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my life removing pain ¤
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heal a heart that hurts ¤
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life mending broken people ¤
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Hello, I'm Shelley
Quinn. I'm J.D. Quinn.
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And we welcome you to 3ABN Today
We have a treat today because
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we have three young college
students with us and we're going
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to learn about their experience
at Ouachita Hills College in the
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beautiful Ouachita Hills area
of Arkansas which is, what, 40
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minutes southeast of Hot Springs
and then Arkadelphia. How far
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away are you from Arkadelphia?
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About 40 minutes.
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About 40 minutes. You guys
are just drive out there in it.
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Well let me introduce our
very special guests. We're very
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pleased to have Dr. Patrice
Wright. It's so good to see you
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again Dr. Wright.
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It's a pleasure to be here and I
am the academic deal at Ouachita
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I also lead the college as well.
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That must be quite a challenge
but I know you're a woman of
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prayer and you are
counting on the Lord.
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I am and I always believe that
when we're asked to lead we have
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to actually ask God to be the
one that guides the school. So I
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have allowed God to lead and
guide the school because that's
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the way to go.
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Amen. And that's what we
all need to learn in our lives
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period. (It is) And then we have
Lowell Jenks. Lowell what do you
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you do for
Ouachita Hills College?
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I'm a freshman staff member.
I spent 10 weeks there setting
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up the mechanic's program
for small engines and will begin
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teaching it in August.
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You know what, I was talking
with Lowell in the green room
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and I said the idea that they're
teaching small engine repair
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in the vocational school. This
is an academic college but they
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also have a vocational area.
They're very heavy into that
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spiritual and physical
development of the kids.
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Every single time we have
interviewed a missionary you
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know what they come up with
right away, boy, we're learning
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how to repair engines on
the ground and it's wonderful
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that...whose idea was this?
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The Lord's.
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But you've been a missionary
in many places. Tell us a
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little.
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Well, it's hard to say. Which
place you want me to start with?
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I mean just kind of
give us an overview.
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Well I spent several
years in 13 different countries.
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Many of them were just short
term mission trips but as long
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as six years in the country of
South Sudan, just my wife and I.
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We've never been to
3ABN but we've been on 3ABN.
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That's wonderful. Well I'm
sure Ouachita Hills College is
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excited to have you aboard.
And that's such a great line of
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study in a vocational school.
Now! Thaw Htoo. You know I'm a
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Texan. Thaw where are you from,
when did you start school, what
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year, etc.?
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Yes. I was originally born
in Thailand. We came to the U.S.
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when I was about five years
old. Before I started attending
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Ouachita I attended a public
college. What was going on was I
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was learning religion but the
building where we were learning
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religion was off campus, but the
credit goes towards the school
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itself. So then I heard
about the school and I decided
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to come here. The Lord led here
and I transferred all my credits
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Ouachita Hills. I'm a
senior attending Ouachita Hills
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studying Theology.
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Wonderful. Well congratulations
on that. And Inara Miller, right
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(Yes ma'am) Tell us about
you. Where do you come from?
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Well, my name is Inara. I'm from
the Bahamas and my family and I
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heard about this school over 14
years ago from canvassers they
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met in Florida. And so God has
just opened the way for us to,
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my sister and I, to attend the
school. And yeah it's been great
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So what is your area of study?
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Secondary education.
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And you want to
teach what grade?
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High school students.
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High school students. You know
when we're talking about getting
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a degree and teaching at
Ouachita Hills, Ouachita Hills
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is a Seventh-day Adventist
Christian school. So the focus
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is on presenting Christ
whether it's in vocational, for
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missionary, for education,
whatever's going on, so when she
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says she wants to be a secondary
high school teacher, she's
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saying a high school teacher
of Christianity too. So then we
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have Oscar Ortiz.
Tell me about yourself.
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Yeah, I'm from California, and I
heard about this school through
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one of the college graduates
actually. And I decided to come
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for the academy and
I'm now in the college.
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Okay so you were there your last
year of high school. What are
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you studying.
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Right now I'm unsure but I'm
leaning towards either theology
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or education.
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Wonderful. Just a lot of prayer,
Oscar, a lot of prayer. Okay we
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would like to put up a graphic
just right off the bat because
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one thing that's beautiful about
Ouachita Hills College beyond
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their campus is their prices. So
tell us about the areas of focus
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and we've got a graphic
that will show the price for the
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quarter.
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Right. What we do here
at Ouachita is that we offer
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courses like a bachelors
in Theology, a bachelors in
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Christian secondary education,
a bachelors in Christian
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elementary education. We
also have a new program that
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we're going to offer.
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It's a one-year
certificate program in small
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engines and then we have
another program which is an
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associate degree in accounting.
So those are the programs that
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have at Ouachita Hills College.
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So your focus is not just
on academics but also on...
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Vocational. We also have
vocational so we have a number
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of vocational programs. We offer
courses in electrical, just
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electrical, just having students
know how to wire things. And we
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also have auto mechanics. In
fact, just this quarter students
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were able to do a certificate
program in auto mechanics with
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it is up to them whether they
wanted to do it that way or not.
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So we also offer tiling which
students are able to even...
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in fact one student after
learning it went home and she
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tiled a whole room in her
parents house. They were excited
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It's so exciting to think about
learning these vocations because
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even if you get your college
degree you want to know these
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things. And there's the
finished project. Now you have a
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vocational clothing construction
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Clothing construction. I know
most people call it sewing but
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we call it clothing construction
and/or young ladies have done
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three-quarters of this
because the aim is _ and in
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fact they made dresses and coats
and the bags that we have for
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college days instead of buying
them online we made the bags to
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put whatever we thought people
were interested in. And also
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young men did clothing
construction as well. Thaw you
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did something. Say
something about what you did.
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So when I was in a sewing class
most of us didn't know anything
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about sewing like what do we
even press, but we learned. We
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learned how to operate
everything. The first thing we
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were making was baby burps or
something where you put the baby
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burp over the shoulder.
And that was really neat,
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it was a learning
process on how to sew,
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how to put the
needle, the thread, and all
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of that. Also the second thing
we made was pajama pants. We
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made it from scratch. So we
measured ourselves and then we
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just got a layout and stuff.
