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00:14 THIS IS "3ABN TODAY LIVE." MOST EVERYBODY IS LIVE, EXCEPT
00:21 ME. WE ARE INTERVIEWING SOME FOLKS
00:25 FROM WEIMAR INSTITUTE. WE HAVE DR. NEIL NEDLEY WITH US.
00:30 IT IS ALWAYS SUCH PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.
00:33 I REMEMBER ONCE YOU AND I WERE TALKING IN THE GREEN ROOM AFTER
00:37 AN INTERVIEW. FUN?
00:41 YOU MOW WHAT HE SAID -- YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME, YOU LOVE TO
00:47 READ MEDICAL RESEARCH PAPER. THAT WAS YOUR FUN.
00:52 WE GOT SOME NEW FACES WITH US. THAT IS RYAN BRANSEN.
00:58 WHAT IS YOUR DISCIPLINE? >> I AM STUDYING EDUCATION
01:03 PROGRAM AT WEIMAR. CURRENTLY MY MIDDLE OF MY JUNIOR
01:10 YEAR. KAROLINA MIKULASKOVA.
01:17 >> YES. >> Shelley: IS THAT POLISH?
01:20 >> IT'S CZECH. >> Shelley: I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
01:26 THAT. >> I'M STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY.
01:33 >> Shelley: GOOD. DOCTORATE IN PSYCHOLOGY.
01:40 >> JD: LONG TIME AGO. YOU HAVE A COURSE AND WE'LL TALK
01:47 ABOUT IT AGAIN LITTLE BIT LATER FOR WHATEVER AGE.
01:56 >> Shelley: WE HAVE TIHO TSAIA I'M BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
02:11 STUDENT WITH EMPHASIS IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION.
02:15 >> Shelley: WONDERFUL. TELL US, LET ME ASK YOU RYAN,
02:20 HOW DID YOU END UP AT WEIMAR INSTITUTE?
02:26 I NEVER HEARD WEIMAR TOO MUCH. LATER ON, IN MY LATER HIGH
02:33 SCHOOL YEARS, KIND OF BACK AROUND.
02:40 I WANT TO CONSIDER GOING TO. I PUT IN AN APPLICATION AFTER I
02:47 FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I CAME ON TO CAMPUS THAT
02:56 FIRST DAY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
03:04 >> Shelley: YOU WERE RO -- ENROLLED THE FIRST DAY?
03:10 >> RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A BLESSING.
03:16 IT'S THE WHY I CHOSE THAT, I REALLY LIKE THE SMALL COMMUNITY
03:23 ATMOSPHERE OF WEIMAR. KIND OF COMRADERY THAT'S THERE.
03:28 IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE IN THE STUDENT BODY IT'S RELATIVELY
03:34 LOW. IT'S JUST A PRIVILEGE.
03:38 YOU GET TO INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON A PERSONAL
03:41 LEVEL AND GET TO KNOW THEM AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
03:46 WEIMAR EMPHASIS ON HEALTH AND ENCOURAGING THAT LIFESTYLE
03:56 EXERCISING, EATING HEALTHY. JUST A BLESSING TO FIND A SCHOOL
04:00 THAT PROMOTES THE SAME DIET WE ALL WANT.
04:05 >> Shelley: THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> JD: WHERE IS HOME?
04:08 >> SOUTHERN OREGON. >> Shelley: YOU ARE GOING TO BE
04:14 >> Shelley: DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR AGE GROUP YOU WANT?
04:18 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I'M THINKING MIDDLE SCHOOL.
04:26 MAYBE HISTORY OR MATHEMATICS EITHER OF THOSE WILL BE FUN TO
04:30 TEACH. HISTORY I DID NOT APPRECIATE AT
04:37 ALL. LEARNED.
04:44 BUNCH OF DATES AND PLACES. IT DIDN'T REALLY RE ALIVE FOR ME.
04:51 HISTORY CAME ALIVE FOR ME WHEN I REALLY STUDIED THE BIBLE.
04:57 THAT'S KIND OF A OPPOSITE. PEOPLE WHO LIKE HISTORY DON'T
05:00 MENTION MATHEMATICS. THAT'S NICE.
05:05 KAROLINA, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHIATRIST.
05:10 >> I'M PLANNING ON GETTING MY MASTERS IN COUNSELING FOLLOWING
05:16 THE GRADUATION WITH BACHELOR'S IN PSYCHOLOGY.
05:26 ISSUE. IT'S PREVALENT TODAY.
05:29 WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE'S LOT OF THEORIES.
05:35 AND THE METHODS THAT ARE APPLIED IN THE DEPRESSION RECOVERY
05:39 PROGRAM AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE TEACH AT WEIMAR TRULY WORK.
05:45 I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THIS IN THE FUTURE IN COUNSELING
05:52 SETTING. >> Shelley: I WANT TO FIND OUT
05:58 LET ME JUMP BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND.
06:01 WE KNOW THAT TEENAGE SUICIDE IS ESCALATING.
06:10 OWN CHURCH, WE'LL FIND CHILDREN WHO ARE IN SERIOUS DEPRESSION.
06:16 WHY DO YOU THINK -- WHAT ARE THE SERIOUSNESS OUT THERE.
06:20 WHY OUR YOUTH ARE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY DEPRESSION?
06:27 >> DEPRESSION IS AT ALL-TIME HIGH.
06:34 ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND PHONE DISTRACTING US AND NOT ALLOWING
06:38 US TO FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION AND NOT ALLOWING US TO GET OUR
06:41 BRAINS STOCKFUL OF GOOD SOLID FACTS.
06:45 IT'S A GULLIBLE GENERATION THAT IS BEING LED ASTRAY INTO FALSE
06:50 WAYS OF ALTERING THE WAY THEY FEEL.
