:24.95\00:45:31.79
come to a closer walk with Jesus
And we always pray that Jesus
00:45:31.83\00:45:36.30
can take them by the hand and
walk them through this life and
00:45:36.33\00:45:39.50
into his kingdom when he
comes to take us home in glory.
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.64
Amen. That's an incredible
testimony. I know Pastor Mark
00:45:41.67\00:45:46.01
Finley, you referenced him
earlier, I know he always said
00:45:46.04\00:45:47.94
God always heals, sometimes in
this life and sometimes at the
00:45:47.98\00:45:52.21
resurrection so we don't
always know what takes place but
00:45:52.25\00:45:55.95
there's many natural modalities
that can be utilized to enhance
00:45:55.98\00:45:59.59
our health now so praise the
Lord. Speaking of this complete
00:45:59.62\00:46:03.79
and total health, the mind,
body, soul connection. Yvonne
00:46:03.83\00:46:08.03
talk to us about the Biblical
psychology program that's coming
00:46:08.06\00:46:10.63
and that mental health.
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.00
Yeah, that's very, very exciting
And everything originated in
00:46:12.03\00:46:17.31
Ukraine so Hartland was invited
to go to Ukraine and the Union
00:46:17.34\00:46:22.48
of Ukraine gathered 59 people,
22 psychologists and the rest of
00:46:22.51\00:46:27.18
church leaders there because
they have a crisis at this
00:46:27.22\00:46:32.12
moment. People are coming to the
church. So they needed spiritual
00:46:32.15\00:46:36.22
help but they come with a lot
of mental health issues. Trauma,
00:46:36.26\00:46:39.19
secondary trauma, depression,
anxiety and so on. So they said
00:46:39.23\00:46:43.83
how can we combine both
the Biblical and mental health
00:46:43.87\00:46:47.14
aspect with
00:46:47.17\00:46:48.50
evangelism. So we were there. We
were praying. It was an attempt.
00:46:48.54\00:46:55.04
We don't have experience
with war but Biblical principles
00:46:55.08\00:46:57.08
apply to any situation. So
for about one there it was an
00:46:57.11\00:47:01.85
amazing training. But it was in
Ukraine that we saw. It works to
00:47:01.88\00:47:06.72
combine actually Biblical
because the healing comes from
00:47:06.76\00:47:10.36
God and God was taken out of the
psychology long ago. Right? So
00:47:10.39\00:47:14.76
we said when we combine both it
works. Psychologists taking the
00:47:14.80\00:47:20.24
training said we do not know how
to apply the actual principles
00:47:20.27\00:47:25.34
of healing in the Bible when we
sit down to talk to someone in
00:47:25.37\00:47:29.04
regards to trauma, secondary
trauma, anxiety, and depression.
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.35
So when we saw in Ukraine that
it worked and they made it work
00:47:31.38\00:47:36.42
because they make a practice.
After a year we had been
00:47:36.45\00:47:39.75
tracing them to see the
responses. We said we need to do
00:47:39.79\00:47:43.83
this, because it
works. So it's bringing the
00:47:43.86\00:47:48.00
principles of the Bible in
regards to healing the mind and
00:47:48.03\00:47:52.03
helping the person regardless
the religion to come in the
00:47:52.07\00:47:53.80
presence of God for healing.
Of course, it's a professional
00:47:53.84\00:47:57.24
training that we will give all
the basics of psychology but in
00:47:57.27\00:48:01.41
the aspect of treatment we bring
in the spiritual aspect of it
00:48:01.44\00:48:05.75
and we're excited because the
same commission that Jesus gave
00:48:05.78\00:48:09.98
of preaching, teaching and
healing this can be applied in
00:48:10.02\00:48:14.52
the mental health field.
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Oh Amen. So what was that
like for you going to Ukraine.
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There's a lot of trauma that's
taken place as a result of war
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there. What was that like for
you ministering to the people
00:48:22.00\00:48:24.33
there?
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Oh the stories Jill, were
amazing. The story that when the
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workers said what can I answer
to this thing horrifying stories
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Horrifying, but there was always
an answer. And the beautiful
00:48:33.64\00:48:39.41
thing about the training in
Ukraine is to see that the team
00:48:39.45\00:48:43.08
that came, they needed to go
through their own trauma, their
00:48:43.12\00:48:46.69
own depression, especially
hopelessness and frustration to
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evil, a hundred percent. So when
they experience the peace and
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hope then we can see if
it can give peace and hope
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and we can do it
from the mental health,
00:48:57.40\00:49:00.27
the spiritual
component, as the physical
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part so it was a blending of
love and we have the conviction
00:49:03.17\00:49:06.17
we need to do this
at Hartland as a major.