Then we just cut it and then we
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sewed it. We did everything
ourself. I actually tried it on,
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they fit.
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Wonderful. Now tell us about
your cafeteria because people
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rave about the cafeteria at
Ouachita Hills and I believe
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Inara you work in your
cafeteria. Tell us about it.
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So the kitchen at the
cafeteria is one of my favorite
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places on campus because we
get to talk with everyone, have
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little birthday celebrations and
I like to cook and bake so it's
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definitely one of my favorite
places where I get to talk and
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bake and work at the same time.
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That's wonderful.
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I've spent years in school
campuses, 60-some years, and
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I've never eaten in a more
healthy cafeteria and I was
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taught by a mom who said you are
what you eat. And I feel good
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every time I eat there.
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So it's not only healthy but
it's delicious. Now do you guys
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help in the kitchen at all?
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Yeah I do some of the lunch
prep and supper cleanup as well.
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You know what I love about
we recently had interviewed the
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Ouachita Hill Academy students
and you were one of those, not
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in the interview, but what I
love about the focus at Ouachita
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Hills, I always say one of the
two most important things you
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learn in life first is to have
an intimate relationship with
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the Lord Jesus Christ. There's
a huge emphasis in the academy
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and the college on spiritual
development, on learning how to
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evangelize. We're going to
look at some pictures here in a
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minute. But also it's the
vocational area, you guys learn
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how to work and the second-most
important thing you can develop
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in your life is a good work
ethic. You learn how to work
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and you learn to enjoy work.
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This is really very practical.
I mean I could have saved $150
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already in guarding and just
started just putting together my
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little engines. You know, my
little here and there. And then
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Heaven forbid going ahead and
trying to retile. You know you
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got to depend on someone else
give you directions. Who do I
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need to call. So I mean this
is very impressive that this is
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practical stuff that you'll use
the rest of your life. I don't
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know if I'd...if there's enough
cloth out there to make my own
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pajamas but at
least it'd be nice to know
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how to sew my button on. Yes!
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Regarding that I want you to
know that the young ladies made
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dresses and blouses
and other things. Yeah.
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We just started finishing
up some blouses that we've been
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working on for this semester.
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Wonderful skills to know, men
and women alike. Now Thaw you
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had worked in the
construction program.
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I think you have as well.
So I think you've got a picture
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of the construction.
Tell us what this is about.
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So this picture is an old church
that our church used to attend
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there. So it's not being used
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so they were thinking of
turning that building into a
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school close by the Amity
Church. So what we did was we
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were framing the inside so we
can be able to move it. So they
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took all the electrical work,
they took out the carpet, they
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took out the wood. And it was
all students. So new students
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were screwing in screws,
students were cutting the wood,
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students were measuring.
Everything was operated by
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students, yes managed by that
guy who guided us. So yes we
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learned a lot of practical
skills and Oscar himself too was
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there working on that.
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Yeah we had to take apart a lot
of the braces and the roofing.
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So my understanding you actually
moved the location of the school
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Yeah. So it wasn't being used at
its location so they wanted to
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move it closer to the new
Amity Church location for a
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church school essentially.
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How wonderful.
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So basically you took the
old one down and reconstructed
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the new one?
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So it was like a double trailer
a double wide, so we just kind
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of split it in half and
then someone came, lifted it
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and moved it over.
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Amazing skills.
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The experience that these young
people were getting. Now they
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didn't just get a little bit of
construction. I mean they worked
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their way through different
departments with hands-on. And
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over and over again have I
spent time in foreign developing
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countries and worked with other
missionaries. I often thought
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you know how handicapped a
person would be if you didn't
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into that kind of situation
with some hands-on skills. And
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the school is big on hands-on
skills as well as academic and
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spiritual but it's a big thing.
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Then you certainly
would appreciate what you get.
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And it's invaluable.
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Well now I want to kind of
jump into a look at some of the
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vocational...Oh, you
got a bee... We forgot about
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the bees, tell us
about the bee program.
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We actually had bee
and honey harvesting and...
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Is that one bee? (Multiple
voices) Of course, if you go
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there you'll be swarmed with
bees but what's interesting is
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that we have students who work
with the bee the...yeah...they
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work in that. It's a new
industry we're building and we
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haven't had honey yet but we're
hoping that very soon, later
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this year we will have honey for
the first time. And so they're
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they're getting that experience
how to harvest bees and honey.
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That's beautiful.
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We actually have like four hives
so and we're just starting...
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You know what's good about that
is because the bee populations
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are being exterminated almost by
all of the...around here we're
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losing a lot of bees because
of all the insecticides. So any
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time you can continue God's...
Bees are important to our...
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That's another arrow that you
have in your quiver. We've got
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some guys here at 3ABN who are
starting new hives and it's got
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its own language. I mean you
just walk up to them and they're
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sitting there talking bee talk
you know and everything and it's
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kind of like what in the world.
You know. And so anyway it's
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very smart to sit
and have your own hives.
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Absolutely. So now let's just
kind of jump into the spiritual
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development there because I know
...we've got pictures. We're
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going to run through them rather
quickly but you'll see the
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pictures of the students praying
together. They will be singing
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at church, playing the piano at
church. But you also teach the
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students to actually give the
sermon, delivering the sermons.
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It's more than just...the
students do a lot of this...
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So have you preached yet Thaw?
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Yes I recently this Sabbath I
actually preached at the Amity
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church. We have our
class in Biblical Preaching II.
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So what it is we
each take each week
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our students in that
class. Not only that we do the
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morning devotions we are
recording for ourselves so
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they want us to have practical
work, practical training in
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learning how to preach rather
than just sitting in a classroom
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and showing us examples of
how to preach. We're actually
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learning ourselves how can we
correct ourselves. And then one
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thing in our classroom is
impromptu sermons where out of
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the teachers will give us
a scripture and we have two
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minutes to prepare. So you're
preparing for a five-minute talk
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but you only get two minutes
to prepare. I don't know when
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you have to create something in
your mind. You have to think of
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something real quick and then at
the end we have to do an appeal.