06:55 THEY FEEL DON'T WORK. YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH WHAT
06:59 YOU DON'T NEAPED WHAT YOU DON'T NEED WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
07:04 >> Shelley: IT'S INTERESTING TO ME, YOU LOOK AT THE CEOs SOME
07:11 OF THESE, APPLE AND WHATEVER AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WILL NO NOT
07:17 ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN. THEIR SCHOOL.
07:21 THESE ARE FANCY SCHOOLS. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT,
07:25 WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME, KIDS, I SAY THAT, SEEMS
07:32 LIKE PEOPLE HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A BIRD.
07:38 YOU DIP HERE AND DIP THERE. THAT CAUSES FRONTAL LOBE
07:44 DEPRESSION. >> Shelley: IT'S PROBABLY NOT --
07:50 FOR CHILDREN, THOSE TEEN YEARS WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING.
07:55 IT WILL BE EVEN HIGHER IMPACT. I GET IT DOES THE SAME THING TO
07:59 US. NEEDED FOR FOCUS ATTENTION IS
08:05 IDENTICAL TO THE AREA OF OUR BRAIN THAT WE UTILIZE TO MANAGE
08:11 DISTRESSING EMOTIONS. IF WE CAN'T FOCUS AND
08:15 CONCENTRATE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR EMOTIONS.
08:20 WE'RE CREATING A GENERATION THAT CAN'T FOCUS AND CONCENTRATE FOR
08:23 VERY LONG. THEIR HOMEWORK, WITHIN THREE
08:28 MINUTES WE FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR HOMEWORK.
08:31 THEY GOT DISTRACTED OR NEWS FLASH CAME IN OR CHAT.
08:35 THEIR BRAINS ARE DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION.
08:44 THEIR LIFE PRETTY QUICK IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
08:51 WE GET THEM ON A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP FOCUSED
08:55 ATTENTION. IS GOING TO BE, HOW SHE'S
09:00 MODELING TO HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR THOUGHTS TO
09:05 ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THEIR THOUGHTS AND SEE WHETHER THEY
09:10 ARE RATIONAL OR NOT AND KAROLINA WILL HELP THEM.
09:15 THIS IS DISTORTED. HOW I'VE BEEN THINKING IS NOT
09:19 ACCURATE. ACCURATE THOUGHTS.
09:22 SHE'LL ACTUALLY CREATE LITTLE FLASH CARDS FOR THEM WITH
09:28 DISTORTION THOUGHT AND ACCURATE THOUGHT.
09:32 EVERYDAY. CHANGING.
09:38 >> Shelley: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THINKING REALLY DOES WORK.
09:44 >> YES, YOU IDENTIFY THAT IN OUR AGE, WE FOCUS ON FEELING.
09:49 WE THINK, I'M FEELING THIS WAY, THAT MEANS THIS SITUATION WHAT I
09:56 THINK MUST BE TRUE. I'M FEELING TERRIBLE.
09:59 THIS SITUATION MUST BE TERRIBLE. MY LIFE IS TERRIBLE.
10:02 IT GOES OUT OF PROPORTION. FINALLY IT GOES TO THE POINT
10:06 WHERE THEY THINK THEIR WHOLE LIFE IS FALLING APART.
10:09 THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT IT GOES BACK TO THE THINKING.
10:13 THE THOUGHT WHAT THEY THINK AFFECTS THEIR FEELING.
10:17 SITUATION MAY HAPPEN. BUT THE SITUATION ITSELF IS NOT
10:22 BAD. SITUATION.
10:27 THOUGHTS. FEELINGS.
10:35 SITUATION. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE
10:40 POSITIVE AND BUZZ THEY ARE POSITIVE, THEY HAVE A BETTER
10:44 EXPERIENCE. NO MATTER WHERE GOD LEADS YOU,
10:51 YOU CAN HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
11:03 >> Shelley: WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS, WHEN THE LORD TAUGHT ME
11:11 TO PRAY SCRIPTURE, THAT WAS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY.
11:19 BECAUSE I GREW UP IN A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, I GREW UP
11:25 UNDER THIS CONDEMNATION, BELIEF IF I WASN'T PERFECT, GOD WON'T
11:33 HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME. I NEVER FELT SANE, I NEVER FELT
11:40 SECURE, I NEVER UNDERSTOOD GOD'S LOVE.
11:44 LORD DIRECTED ME TO DO THAT. HE CHANGED MY LIFE.
11:47 YOU REALIZED, HEY, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TAKE CONTROL OF THE
11:52 NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IS TO REPLACE IT WITH A POSITIVE THOUGHT.
11:57 ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THE LIES IS REPLACE IT WITH THE TRUTH.
12:03 >> THOUGHTS ARE WRONG AND FEELINGS WILL BE WRONG.
12:06 LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE FEELINGS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING
12:09 THE STEP ABOVE THAT AND SAYING, WHAT THOUGHTS ARE ACTUALLY
12:12 CAUSING THESE FEELINGS. >> JD: I RUN ACROSS THIS QUITE
12:21 THAT'S THE REASON YOU SAY HURRY SHELLEY.
12:26 I DON'T KNOW JUST HOW THAT ALL WORKS, ATTENTION DEFICIT
12:35 SYNDROME. WE'RE LIVING IN A FAST-PACED
12:40 WORLD. TELL ME ABOUT ADD?
12:48 >> IT'S REAL. ATTENTION DEFICIT.
12:52 BUT IT'S REAL LIKE DEPRESSION IS REAL.
12:57 IT. ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER I'M
13:05 TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY THE ATTENTION DEFICIT.
13:11 YES, THERE MAYBE BRAIN BIOCHEMISTRY ISSUES.