00:49:06.21\00:49:09.54
Amen. I love that. It's so
needed today because God has
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principles and make sure they're
Biblical and apply it with the
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word and God. What an incredible
idea. I love that. So that's
00:49:20.16\00:49:24.89
launching this fall as a major.
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.86
Yeah, it's launching this fall
and it's just amazing because
00:49:27.90\00:49:31.00
the mental health is...you know
you have physical, spiritual and
00:49:31.03\00:49:36.91
mental and the mind is
the connecting link between
00:49:36.94\00:49:40.08
spirituality and physical health
And often it's left out of the
00:49:40.11\00:49:42.91
picture. We can understand the
science of how our brain works
00:49:42.94\00:49:47.72
and then connect it with the
Biblical principles that God has
00:49:47.75\00:49:51.15
given to us ultimately we were
created by God. We were created
00:49:51.19\00:49:53.89
in his image so bringing all
these things together are just
00:49:53.92\00:49:58.29
so powerful and wonderful.
In fact, we have a situation now
00:49:58.33\00:50:02.30
that we have several majors
at Hartland wants to switch now
00:50:02.33\00:50:05.70
to the Biblical Psychology and
we're kind of encouraging them
00:50:05.73\00:50:08.84
you can do a minor but finish
the major that God called you to
00:50:08.87\00:50:12.04
do. But, yeah, it's just an
amazing opportunity that we're
00:50:12.07\00:50:14.48
so thrilled that we can offer
it We've put the curriculum
00:50:14.51\00:50:18.28
together. You go to our website
and you will be able to see the
00:50:18.31\00:50:21.72
program there and it's just
going to enhance the tools that
00:50:21.75\00:50:26.19
we're equipping young people
to be able to serve God in these
00:50:26.22\00:50:28.79
final days of being
professional missionaries.
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Amen. So we have just a couple
seconds left here and then we're
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.30
going to go to the address for
Hartland. But what would be some
00:50:36.33\00:50:38.40
of your greatest needs
right now in just a few seconds.
00:50:38.43\00:50:41.04
One of our greatest needs is for
scholarships for young people
00:50:41.07\00:50:46.98
who want to go to study at
Hartland but they don't have all
00:50:47.01\00:50:48.58
the resources. And another great
need is for people who want to
00:50:48.61\00:50:52.81
be part of the team. You can
visit our website and see the
00:50:52.85\00:50:56.48
opportunities open there. We're
looking for professional people
00:50:56.52\00:50:58.95
who are mission-minded
and who love souls.
00:50:58.99\00:51:01.62
Amen. Okay, Absolutely. And
we believe in the mission of
00:51:01.66\00:51:05.36
Hartland College. We believe in
what God is doing in and through
00:51:05.39\00:51:08.33
the young people and the guests
who come to the lifestyle center
00:51:08.36\00:51:12.07
as well as the staff there. We
believe that God called each one
00:51:12.10\00:51:16.14
of us to be missionaries. So if
you are a young person and you'd
00:51:16.17\00:51:22.51
like to go to college at
Hartland, if you are an older
00:51:22.54\00:51:25.08
person with means and you'd
like to support a student the
00:51:25.11\00:51:29.42
scholarship program so they can
attend Hartland, if you would
00:51:29.45\00:51:31.99
like to become a staff member
there or a apply to become a
00:51:32.02\00:51:35.22
staff member, or financially
support the college or maybe you
00:51:35.26\00:51:39.19
want to be a guest at the
lifestyle center and you're
00:51:39.23\00:51:42.30
dealing with your own health
challenges, here is how you can
00:51:42.33\00:51:46.07
contact Hartland just now.
00:51:46.10\00:51:47.44
If you would like more
information about Hartland
00:51:47.47\00:51:52.47
College, you can contact them at
444 Hartland Oak Drive, Rapidan,
00:51:52.51\00:51:58.05
VA 22733 That's Hartland College
444 Hartland Oak Drive, Rapidan
00:51:58.08\00:52:09.76
VA 22733. You can
call (540) 672-3100
00:52:09.79\00:52:20.44
They're online at Hartland.edu
or you can email them at
00:52:20.47\00:52:26.34
info@hartland.edu
00:52:26.37\00:52:30.75