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And so with that class, we're
learning how to preach, we're
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learning how to think. We're
learning how to analyze the
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Bible at the same time and also
we're doing it in churches and
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we're doing it in videos, we're
doing it in class so we get a
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lot of experience rather
than just learning how to preach
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we're actually
doing the preaching.
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Amen, amen. And then you all
have a rather large emphasis on
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canvassing. Oscar, have
you done any canvassing?
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(Yeah) For our viewers at home
tell us what we mean when we say
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canvassing.
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So canvassing is essentially
just going door to door trying
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to leave books on a donation
basis. You know, spiritual books
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that share about how we can
have a relationship with Jesus.
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Health books that show people
how they can cook healthy.
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A lot of people are
looking for that nowadays.
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Yeah, basically
we... What is canvassing?
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You all are participating in it.
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what is the experience of
canvassing, how has that helped
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develop you for evangelizing
sharing the gospel, missionary.
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Talk about what
it has done for you.
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Well one thing is because
we're speaking to random people
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that we don't really know
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and we're learning
how to analyze them. We're
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looking. Do they have a cross
on their necklace on there. And
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they're turning away. How do
you get their attention again.
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You're trying to engage with
them so you're not only there
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just to sell books but you're
engaging to know that you care
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for them and you want to
bring salvation to the house by
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giving them those books.
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Amen.
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For me, canvassing is
really close because my mom did
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canvassing back home and it also
about the school. There were
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canvassers that came down to a
church that my family and I were
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staying at and we got to see
them canvassing, you know how
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they came back with their
testimonies and then my parents
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were like you know when we get
to that age to go off the school
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Ouachita Hills would be
the place. And so I thoroughly
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enjoyed canvassing
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because it really teaches you
how to trust in God. You're like
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walking for so long and you see
like one person you know like
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how do I talk to this person?
How do I communicate with them?
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Because like Thaw was saying
we want to leave them with books
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that can lead to their salvation
and so it has really helped me
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to build my faith and
trust in God a whole lot. So...
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I think we've got some pictures
of you all canvassing and I
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believe that prayer is a big
part of it. There you are with
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your books and then you end up
praying with people, don't you?
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So what's been...give me
an experience of where you're
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plotting out your canvassing
route. It's not just a simple...
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And I have to tell you that's...
you can laugh. I need to come
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to Ouachita Hills College. I
can stand up in front of 15,000
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people and I have and teach
Bible. That doesn't make my
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knees knock. Maybe a little bit,
no not really. The idea of going
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door to door is terrifying to me
because you have to learn how to
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as you said you're analyzing
but you mean that in a way that
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you are trying to learn how
to connect with others. It's so
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simple for somebody to have the
door just slams in your face.
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It's real training to be
instant in season and out of
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season.
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Ah yes.
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For several years I was a Boys'
Dean in one of our academies and
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they had a canvassing program.
And they would come back like
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these young people did to
our campus and tell of their
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experiences. I thought man, I
really missed something in life.
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I really missed something.
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Now do any of you canvas and
sell books to or deliver books
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for donation, however, you say
that. Do any of you do that to
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help pay your tuition.
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Yeah. So this summer actually
we two are going into a program
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in Maine which hasn't worked
in a very long time. But it's
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essentially a way to get
training for the ministry
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whether it's personal, or
public as well as you know make
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a little money for school.
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And you get to see people's
needs and you all have...tell us
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some of your spiritual
activities that you have.
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You've got
different days and seasons.
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Yeah, we have quite a bit going
on. Apart from morning worship
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which we have, students
have worship in the dorm, dorm
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worship. On Wednesday nights
we have actually the Wednesday
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night meetings and students
actually, participate in some of
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these meetings, the Wednesday
night meetings, and morning
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worship. Thaw you have
participated in that, you know
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many of the students. And we
also have other activities like
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we actually have a medical
missionary weekend. That was
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just last weekend. Where
actually, it was very spiritual
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highly spiritual. Dr. Jackson
from M.E.E.T. Ministries was
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there and he did an amazing
presentation. And we also have
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College Days. That was also
very spiritual. Well Brother
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Ramon Gibbs, he's actually a
past student. He did theology.
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He's a past student of Ouachita
Hills College. We were so proud
00:23:05.61\00:23:09.58
of him. He actually spoke about
true education and he presented
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it in such a comprehensive
manner and a manner that I
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believe inspired just about
all of us to get involved in
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ministering to others. In fact,
he is at Red River Ministries
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and he told how they got
the land. It was given to them.
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The Lord moved in such an
amazing way that they wanted
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this land and the people who
got it to them, gave it to them,
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felt inspired by the Lord
to have them get that land. I
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believe it's over a hundred
acres of land with buildings on
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it. It's not just land. It had
buildings so they already had
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in place the buildings for a
sanitarium, for a restaurant and
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other...
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So how exciting to see
people who've graduated and be
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successful. But I want you to
just rewind just a minute. You
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used a phrase that I think
is really important for us to
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explain and that is "True
Education." You know it's one
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thing to go to college and get
our degrees, an academic degree,
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but what do you mean by
"True Education." Who wants to
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jump in and talk
about true education.
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I'm going to start a little bit.
True education in the sense of
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being educated in a relationship
with Jesus, being educated to
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live a life of godliness. I
think that's the real center of
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that phrase "True Education."
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Amen. Amen.
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I'd like to share something
because like I said I went to
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public college throughout
my whole life from pre-K to two
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years in college. And the only
thing we'd been learning about
00:24:56.69\00:25:00.13
is how to get a good life, how
to get a nice car, how to get a
00:25:00.16\00:25:04.03
nice house. But that's just the
world's education. Where true
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education is you're having a
relationship with the Lord and
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not only that but you're
growing mentally, physically,
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spiritually, With the world,
they're only focusing on the
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mental but when going to
Ouachita I've been loving and
the thing about true
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education because I never heard
about this but when I first
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heard about true education I was
like where has this been? Where
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has true education been? Because
I...Luke 2:52 I memorized in my
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own language where back then
my Mom taught me this verse but
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I never learned the importance
of it until I came to Ouachita.
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The verse says Jesus grew in
wisdom, he grew in stature and
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he grew in favor of God and man.
And so it just shows you this is
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how we should grow too. We
should grow mentally, physically
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and spiritually, and also
socializing with people around
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us too.