13:17 AND THERE'S NATURAL THINGS WE CAN DO TO CORRECT THAT IN MOST
13:21 CASES. LIFESTYLE TO BUILD UP THE AREA
13:26 OF THE BRAIN THAT REQUIRES FOCUS AND ATTENTION.
13:32 WE GET THEM INVOLVED IN THINGS WHERE THEY CAN DRAMATICALLY SEE
13:37 A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LIFE AS A RESULT OF PRACTICING
13:41 THESE THINGS. >> JD: RATHER THAN THEM GETTING
13:45 DECISION COURAGED BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A WORLD OF SLIPPERY
13:48 SLOPES, THERE IS A WAY OUT IF THEY GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE?
13:58 >> OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, BUT
14:03 INCORPORATING WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY TELL PEOPLE THEY
14:07 COME TO OUR PROGRAM, THEY KIND OF SHOCKED. THEY PAY THIS MONEY
14:12 TO COME TO OUR PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T WORK.
14:21 PROGRAM WORKS WHEN THEY WORK THE PROGRAM.
14:24 ASPECT. PHYSICAL ASPECT.
14:31 ABOUT TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATION AND THEN THE REAL INDIVIDUAL
14:34 WITH THEIR GREAT IDENTITY STARTS COMING FORWARD AND THEY ARE
14:39 STARTING TO GET SUCCESSFUL. >> Shelley: KAROLINA WHAT
14:43 >> I ORIGINALLY WAS BROUGHT TO WEIMAR BECAUSE MY PARENTS MOVED
14:49 THERE. CAFETERIA.
15:02 FRESHMAN YEAR HIGH SCHOOL I WAS AT WEIMAR ACADEMY.
15:06 I FELT PEOPLE CARED ABOUT ME. I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD HAVE SO
15:10 MANY LOVING AND CARING FRIENDS. I DIDN'T HAVE LOT OF FRIENDS
15:15 GROWING UP. I WAS OVERWHELMED HOW MUCH
15:19 ME AND JUST REALLY REACH OUT TO ME.
15:29 PSYCHOLOGY STARTED FRESHMAN YEAR HIGH SCHOOL.
15:34 THEN SOPHOMORE YEAR, I SAW DEPRESSION WAS CHANGING PEOPLE
15:39 LIVES. DEPRESSION IN PSYCHOLOGY
15:47 SPECIFICALLY. PSYCHOLOGIST.
15:55 I REALIZED IT WAS AN ISSUE. I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
16:03 PROGRAM AND INTEREST KEPT ON BUILDING.
16:11 THAT WASN'T REALLY A PROGRAM THAT WAS TEACHING WHAT I HAD
16:16 LEARNED IN THE DEPRESSION RECOVERY PROGRAM AND THE
16:21 PRINCIPLES TAUGHT AT WEIMAR. THERE WAS NO PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
16:25 OFFERED AT THE TIME. I ASKED AROUND.
16:41 IT'S UNFORTUNATELY LESS BIBLE-BASED.
16:45 PROGRAM. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT
16:49 SCIENTIFICALLY BASED. YOUR PAIRING THE SCIENTIFIC WITH THE
16:54 BIBLICAL. YOU REALIZE THEY ARE
17:04 INTERTWINED. GOD IS SCIENTIFIC.
17:07 HIS METHODS WORKED. I REALLY WANTED THAT BIBLICAL
17:12 PERSPECTIVE. SENIOR YEAR.
17:16 THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT THEY WERE STARTING
17:20 PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM THAT NEXT FALL.
17:27 I SAID PRAISE GOD. I WILL BE ABLE TO STAY HOME AS
17:31 WELL WHICH WAS NICE. I STARTED THAT NEXT FALL.
17:37 TRULY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE TRUTH.
17:41 THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH AND
17:45 SCIENCE. I TRULY SEE WHAT SCIENCE SAYS.
17:57 THE RESEARCH AND YOU CAN VERIFY IT.
18:31 >> Shelley: THAT WAS HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTING YOU.
18:36 THAT'S WHAT'S SO AMAZING. >> THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME TO
18:43 WEIMAR. INTO THE COLLEGE. IT HAS BEEN
18:51 BLESSING. CLONE YOURSELF HERE.
18:59 >> HE'S SITTING LIKE A PROUD PARENT.
19:06 >> Shelley: TEEN TINO HOW DID YOU COME TO WEIMAR?
19:10 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. DIDN'T REALLY CHOOSE WEIMAR.
19:14 GOD CHOSE IT FOR ME. I HOME SCHOOLED.
19:17 I WAS HOPING TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND RUN A HOSPITAL SOME DAY.
19:22 I WAS LOOKING INTO VARIOUS PREMED PROGRAMS AND I WAS
19:27 OVERWHELMED ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT WAS COMING MY WAY.
19:31 ONE NIGHT I DECIDED TO SPEND HOURS IN PRAYER UNTIL I HAD
19:36 PEACE. MY LIFE CLEAR.
19:41 OR CLOSES CERTAIN DOORS FOR YOUR LIFE.
19:49 SAW GOD LEADING VERY CLEARLY TOWARDS WEIMAR.
20:03 LONG STORY SHORT, BEING IN THE PASTOR'S OFFICE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT
20:11 STEP. EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION.
20:15 HE SAID IF I WAS YOU, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO TO WEIMAR.
20:19 I BURSTED IN TEARERS. I HAD A MOMENT, YOU EITHER
20:26 SCREAMED OR CRIED. I BROKE INTO TEARS.
20:36 WHEN I REALIZED THAT GOD HAS BEEN SPEAKING AND TRYING TO LEAD
20:40 ME TOWARDS WEIMAR. MY FEAR AND MY MISCONCEPTIONS
20:47 WAS KEEPING ME FROM THE PLACE. COMING TO WEIMAR, IT WAS
20:54 LITERALLY SCARIEST DECISION OF MY LIFE AT THAT POINT.