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Amen, amen.
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So how are you assigned? I
mean do you go 30 miles away
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from the dorm or school to
canvas people or do you wait
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till the summer to do this
or you do this year round or...?
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So part of the school's program
is actually to go out mid-school
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year, maybe to...it depends,
different state, maybe the same
00:26:22.58\00:26:26.85
state, but we typically stay
outside of the school like with
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the church or something and
basically, you know do our work
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out there. Yeah.
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Okay. So the school does that or
do you all make those decisions
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It's typically the school that
organizes it but really like the
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last few times it's people that
have been in connection with the
00:26:51.14\00:26:54.98
school inviting us to
their churches, maybe pastors or
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relatives of other
teachers. Stuff like that.
00:26:58.55\00:27:01.55
What caught my attention
was Maine, wow. I mean that's
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getting into another land.
That's a long way from home.
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Yeah, it is.
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So how did that happen? I mean
did the churches there contact
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the school.
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This is more... There are
different programs around the
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U.S. and the one in Maine
is just starting. But there are
00:27:25.01\00:27:29.44
other ones like in the Gulf
states, Florida. We have some in
00:27:29.48\00:27:35.92
West Texas and California
and stuff like that. It's in
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different places. It's fantastic
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Okay, so we talked about mental,
physical, and spiritual, but you
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mentioned the word fellowship.
Now you were in the girl's dorm
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we've got a picture. It's a
beautiful dorm. Tell us what
00:27:50.07\00:27:55.70
the experience
is like because...
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What I love about Ouachita Hills
is it has an intimacy about it
00:27:58.01\00:28:04.15
The capacity is 70 students
so there's one on one with your
00:28:04.18\00:28:09.62
teachers, one on one...you
get to know everybody there.
00:28:09.65\00:28:14.92
We personally like to hang out
with people like on a one-on-one
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.26
basis and so when we are like
for example in the cafeteria
00:28:18.29\00:28:21.36
there's all the students,
there's the teachers that are
00:28:21.40\00:28:23.43
there. And we get to eat
with them and it's like they're
00:28:23.47\00:28:27.27
mentors to us and so when we're
in the cafe and we're eating
00:28:27.30\00:28:30.84
we're talking about like Bible
things or things that we spoke
00:28:30.87\00:28:33.01
about in class, and you go to
the dorm and you have like dorm
00:28:33.04\00:28:35.84
worship. And we got to talk
about the day, we got to have
00:28:35.88\00:28:39.35
Bible studies. So you're
like surrounded by the spiritual
00:28:39.38\00:28:44.49
aspect and it just really brings
everyone together on like a
00:28:44.52\00:28:48.56
spiritual level because you all
have the same mindset which I
00:28:48.59\00:28:51.06
really enjoy.
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.63
You know here at 3ABN there's
150 people (indistinct) who do
00:28:53.66\00:29:00.17
the work of 450. But we're
family. And that's what you guys
00:29:00.20\00:29:05.77
are. It's got that family-type
You know I'm just thinking
00:29:05.81\00:29:11.55
there's mamas and daddies or
grandparents who are watching
00:29:11.58\00:29:15.88
and thinking well maybe I need
to send my child to academy for
00:29:15.92\00:29:20.22
their senior year. Or
maybe they're ready to go off to
00:29:20.26\00:29:22.09
school. Check out Ouachita Hills
College because it excels...You
00:29:22.12\00:29:31.73
know how I know how good your
college is and how good your
00:29:31.77\00:29:34.44
academy is. The quality of
the students and I mean what a
00:29:34.47\00:29:40.91
character development.
You have beautiful students.
00:29:40.94\00:29:46.11
Not only that but when you look
at Lowell over here, 60 years
00:29:46.15\00:29:52.05
as a missionary, for 40
years, I forget the number.
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.72
Forty-some years in education
in different countries...
00:29:54.76\00:29:59.96
What a testimony to actually be
out of the country. We all grow
00:30:00.00\00:30:05.87
up hearing about the
missionaries, we all grow up
00:30:05.90\00:30:09.10
hearing about Africa, you know,
and South America and here we
00:30:09.14\00:30:12.24
got somebody we can actually
go and talk to those who have
00:30:12.27\00:30:17.38
"walked the talk" you know. The
Lord has blessed you and what,
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.78
so many experiences.
00:30:20.82\00:30:22.15
You know what, one of the
biggest blessings I find in
00:30:22.18\00:30:25.22
being on that campus and like
I say I've spent most of my life
00:30:25.25\00:30:28.42
on school campuses. There's a
Godly atmosphere on that campus.
00:30:28.46\00:30:34.46
You know I had no intention of
going there to work. I was asked
00:30:34.50\00:30:40.20
to go and consult. As we're
driving away my wife says what
00:30:40.24\00:30:44.47
if the Lord wants us to be there
So I came back home and began
00:30:44.51\00:30:48.74
praying and well that's where
I'm at. But I'm just so blessed
00:30:48.78\00:30:52.81
just being there. Young
people like this whose focus is
00:30:52.85\00:30:59.42
finishing the Lord's work.
I wish I could say that every
00:30:59.45\00:31:02.42
young person that I've
associated with has that focus.
00:31:02.46\00:31:05.39
But they don't. Too often well
it's like you mentioned you know
00:31:05.43\00:31:09.83
going to go out and get a job
and live the good life if that's
00:31:09.86\00:31:14.64
what is the definition of good
life is. But these young people
00:31:14.67\00:31:16.30
they're focus and the staff
focus is on preparing young
00:31:16.34\00:31:21.41
people to go out and finish
the Lord's work on this earth
00:31:21.44\00:31:23.95
and go home.
00:31:23.98\00:31:25.31
And even the vocational...We've
got a short video I wanted to
00:31:25.35\00:31:28.78
show you on the vocational
because even what you're
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.39
teaching...I don't care if you
get your...both of you get your
00:31:32.42\00:31:36.29
theology degree if you ever
00:31:36.32\00:31:38.29
do missionary work or
just in life having vocational
00:31:38.33\00:31:42.53
training is really important to
your overall development and to
00:31:42.56\00:31:48.17
making you a well-balanced
person but they've got someone
00:31:48.20\00:31:51.67
and two-year
degrees in the vocation.
00:31:51.71\00:31:54.34
Let's run that video right now.
00:31:54.38\00:31:56.61
I think we'll get to
see a little more of Lowell.
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¤ ¤
00:31:59.55\00:32:04.99
As I have traveled the world
I have met at times and worked
00:32:05.02\00:32:09.32
with graduates of OHC and
witnessed God working through
00:32:09.36\00:32:13.63
them to further his kingdom.
Beginning with the new school
00:32:13.66\00:32:17.63
year in August of 2024 Ouachita
Hills College will have an
00:32:17.67\00:32:23.37
additional program of study
and for witness. Here before me
00:32:23.41\00:32:26.07
is a recently
00:32:26.11\00:32:27.44
installed classroom lab area
where we will offer a one-school
00:32:27.48\00:32:31.51
year-length program in Small
Engine Mechanics. This exciting
00:32:31.55\00:32:37.75
and challenging trade is one
which can be applied to almost
00:32:37.79\00:32:40.02
any corner of planet Earth
either as a business or used as
00:32:40.06\00:32:44.46
an outreach tool in assisting
others in their small engine
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.73
mechanic needs and building
relationships as one seeks
00:32:46.76\00:32:51.40
opportunity to tell them about
the plan of salvation and the
00:32:51.43\00:32:55.07
soon return of our Savior be
it working on as you see here
00:32:55.10\00:32:59.54
chippers, pressure washers,
chain saws, generators, etc.
00:32:59.57\00:33:03.21
Branching out into recreational
equipment such as ATVs, motor
00:33:03.24\00:33:09.25
cycles and watercraft. A small
engine course also leaves a
00:33:09.28\00:33:13.96
solid for further training in
automotive mechanics so that our
00:33:13.99\00:33:19.83
graduates can take and
pass one or more of the
00:33:19.86\00:33:22.06
equipment and engine training
counsels mechanics certification
00:33:22.10\00:33:25.63
exams. As you can see they're
fairly well-tooled to present
00:33:25.67\00:33:30.01
this course and are presently
set up to accept six students
00:33:30.04\00:33:33.31
into this program. If you
or someone you might know would
00:33:33.34\00:33:36.18
have an interest, check us out
at OHC.ORG. Our phone number is
00:33:36.21\00:33:42.28
870-342-6210 Thank
you and may the Lord
00:33:42.32\00:33:50.83
bless you. ¤ ¤
00:33:50.86\00:33:57.73
So I want to talk to you about
ministry opportunities. We've
00:33:57.77\00:34:03.27
talked a little about canvassing
We've talked some about how you
00:34:03.30\00:34:08.68
get up to lead devotionals,
and/or worship. You all have
00:34:08.71\00:34:16.08
been first-year students, you've
just completed your first year.
00:34:16.12\00:34:17.49
How have you grown spiritually?
Inara we'll start with you.
00:34:17.52\00:34:23.59
I would say personally because
I have grown spiritually in a
00:34:23.63\00:34:28.93
way because we do so much
outreach opportunity so you
00:34:28.96\00:34:32.20
really get to see how much
people are in need, how much
00:34:32.23\00:34:35.37
they need to know about God.
And so as you go there to like
00:34:35.40\00:34:39.77
how we had on Thursday we had an
outreach opportunity and we went
00:34:39.81\00:34:43.45
out into the community and
we saw...we were able to help
00:34:43.48\00:34:47.02
people with things and leave
spiritual books with them. For
00:34:47.05\00:34:51.25
me just to see the lack of the
need for God in the communities
00:34:51.29\00:34:55.32
has really helped me to
grow spiritually. And you know
00:34:55.36\00:34:58.66
studying my Bible or wanting
to fill me of the things that
00:34:58.69\00:35:02.03
I can share with others as well
00:35:02.06\00:35:03.40
and so I would say
that's how I would have grown
00:35:03.43\00:35:06.60
spiritually like seeing the need
that other people have and we
00:35:06.63\00:35:10.14
have so many opportunities
at this school to access those
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.64
resources that others don't have
and so just taking advantage
00:35:13.68\00:35:16.91
of those things to be
able to share with others.
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.41
(Very well put)
Amen. Oscar what about you?
00:35:19.58\00:35:23.32
For me, it started in the
academy I actually came into the
00:35:23.35\00:35:29.22
school out of a secular
lifestyle. I grew up in a
00:35:29.26\00:35:34.06
church, but I didn't do
my devotions, I wouldn't eat
00:35:34.10\00:35:36.43
healthy I basically
did whatever I wanted.
00:35:36.46\00:35:40.14
But coming into
the academy you know
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.81
they encourage you to do your
devotions and I think that's one
00:35:43.87\00:35:47.28
way really that has improved my
spiritual life. But in terms of
00:35:47.31\00:35:52.65
ministry there's also a lot of
opportunity to encourage you to
00:35:52.68\00:35:57.22
like you know your friends
at school. Because we all go
00:35:57.25\00:36:00.16
through discouragements and
stuff like that. And you know
00:36:00.19\00:36:04.73
like academic life can get hard
and discouraging. But there's
00:36:04.76\00:36:10.67
always an opportunity to pray
with your friends and to kind of
00:36:10.70\00:36:14.40
share that Christ-like
selflessness. And I think really
00:36:14.44\00:36:18.34
that has helped me.
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.74
So would you say
you're less selfish?
00:36:19.77\00:36:24.18
Definitely, definitely.
00:36:24.21\00:36:26.11
Have you learned to work harder?
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.88
Yeah. Yeah.
00:36:28.92\00:36:31.39
You enjoy work...
00:36:31.42\00:36:32.75
I do enjoy work. Um I grew up
with my dad as a mechanic and so
00:36:32.79\00:36:37.76
I would go with him sometimes
and help him out. I still do
00:36:37.79\00:36:41.06
whenever I go home I go,
you know, go help him out. But I
00:36:41.10\00:36:48.24
enjoy working on the farm.
We have a few fields there and
00:36:48.27\00:36:52.44
greenhouses as well as in
construction and maintenance and
00:36:52.47\00:36:55.18
stuff like that.