20:58 I THOUGHT I WAS ON THIS PATH. SUDDENLY, THE ROAD DISAPPEARS.
21:02 I'M SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE WALKING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE WITHOUT A
21:07 BRIDGE. FEELING I EVER HAD.
21:13 GOD IS GOOD. HE HELPED IN TO TRUST IN HIM.
21:18 DESPITE WHAT MY FEELINGS WERE SAYING.
21:25 NOT ACCREDITED. THAT WAS A GENUINE CONCERN
21:28 ESPECIALLY A GIRL GOING INTO HEALTHCARE.
21:31 GOD SPOKE TO MY PARENTS AS WELL. THEY HAD SIMILAR FEARS FOR ME.
21:38 THEY WANTED TO SUCCEED. I DECIDED TO STUDY PREMED AT
21:46 WEIMAR. AROUND THE TIME WHEN YOU THOUGHT
21:54 I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE AND STUDY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE TO FOLLOW THE
21:59 DREAM GOD PLACED ON MY HEARTH. GOD BRINGS IN SOMEONE AND
22:03 BUSINESS PROGRAM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HEALTHCARE
22:08 ADMINISTRATION. >> Shelley: THAT'S AMAZING.
22:12 IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS LEADING INTO INDIVIDUALS THERE AND
22:18 WEIMAR HE SAYS, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S YOUR BABY BIRD.
22:21 YOU GOT TO FEED THEM. SUDDENLY, HE POPS UP A NEW
22:26 PROGRAM FOR YOU. >> YOU CAN SEE WHY I ENJOY MY
22:30 JOB THERE. >> JD: YOU CAN VISUALIZE THAT
22:34 YOU WALK AND YOU COME TO DEAD END.
22:40 LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT POSITION.
22:45 YOU WERE OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE BUT THE LORD WAS JUST IN
22:49 TIME RIGHT THERE. >> HOME FOR ME.
22:57 I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ZIMBABWE BUT I GREW UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
23:05 >> Shelley: YOU DON'T HAVE A ZIMBABWE ACCENT.
23:14 >> JD: I KNOW ALL THREE OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY BRIGHT.
23:18 EACH OF YOUR HEARTS. WHAT I LIKE IS JUST -- YOU'RE
23:24 JUST SOLD OUT TO JESUS. NUMBER TWO, YOU SOLD OUT TO
23:29 WEIMAR. YOU'RE A FANTASTIC AMBASSADORS
23:32 FOR WEIMAR. >> SPEAKING OF THE BUSINESS
23:37 STARTED IT IS BECAUSE DR. HART, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT AND WORLD IN
23:45 WORLD MISSION HOSPITAL, WAS TELLING ME WHAT A DEFICIT WE
23:48 HAVE IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE GOOD ADMINISTRATORS AT OUR MISSION
23:52 HOSPITALS. SORTS OF PEOPLE TO TRY TO DO
23:58 THAT. FIELD.
24:06 THEY'RE NOT REALLY GODLY AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY LEADING THE
24:09 INSTITUTION IN REGARDS TO MISSION-FOCUSED IN RECOGNIZING
24:17 STARTING THE HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BUSINESS
24:21 ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. SHE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE IN
24:24 REGARDS TO THAT. >> Shelley: THAT WAS MY
24:29 WHAT WAS YOUR INTEREST. HOSPITALS ADMINISTRATION,
24:36 HOME. DR. NEDLEY SAID, YOU HEAR ALL
24:40 THE TIME OF MISSIONARY TEACHERS, MISSIONARY PASTORS, MISSIONARY
24:44 NURSES, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATOR?
24:49 FEW. PRIVILEGE BEING IN A PROGRAM
24:54 THAT'S TRAINING ME TO BE A PROFESSIONAL AND A MISSIONARY.
24:59 THAT COMBINATION IS ESSENTIAL IN HEALTHCARE AND IN ANY OTHER
25:02 BUSINESS FOR THAT MATTER. YOU ASKED THE QUESTION WHAT I
25:08 WILLING, YOU HOPE TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL AND POSSIBLY STUDY GLOBAL
25:13 HEALTH OR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION.
25:18 PURSUE. ADMINISTRATION AND BASED IN THE
25:22 U.S. AND MAKE AN IMPACT OVERSEAS.
25:26 NEED REALLY IS. WE'LL SEE WHERE GOD LEADS.
25:30 YOU LOVE HOSPITALS WITH THE DEGREE I'M PURSUING NOW, I COULD
25:34 END UP IN LONG-TERM DARE. I CAN END UP IN ANY TYPE OF
25:38 HEALTHCARE FACILITY AND POSSIBLY HELP LEAD OUT LIFE STILL CENTERS
25:43 LIKE WEIMAR. >> Shelley: I'M PROUD OF YOU.
25:52 I HOPE YOU ALL RAISE UP IN THIS PROGRAM SOME PEOPLE GOING INTO
25:57 THE NURSING HOME BUSINESS. YOU'RE GETTING AT THAT AGE, WE
26:03 SEE THE GENERATION IF FRONT OF US IN THE NURSING HOMES, IT IS
26:08 VERY DIFFICULT THING TO FIND A GOOD CHRISTIAN NURSING HOME.
26:17 >> YOU SAW OUR CURRENT ESSAY PRESIDENT BAILEY.
26:27 WE SELECTED NEW PRESIDENT THAT'S IN BUSINESS PROGRAM.
26:30 HE'S ON OUR NEXT VIDEO THAT'S COMING UP.
26:33 ONE OF THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PROGRAM IS WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN
26:38 LONG-TERM CARE TO KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY AND WELL AND TO KEEP
26:42 THEM ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SERVE AND BE ACTIVE IN THE
26:46 ELDERLY STANDPOINT. YOU'LL SEE LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
26:49 >> Shelley: LET'S WATCH IT NOW. >> HI.