00:36:55.21\00:36:56.54
Tell us a little bit more about
the greenhouses because I know
00:36:56.58\00:36:58.31
we talked about that with the
academy students but we haven't
00:36:58.35\00:37:02.58
mentioned that here. You do have
a really lovely farming program
00:37:02.62\00:37:06.45
and you raise your produce.
00:37:06.49\00:37:10.69
Yeah. So we have obviously a
plethora of land there and we'll
00:37:10.73\00:37:18.00
grow stuff like corn and stuff
like okra, watermelon, honeydew
00:37:18.03\00:37:25.17
and we typically use the
greenhouse for some of the
00:37:25.21\00:37:31.78
smaller foods like beets,
carrots, cilantro, coriander,
00:37:31.81\00:37:36.89
tomatoes, and all of that
stuff. And usually like they let
00:37:36.92\00:37:43.66
us do the planting. So we
set the seeds in the little
00:37:43.69\00:37:47.93
containers and then take them
out and put them in the soil.
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.93
And that's pretty fun.
00:37:49.96\00:37:52.53
Yeah, see this one. He
always raises our tomatoes from
00:37:52.57\00:37:56.71
heirloom seeds and we go through
from the little pods out to
00:37:56.74\00:38:02.28
about four or five different
pot sizes before they go into
00:38:02.31\00:38:04.31
the raised bed.
00:38:04.35\00:38:05.68
If I could just figure out
how to not have $10 tomatoes.
00:38:05.71\00:38:11.35
Now Thaw you have a different
perspective that anyone because
00:38:11.39\00:38:18.49
you've been to a secular college
and come in here and how has
00:38:18.53\00:38:25.37
your life changed at Ouachita?
00:38:25.40\00:38:28.17
Yes, um coming to Ouachita
there's a big difference, really
00:38:28.20\00:38:33.38
different, because what
they teach over there and what
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.94
Ouachita teaches. Because coming
from a public college, you
00:38:35.98\00:38:38.91
just see people doing
whatever they want to do.
00:38:38.95\00:38:42.32
They're just living a life.
But coming to Ouachita there's
00:38:42.35\00:38:47.39
actually, staff who care about
you, who want you to get closer
00:38:47.42\00:38:48.76
to the Lord and ask how are
you doing today? Are you doing
00:38:48.79\00:38:52.06
fine? They're looking at your
homework saying oh look it looks
00:38:52.09\00:38:56.67
like your homework's not being
turned in on time. But at public
00:38:56.70\00:38:59.27
college they don't care.
(Mumbling) But at Ouachita they
00:38:59.30\00:39:04.54
actually are caring, like
are you okay? How are you doing?
00:39:04.57\00:39:08.38
Is there any way we can help
you The goal especially too with
00:39:08.41\00:39:14.15
Ouachita, when I came to
Ouachita I started waking up
00:39:14.18\00:39:16.18
more early too for my morning
devotion time. I used to think
00:39:16.22\00:39:21.29
6, 5 in the morning, that's
crazy. I'm not going to wake
00:39:21.32\00:39:23.69
up at that time. But just coming
to Ouachita seeing people how
00:39:23.73\00:39:28.63
the Lord used them because of
when they're in prayer. Prayer's
00:39:28.66\00:39:32.03
so powerful, especially that
morning prayer where you just
00:39:32.07\00:39:35.77
pray with the Lord in the
morning. Your days seem so
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.64
different than when you don't
pray in the morning. Just coming
00:39:38.67\00:39:41.94
to Ouachita like especially
myself, I have grown spiritually
00:39:41.98\00:39:45.01
coming to Ouachita. But you know
00:39:45.05\00:39:47.68
it's interesting because
you said to Oscar that you
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.65
pretty much did what you wanted
to before you showed up. When
00:39:49.68\00:39:55.26
you're in a secular school
there's a certain amount of peer
00:39:55.29\00:39:58.26
pressure and you've got people
who have no real purpose in
00:39:58.29\00:40:01.66
their life and they're partying
and they do...So your value
00:40:01.70\00:40:05.43
system when you come to a place
like Ouachita Hills College is
00:40:05.47\00:40:10.97
very different.
00:40:11.01\00:40:12.84
Yes, um from what I've noticed
being in a secular school...I
00:40:12.87\00:40:16.61
came out from a secular high
school it's just kind of like
00:40:16.64\00:40:19.88
clicking, checking all the boxes
It's not really like oh this is
00:40:19.91\00:40:27.39
important. It's more like I'm
just going to do this because I
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.49
have to get through it. And that
will get me to whatever job I
00:40:29.52\00:40:34.00
want. But when you come into
Christian education specifically
00:40:34.03\00:40:40.54
Ouachita Hills College it's more
like you're doing it for the
00:40:40.57\00:40:44.17
Lord. Everything that you're
being taught prepares you to
00:40:44.21\00:40:49.38
be a more effective
soul-winner for that.
00:40:49.41\00:40:54.15
That's beautiful,
that's beautiful...
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.58
Let me ask Dr. Wright. You're
sitting here listening to these
00:40:56.62\00:41:01.56
students. I think
I'd be a proud parent.
00:41:01.59\00:41:06.36
Well I am proud to be the leader
of the school, the academic dean
00:41:06.39\00:41:12.27
and hear them share the fact
that they have been transformed.
00:41:12.30\00:41:16.54
I mean to the school and
the fact that they are being
00:41:16.57\00:41:21.24
developed in all three
dimensions: Spiritually mentally
00:41:21.28\00:41:25.11
and physically. So that is
really important. It creates
00:41:25.15\00:41:30.62
that you know they're
experiencing a balanced
00:41:30.65\00:41:33.96
education. And we have learned
that for them to just go to
00:41:33.99\00:41:38.93
school like I have done
in several of my schools just
00:41:38.96\00:41:43.16
learning academics. It's
not enough. In fact, learning, a
00:41:43.20\00:41:48.60
vocational program actually
helps them to do better mentally
00:41:48.64\00:41:52.67
And so...
00:41:52.71\00:41:54.31
Oh absolutely, it's kind of like
what Oscar was saying. You can
00:41:54.34\00:42:00.12
go to college and always make
straight A's. You can just tick,
00:42:00.15\00:42:04.62
tick, tick, study, cram...It...
I've forgotten a whole lot more
00:42:04.65\00:42:09.39
then I learned. But if you know
you're doing it for a purpose
00:42:09.42\00:42:14.33
you understand you're learning
better but the vocational is
00:42:14.36\00:42:18.90
teaching you the planning, the
creating. It's kind of like what
00:42:18.93\00:42:21.80
you were saying when we get
off on these missionary trips.
00:42:21.84\00:42:24.67
Right, it makes them useful. We
don't have a gym at our school.
00:42:24.71\00:42:30.55
But we have what we call
vocational programs that make
00:42:30.58\00:42:34.72
them useful so they go on the
farm they work on the farm, they
00:42:34.75\00:42:38.89
work in tiling and all these
different areas of labor in
00:42:38.92\00:42:48.06
being useful. When many of them
get married I can imagine Oscar
00:42:48.10\00:42:50.97
probably building his own house
and tiling his house and fixing
00:42:51.00\00:42:56.64
his car and doing all of that
and saving so much money. So
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.51
that's great.
00:43:00.54\00:43:04.01
From a gentleman's
standpoint that's impressive.
00:43:04.05\00:43:07.55
Whenever I can sit
00:43:07.62\00:43:09.45
and talk to somebody and we'll
be talking about oh yeah my
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.12
lawnmower went down. I guess
I'll take it to the...Well why
00:43:12.15\00:43:16.93
not check for a new one you
know and then it's down. I mean
00:43:16.96\00:43:21.16
you're just caught in this...
And whenever you sit here and
00:43:21.20\00:43:24.43
you can talk to somebody who's
...well you know perhaps if you
00:43:24.47\00:43:28.47
tried this or tried that
you know. I did this when I was
00:43:28.50\00:43:32.21
going to college and it's like
what? what? Now this is the best
00:43:32.24\00:43:37.15
of both worlds. I mean
you're... Number one you have a
00:43:37.18\00:43:42.42
relationship with Jesus. Doesn't
get any better than that. We
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.12
started with that. Let's
pray, let's start this day off
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.99
right. That's where we start.
And then from there, we get to
00:43:47.02\00:43:50.63
do a little labor. Oh my
goodness, you know. Labor,
00:43:50.66\00:43:54.66
that's what I'm trying to get
away from And so it's kind of
00:43:54.70\00:43:58.80
like well wait a minute here
you know you do a little bit of
00:43:58.83\00:44:00.97
labor, you start your day with
prayer and then well come on
00:44:01.00\00:44:04.31
over here let's learn a little
bit about algebra. We got to
00:44:04.34\00:44:07.71
throw algebra in there to let us
know where we came from so now
00:44:07.74\00:44:11.18
all of a sudden we've got a
whole person. Not just, well you
00:44:11.21\00:44:17.95
know now I was really good in
everything but mechanics and I
00:44:17.99\00:44:22.49
still just... Well, what's
the problem? Yeah, it's, its, it
00:44:22.52\00:44:26.90
fascinates me seeing Jesus as
an example as well. He was in a
00:44:26.93\00:44:31.47
carpenter shop but he also
studied the scriptures and you
00:44:31.50\00:44:37.24
know he would go out to the
mountain and pray but he
wouldn't just stop there.
00:44:37.27\00:44:39.37
He wouldn't just be like a monk
isolated on the mountain but he
00:44:39.41\00:44:43.71
would go out and you know touch
the people, heal them, preach...
00:44:43.75\00:44:47.62
(Multiple voices) And you know
you said to learn to analyze.
00:44:47.65\00:44:56.62
It's reading people, it's
developing discernment about
00:44:56.66\00:45:00.73
people and that's something
you have to learn to rely on the
00:45:00.76\00:45:04.50
Lord as well because sometimes
we think we know what is going
00:45:04.53\00:45:08.67
on. You were talking about what
have they learned you know. My
00:45:08.70\00:45:11.77
wife and I had the privilege
of working in a 90 percent non
00:45:11.81\00:45:15.24
Christian country a few years
ago. And it was graduates of
00:45:15.28\00:45:21.32
this college who ran a
canvassing program in that
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.99
country. And it was...we were
very blessed to have them there
00:45:24.02\00:45:28.56
incredibly.
00:45:28.59\00:45:29.92
They knew how to lead. They
were leaders. And that's part
00:45:29.96\00:45:33.06
of what they're
learning they need.
00:45:33.09\00:45:35.50
And I hope you heard that. I
mean you know because that is a
00:45:35.53\00:45:42.34
gift that you have to share with
somebody in the future you know
00:45:42.37\00:45:45.97
as well as the present.
00:45:46.01\00:45:47.34
There's something I like, I like
the fact that Paul who was so
00:45:47.38\00:45:49.81
well-educated was a
tentmaker. Sometimes the highly
00:45:49.84\00:45:54.68
educated individuals do not
gravitate towards vocational
00:45:54.72\00:45:58.75
work. But we should.
00:45:58.79\00:46:02.69
Picking up on that Ellen G.
White says that Paul is because
00:46:02.72\00:46:06.43
he was a tentmaker was able to
reach a class of people that he
00:46:06.46\00:46:10.83
never would have been able to
meet before. And that's what the
00:46:10.87\00:46:15.34
trade skills allow you to do,
to dial into people that one on
00:46:15.37\00:46:18.97
one relationship so many
times that you wouldn't have an
00:46:19.01\00:46:22.24
opportunity to otherwise.
00:46:22.28\00:46:25.05
Have you all been on any
missionary trips or do you have
00:46:25.08\00:46:27.98
anything planned for that?
00:46:28.02\00:46:29.48
I have. I've been in the academy
every senior year every senior
00:46:29.52\00:46:37.83
class goes on a mission trip.
Last year we went to Ukraine.
00:46:37.86\00:46:42.26
Mmmm. Right in the
middle of everything.
00:46:42.30\00:46:47.97
We were on the safe side but...
00:46:48.00\00:46:49.34
(Right in the middle of it.)
00:46:49.37\00:46:50.87
We have something planned
for this year. We're heading to
00:46:50.91\00:46:54.24
Belize so we're excited as a
college to go. (Belize?) Belize.