26:55 I'M CHRISTIAN FREED, THIRD-YEAR BUSINESS STUDENT FROM WEIMAR
26:58 COLLEGE. I'M FASCINATED BY TRYING NEW
27:02 THINGS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SOME DAY, I HOPE TO MAKE A
27:05 DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY ELDERLY CARE DELIVERS.
27:09 WHILE STUDYING AT WEIMAR, I LEARNED PROFOUND TRUTH ABOUT
27:15 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND WHOLE PERSON CARE.
27:19 ONE THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF MY EDUCATION HAS BEEN THE WORK
27:23 PROGRAM. BIBLE-BASED PODCAST.
27:29 IT HAS LISTENERS OVER 100 COUNTRIES.
27:34 THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AND THE CHAMBER SINGERS THE COLLEGE
27:44 CHOIR. CHRIST THROUGH TOTAL COMMUNITY
27:49 INVOLVEMENT, TCI. COMMUNITY BUT IT CHANGED THE WAY
27:54 I APPROACH EVANGELISM, SHARING THE GOSPEL HAS NEVER BEEN SO
27:58 SIMPLE AND SO FUN. ALL OF THIS, CLASSROOMS, WORK,
28:03 TCI, IT'S ALL MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS, AND FOR
28:08 ME. COME TO WEIMAR AND DISCOVER
28:16 YOURS. PLACE.
28:24 WAS HERE. TCI.
28:32 SHARE SOMETHING HOW TCI MADE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, RYAN.
28:37 >> Shelley: FIRST, I DON'T KNOW THIS HOUR.
28:42 WEIMAR INSTITUTE HAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
28:46 THEY GO OUT EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
28:51 INVOLVEMENT AND IT ALL OF THE STUDENTS, BOTH THE COLLEGE AND
28:55 THE ACADEMY STUDENTS AND ALL THE PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS GO OUT
29:01 AND DO THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP OTHERS.
29:08 RYAN, TELL US AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD WITH TCI.
29:12 >> THERE'S ONE EXPERIENCE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME THE MOST.
29:17 THERE WAS A WOMAN WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AND WE HELPED HER
29:22 AND HER HUSBAND. WE RAKED THE PINE NEEDLES THAT
29:28 SEEM TO FALL OFF THE TREES THERE.
29:34 WITH THE HOSE AND CLEANING OUT THE GUTTERS AND GETTING THE ROOF
29:38 CLEANED UP. TIMES.
29:49 IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING TO MINISTER TO THEM.
29:57 THAT CONTACT THAT WE MADE THAT FRIENDSHIP WE CREATED JUST KIND
30:00 OF CONTINUED. THE LADY ENDED UP COMING TO SOME
30:07 MEETINGS AT THE CAMPUS. JUST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SHE
30:11 DECIDED SHE WANTED TO BECOME SEVENTH DAY EVANGELIST.
30:15 SHE WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE WEIMAR CHURCH THERE.
30:23 HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, LORD, WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?
30:29 I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER.
30:36 LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT IN MY MIND.
30:43 THE SMITH. YOUR TEAMMATE.
30:50 YOU NOTHING ON MR. SMITH DOOR. YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP.
30:53 DO YOU SEE THE SMITH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS OR NEXT WEEK OR
30:58 SOMEONE ELSE GOES AND VISITS THEM?
31:07 HOW NEAT IT IS AT A YOUNG AGE TO BE OUT WITNESSING, BEING A
31:13 MISSIONARY, LEADING PEOPLE TO CHRIST.
31:22 >> THE TCI FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE MAKE IS FRIENDSHIPS.
31:32 CONTACTS. WE LIKE TO MAKE TCI FRIENDS.
31:36 THESE PEOPLE WILL INTRODUCE US TO OUR FRIENDS.
31:39 THESE ARE MY FRIENDS AND TELL THEIR STORIES.
31:46 >> JD: YES, THESE ARE MY CONTACTS.
31:54 >> Shelley: SHARE A STORY ABOUT TCI AND HOW IT IMPACTED YOUR
31:59 LIFE? EXPERIENCES WITH TCI.
32:07 THIS LAST YEAR I WAS INVOLVED WITH TWO TCI GROUPS.
32:11 ONE WAS TCI KIPS THAT STARTED BY ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
32:15 WE WERE ABLE TO IMPACT THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.
32:19 OUR HEARTS WERE WARMED ON THE LAST SABBATH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
32:30 >> Shelley: HIT THE PAUSE UNDERSTAND GOING OUT AND SAYING,
32:36 YOU WANT ME TO BLOW OFF YOUR ROOF.
32:42 CHILDREN. AND HAD PERMISSION FROM THE PARK
32:48 AUTHORITY IT USE THE OUTSIDE THE PARK SO KIDS CAN PLAY AND HAVE
32:54 ACTIVITIES, MUSIC, CRAFT AND STORIES.
33:04 >> Shelley: LIKE VBS, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.
33:12 >> EXACTLY. YOU AND YOU ARE PART OF THE
33:16 TEAM. WHICH WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
33:21 ESPECIALLY RYAN IS AN EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ALSO IN THE
33:25 PSYCHOLOGY REALM. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW HOW IT DEAL
33:27 WITH CHILDREN. THAT IS WHERE THINGS START TO
33:32 DEVELOP. TO REACH OUT TO THE KIDS AND
33:36 INTRODUCE THEM TO CHRIST AND TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE TEACH AND
33:43 TO EXPOSE TO BIBLE STORIES TO SEE HOW THEY CAN WORK WITH THEIR
33:51 HANDS AND LEARN FROM MAKING LITTLE TINY CRAFTS.
33:58 THEY ARE SO HAPPY MAKING THOSE SHEEPS.
34:04 LOST SHEEP AND HOW JESUS WENT OUT AND HE FOUND THE SHEEP AND
34:09 WHENEVER THEY ARE LOST, JESUS WILL FIND THEM.
34:15 >> JD: JUST LIKE HE PUT THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN H HERE AND THERE.
34:21 >> SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT'S PHENOMENAL IS
34:24 THAT, THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS, WE'RE
34:30 MINISTERING TO OURSELVES. TCI KIDS PROGRAM, WHEN YOU SEE
34:36 THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO GET THE KIPS EXCITED.
34:42 THINGS. MUNDANE.
34:49 SOME OF THE CRAFT WE DO ARE GREAT.
34:54 FANCY. YOU BECOME MORE LIKE THESE
35:10 LITTLE CHILDREN. >> Shelley: ANY TIME THE LORD
35:14 JESUS USES YOU TO BLESS SOMEBODY, HE GIVES YOU THE
35:18 DOUBLE BLESSING. >> JD: WHEN DID YOU DECIDE YOU
35:22 WANTED TO BE AN EDUCATOR? >> PROBABLY MAYBE A YEAR OR SO
35:30 BEFORE I CAME TO WEIMAR. I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE
35:36 POSSIBLY WANT WANTING -- WANTING TO PURSUE THAT ROUTE.
35:47 WHEN IT GOT SOLIDIFIED AND GETTING THE EXPERIENCE AT THE
35:52 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE AND TEACH.
35:57 EDUCATION PROGRAM AT WEIMAR, WE HAVE WORK ED PROGRAM.
36:00 THAT'S FOR EVERY STUDENT REGARDLESS WHAT PROGRAM YOU'RE
36:05 STUDYING IN. YOU WORK MINIMUM SIX HOURS PER
36:09 WEEK. WITH YOUR TUITION BILL.
36:15 FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS WE GET TO WORK AT WEIMAR ELEMENTARY.
36:18 YOU TAKE THE THEORY THAT YOU'RE LEARNING IN YOUR CLASSES AND YOU
36:22 GET IN A CLASSROOM AND YOU PRACTICE IT AND YOU ACT IT OUT
36:26 AND YOU CREATE SKILLS. YOU BUILD ROUTINES.
36:30 WITH YOU IN YOUR LIFE. WE HAVE A STUDENT TEACHING.
36:45 YOU MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF EDUCATION,
36:48 YOU FINALLY REALIZE I'M IN THE SURE I WANT TO DO THIS.
36:52 IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH MATH OR OR
36:56 BIBLE OR HISTORY OR SCIENCE. WHATEVER IT IS.
36:59 >> Shelley: YOU GUYS ARE MAKING SOMEBODY ASKED ME IF YOU GO BACK
37:06 TO ANY AGE, NOTHING YOUNGER THAN 40.
37:11 BEGINS AT 40. THERE'S SOME TRUTH IN THAT.
37:15 40 IS A MARK THERE. YOU ALL MAKE ME WANT TO BE 18
37:20 AGAIN AND GOING TO COLLEGE AT WEIMAR.
37:29 BLESSED YOU ARE TO BE IN SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING
37:35 -- YOU'RE NOT ONLY BEING ACADEMICALLY IMPROVED, IT'S
37:42 SPIRITUAL, THE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE OF THE FAMILY UNIT BUT ALSO THE
37:47 PRACTICALS IT'S AMAZING. >> THE ELEMENTARY TEACHER IS
37:51 ACTUALLY A PROFESSOR ALSO IN THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM.
37:56 SHE'S TEACHING CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
38:01 AND THEORY AND THEN HE GOES OVER AND GETS PAID TO ACTUALLY PUT IT
38:05 IN PRACTICE BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE PAY JOB, SHE'S CRITIQUING
38:09 HIM AND SHE'S GIVING HIM FEEDBACK.
38:15 SEMESTER AT WEIMAR COLLEGE. HE'S ALREADY GOT A LOT OF
38:22 EXPERIENCE WHERE HE DOES HIS INTERNSHIP.
38:25 THAT COME OUT OF OUR PROGRAM ARE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS ON DAY ONE.
38:31 >> Shelley: IT SEEMS TO ME EVERY TIME I HEAR SOMETHING -- CORRECT
38:36 ME IF I'M WRONG, I HEARD YOUR NURSES HAVE A VERY HIGH RATE OF
38:41 NOT ONLY PASSING THE EXAM BUT BEING EMPLOYED RIGHT AWAY.
38:47 I'VE HEARD THAT -- WE HEAR HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET
38:54 IN AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET INTO SOME OF
38:58 THESE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. WHAT YOUR PREMED STUDENTS ARE
39:06 SOUGHT AFTER. >> NEEDS TO SHOW THAT THEIR
39:15 MISSION-MINDED. THERE'S A MISSION PROJECT,
39:20 YOU'RE WEIMAR STUDENT FIRST TO VOLUNTEER FOR IT.
39:25 THAT HELPS ALL SHIPS RISE. >> JD: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
39:30 PROFESSPROFESSOR -- PROFESSORS, YOUR TEACHERS.
39:42 >> YEAH. AND POST DOCTORAL TRAINING, EVEN
39:50 THOUGH IT MIGHT BE FIRST TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY, YOU HAVE VERY
39:53 SEASONED ASPECT. ARE MENTORS.
40:02 TEACHING. FACULTY IS TO NOT JUST WEED
40:06 THESE KIDS OUT THAT ACTUALLY HELP THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
40:12 I'M SURE ALL OF THEM CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
40:20 >> SHARE A QUICK STORY THAT ENCAPSULATE WHAT OUR TEACHERS
40:24 ARE LIKE. IN CERTAIN EDUCATION COURSES, WE
40:28 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND MAKE LESSON PLANS AND GO AND
40:32 TEACH AND WE'RE EVALUATED OUR INSTRUCTOR WILL TAKE NOTES AND
40:37 CRITIQUE US. AT WEIMAR, ONE OF MY CLASSES, I
40:43 DID ONE OF THOSE EVALUATION SESSIONS.