00:46:54.28\00:46:59.15
We're planning this and the
academy will join us as well.
00:46:59.18\00:47:00.75
And Mr. Jenks is right
next to me. He's the one
00:47:00.78\00:47:03.08
planning this
trip. He's leading it.
00:47:03.15\00:47:05.42
My dear wife is from Belize.
Okay so we were just there
00:47:05.45\00:47:09.49
spending a couple
of weeks with family
00:47:09.52\00:47:10.93
and checking out what
the options are. I haven't
00:47:10.96\00:47:13.80
set down with administration
yet. That 'set for
00:47:13.86\00:47:16.70
a meeting for next week. We have
about three different options.
00:47:16.73\00:47:19.83
We were hoping to choose one
or two of those come this next
00:47:19.87\00:47:24.77
school year and
make the trip in there.
00:47:24.81\00:47:26.21
That is wonderful because
nothing like a missionary trip.
00:47:26.24\00:47:30.55
So if somebody's a young person
if they're watching what would
00:47:30.58\00:47:38.19
you tell them. Why would
you recommend people who may not
00:47:38.22\00:47:44.26
have a very strong relationship
with the Lord, what would be one
00:47:44.29\00:47:48.96
of the top things that you
would say about Ouachita Hills
00:47:49.00\00:47:52.83
College?
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.90
Well one thing is for sure
is getting closer to the Lord.
00:47:55.94\00:47:59.01
Because I remember when I
was just living the life in the
00:47:59.04\00:48:02.64
world, I did what I wanted to do
I ate what I wanted to eat but
00:48:02.68\00:48:06.31
it just seems like there was a
void in this heart. It was like
00:48:06.35\00:48:09.58
it was never filled until that
moment when I actually came to
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.99
the Lord. This void here
was filled. One thing I know for
00:48:13.02\00:48:18.73
sure as I've been reading
Ecclesiastes even everything we
00:48:18.76\00:48:21.96
do is so pointless. This thing
that's not pointless when we
00:48:22.00\00:48:26.10
bring a soul to Jesus. That's
something that we can take to
00:48:26.13\00:48:29.54
heaven with us. We can't
take anything else but someone.
00:48:29.57\00:48:32.87
Ecclesiastes Solomon said, God
puts eternity in every heart so
00:48:32.91\00:48:41.18
there is that as Pascal said,
God shaped hole in your heart
00:48:41.22\00:48:45.52
that nothing's going to satisfy
until you invite the Lord to
00:48:45.55\00:48:50.29
come in and be your...not
just your Savior but your Lord.
00:48:50.33\00:48:53.93
Inara. Well what I would say
the disciplinary...you become so
00:48:53.96\00:48:58.47
disciplined by attending this
school. Because everything's
00:48:58.50\00:49:01.04
like on a schedule. There's
like, worship at eight. Me
00:49:01.07\00:49:04.54
I have breakfast prep at
5:30 a.m. so you want to be
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there on time, you know have
everything out. With your class
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you have to be on time.
With canvassing has got to be on
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time. And so if you have any
struggle with time like I did,
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sort of I still kind of do. But
if you struggle with time and
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disciplining yourself, that's
something Ouachita Hills has
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really helped me within
becoming more disciplined in
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terms of you know your eating
schedule, your sleep schedule,
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.97
being on time. I can't
stress enough being on time.
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You know time management
is something that a lot of...I
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worked with a genius was quite
frustrating because there was no
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concept of time. Projects would
go to the very last second. He
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was just...So it's a
very important thing.
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There's literally no way you can
return home the same. It's like
00:49:58.69\00:50:02.63
it's kind of ingrained in you
after being there for a while
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you know. Right. You start
being sleepy like at 9:30. At 5
00:50:04.90\00:50:10.31
o'clock you're like up and ready
to go because after doing it
00:50:10.34\00:50:13.54
you know for so long. So...
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Oscar, how about you? What would
you tell somebody maybe that...
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You know um for me I came
to this school trying to leave
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everything. I wanted to give
everything worldly up. But the
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one thing that I wanted to do
above all else was that I wanted
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to serve the Lord. And it's
like why did Jesus come to this
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earth? He came here to
serve, to minister and not to be
00:50:41.90\00:50:47.31
ministered unto. So I would
recommend if a student wants to
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come to really have that mindset
to not be there to receive
00:50:51.65\00:50:58.02
necessarily but to do something
for God. You know, to do
00:50:58.05\00:51:04.46
something for the teachers, to
do something for their friends
00:51:04.49\00:51:06.63
and classmates. Rather than just
okay I'm just going to go over
00:51:06.66\00:51:10.47
there and get this
good education and...
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You're talking about character
development and that's the only
00:51:12.43\00:51:15.94
thing you can take
to heaven with you.
00:51:15.97\00:51:17.57
You know when I hear these
young people saying you know
00:51:17.61\00:51:21.24
they're sensing that thrill of
touching somebody's life and I
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wish that I had realized that
when I was a teenager. Now I got
00:51:26.92\00:51:31.85
my thrill from riding fast
motorcycles and driving muscle
00:51:31.89\00:51:35.86
cars and it took me many years
before I was able to watch a
00:51:35.89\00:51:40.03
young person who I had a little
bit part to play in seeing them
00:51:40.06\00:51:43.03
get baptized. That
was the greatest thrill.
00:51:43.06\00:51:46.33
It is. Well you know we want
to tell you how you can get in
00:51:46.37\00:51:52.44
touch with Ouachita Hills
College. So we're going to have
00:51:52.47\00:51:55.94
an address roll. We'll put their
address and their phone number
00:51:55.98\00:51:58.18
up. And I know somebody out
there is a saying, that maybe
00:51:58.21\00:52:02.68
this could be right for me or my
child or my grandchild. Here's
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how you can get in touch.
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If you would like more
information about Ouachita Hills
00:52:09.76\00:52:13.13
College you can write to 46
Madison Way, Amity, AR 71921
00:52:13.16\00:52:20.94
That's 46 Amity
Way, Amity, AR 71921
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You can call (870) 432-6210
They're online at ohc.org
00:52:25.57\00:52:39.59
Or you can email
AcademicDean@ohc.org
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