40:50 WEIMAR ELEMENTARY, IT WENT SOUTH.
40:55 I LOST CONTROL. THE CLASSROOM, TYPICAL FOR
40:59 TEACHERS STARTING OUT. AFTERWARDS IN THE DEBRIEF
41:04 SESSION, MRS. RAMIREZ WHO WAS THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THAT CLASS,
41:07 SHE JUST SAID, IT'S JUST ONE LESSON PLAN.
41:15 I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THOSE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
41:19 IT'S TRUE. AGAIN.
41:26 TEACHERS WH WILL PROVIDE THE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, POSITIVE
41:32 THOUGH. IMPROVE HERE BUT NOT TRYING TO
41:37 WEED HOW OUT THE PROGRAM. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO SO
41:42 YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WORKER FOR JESUS CHRIST.
41:48 THE LADY WHO STARTED THE PROGRAM WHO HEADED THE PROGRAM,
41:55 DR. MELISSA GARCIA. I REMEMBER BEING INTIMIDATED.
41:59 SHE'S V INTELLIGENT WOMAN. SHE GOT PH.D. AND DID RESEARCH
42:09 IN THE LAB AND GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY.
42:16 SHE ENDED UP BEING VERY, VERY PERSONABLE.
42:23 LEVEL AND REACH OUT TO US. SHE WAS NOT JUST COMPASSIONATE,
42:29 SHE HAD A STANDARD SHE HAD SET. SHE HELPED US REACH THAT
42:36 STANDARD. IT WAS CLASS ABOVE THE ABILITY
42:43 THAT I MIGHT HAVE AT THE TIME. 300 LEVEL CLASS AND I WAS A
42:46 FRESHMAN. THE FIRST RESEARCH PAPER I DONE
42:52 AT LEAST THIS TIME. I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT.
42:56 I WAS STRUGGING W -- STRUGGLING WITH IT.
43:04 SHE GIVEN ME A GRADE AND SHE KNEW YOU NEEDED HELP.
43:09 YOU KNEW I NEEDED HELP. THE RATIO, THE STUDENT RATIO IS
43:14 VERY UNIQUE AT WEIMAR. AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY
43:19 FOUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASS. SPECIFICALLY THAT CLASS.
43:24 THIS IS FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY TALK ABOUT
43:30 THEORIES AND METHODS AND TREATMENTS.
43:36 WAS REACHING ABOUT IT. I WAS STRUGGLING.
43:39 SHE INVITED ME TO COME TO HER HOUSE.
43:44 WERE IN HER GARAGE ON A SWINGING CHAIR AND WE WERE JUST
43:47 DISCUSSING AND SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP ME PROCESS THROUGH MY PAPER
43:51 AND LAY IT OUT. I REALIZED, THAT I WOULD HAVE
43:56 NEVER GOTTEN THIS ANYWHERE ELSE. THE CARE AND THE INTENTIONAL
44:03 EFFORT PLACED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS, NOT
44:08 JUST ACADEMICALLY BUT SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, THEY
44:11 ARE WILLING TO BECOME YOUR FRIEND AND TRULY, I CAN SAY THAT
44:15 SHE'S A MENTOR AND A FRIEND. >> JD: GOOD NWS IS, IT KIND OF
44:23 GIVES YOU A TEMPLATE ON YOUR FUTURE.
44:40 >> I WAS THINK BEING HOW OUR PROFESSORS DON'T ONLY CONNECT
44:45 WITH US. AS BUSINESS STUDENT, NETWORKING
44:51 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. LOT OF SUCCESS IS WHO YOU KNOW.
44:55 WE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AS BUSINESS STUDENTS SOME OF THE BEST OF
45:01 BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL.
45:04 THESE ARE CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OR
45:12 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL.
45:16 THESE INDIVIDUALS COME TO OUR PROGRAM.
45:24 STUDENTS. THESE HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED
45:29 INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME LEVEL WE'RE -- THAT IS AN ADVANTAGE
45:40 THAT OUR SCHOOL HAS DONE. OTHER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THE
45:45 SAME ABILITY. >> JD: WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL,
45:49 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN 400 OF US IN THE CLASS.
45:52 IT'S JUST AMAZING. THERE WAS NO INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM
45:58 OR ANYTHING. >> TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF A
46:00 SMALL SCHOOL ON THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCREDITATION AT STANFORD.
46:07 -- FUTURE.
46:15 NEEDS NOW AT WEIMAR INSTITUTE? >> OUR GREATEST NEEDS ARE
46:19 HOUSING FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND STAFF.
46:24 OUR CAMPUS HAS GROWN AND WE'RE ALREADY OUT OF DORM SPACE.
46:32 WE ARE TRYING TO FURIOUSLY BUILD A BUILDING BY AUGUST AND HOLE
46:37 THIS CAPACITY IN CALIFORNIA NOW. YOU MIGHT IMAGINE BUILDING RATES
46:42 IS HIGH AFTER THE FIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
46:45 LORD HELPED US TO BUILD THIS BUILDING FOR $140 A SQUARE FOOT.
46:50 >> Shelley: THAT'S AMAZING. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE
46:53 BUILDING FOR EXPANDING OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.
46:58 FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE STUDENTS, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AND THERE
47:04 ARE APPLICATIONS ALL-TIME HIGH. WE NEED FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
47:12 HELP MORE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THIS TO BE TRAINED, I WOULD ENCOURAGE
47:16 YOU TO INVEST IN HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
47:23 THEM. LOOKING FOR PRAYER, IS SOMEBODY
47:34 PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIAN OR UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANT
47:40 SERVICES IS ONE OF OUR GREAT NEEDS.
47:47 PLANT SERVICES. AREA.
47:54 THAT'S ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE NEED TO FILL THAT PLANT SERVICE
47:59 INFRASTRUCTURE ROLE. >> Shelley: OKAY.
48:08 THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SO PAST HERE.
48:13 ARE SETTLED IN NOW FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS?
48:21 >> WE KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EXPLANATION.
48:27 IN REGARDS TO HEALING AND HURTING WORLD.
48:30 THERE'S A GAP EVEN IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
48:38 HAVE NO OPTOMETRY SCHOOL. THESE ARE ALL POTENTIAL GROWTH
48:49 FACTORS THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH SOME CAREFUL PLAN AND LOT OF
48:55 GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES AS WELL. WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING
49:01 MASTERS IN PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM ASPECT.
49:07 DEFINITELY THERE. ACTUALLY IS TAKING THESE
49:13 THE DEPRESSION RECOVERY PROGRAM AND THE LODGE WHERE WE HOLD THE
49:18 NEW START PROGRAM. TURN THAT INTO STUDENT HOUSING
49:20 AND BUILD A NEW L LIFESTYLE CENTER.
49:30 BE ABLE TO UPGRADE OUR MEDICAL AND LIFESTYLE FACILITIES AS
49:36 WELL. >> Shelley: IS THAT A 5-YEAR
49:39 PLAN? WE LIKE TO HAVE THAT
49:43 ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
49:48 PAGE. WHOEVER DONE YOUR WORK.
49:53 YOU GOT BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO WORK WITH.
50:00 IT'S >> IT'S IN SACRAMENTO.
50:05 THE CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA. WE'RE RIGHT OFF I-80 AND THAT'S
50:09 THE FREEWAY THAT TAKES FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK.
50:17 EXITS 130, THAT'S 130 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO.
50:22 YOUR WAY TO NEW YORK. AS SOON AS YOU TAKE THAT EXIT,
50:24 YOU'RE ON THE WEIMAR CAMPUSES. WEIMAR INSTITUTE, YOU GET OFF
50:28 THERE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WEIMAR SIGN.
50:33 WE HAVE 450 ACHERS. WE HAVE THE LARGEST
50:36 PRIVATELY-OWNED PIECE OF >> Shelley: I THINK THAT -- YOU
50:54 DON'T TAKE A HINT OF REGRET ON YOUR PART AS WELL AS LEAVING
50:59 PRIVATE PRACTICE AND FOLLOWING IT PATH.
51:03 SOUNDS LIKE GOD OPENED THIS UP SO YOU CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE TO
51:08 REALLY FEEL THE NEED OF THE NOT JUST PHYSICAL HEALING, EMOTIONAL
51:15 HEALING BUT SPIRITUAL HEALING. >> IT'S A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE TO
51:18 WORK WITH STUDENTS LIKE THIS AND MENTOR THEM TO THEIR
51:23 PROFESSIONAL LIFE THAT WILL BE THEY WOULD LEARN IN ANY OTHER
51:30 PROFESSIONAL SETTING. THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD TRADE
51:34 THAT. WE'RE TOLD RIGHTLY TRAINED WILL
51:39 BRING IN THE FINAL CRY THAT WILL BRING ABOUT THE RETURN OF JESUS.
51:46 I KNOW AS WE TRAIN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE, JESUS IS CLOSER TO
51:50 COMING BACK BECAUSE THIS IS BRINGING THAT HARVEST.
51:56 >> JD: THEY ARE BEING TRAIN TO BE FISHERMEN.
52:00 >> EXACTLY. WORK.
52:13 TAKE SOMEONE TO LEAD THEM FORWARD OR LEAD A PROFESSIONAL.
52:17 THESE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THIS AS PART OF THEIR EDUCATION.
52:20 THEY'RE WINNING SOULS AS PART OF IT.
52:25 ON CAMPUS THAN WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH
52:29 PROGRAMS. OCCUR EVERY WEEK.
52:35 LIVES. TASK FOR THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE
52:40 AND DO THIS. >> Shelley: WE HAVE COUPLE OF
52:43 MINUTES LEFT. IF YOU COULD, R RYAN, HOW HAS
52:53 WEIMAR IMPACTED YOU SPIRITUALLY? >> IT GOES BACK TO WEIMAR'S
52:58 MISSION. THAT.
53:06 ME. FOR GOD.
53:11 WE HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO WORK AND DO SOMETHING.
53:19 MORE FULLY, I UNDERSTOOD THE GOSPEL BETTER.
53:22 THE PROCESS OF HOW JESUS IS GOING ABOUT ENSURING SALVATION
53:25 EACH ONE OF US TODAY. THAT I THINK HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
53:33 BIGGEST TAKE AWAYS. SOUND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ANYONE
53:42 WHO IS INTERESTED IN A SCHOOL LIKE THAT.
53:46 COME, LEARN HOW TO BE THE FRIEND FIRST ALL FOR JESUS.
53:49 HE'S THE ONE WHO CALLED US FRIENDS.
53:58 FIRST OF JESUS, THEN YOU PREPARE TO BECOME THE FRIEND OF THOSE
54:02 AROUND YOU AND THOSE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
54:09 INCORPORATING INTO THEIR MISSION AND IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL BECAUSE
54:12 WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS PREPARING PEOPLE TO SOUND THE ALARM.
54:18 JESUS IS COMING SOON AND HE LOVES US.
54:21 >> JD: VERY WELL SAID. >> Shelley: ACTUALLY, I WAS
54:24 GOING TO SAY EARLIER, EVEN TALKING WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
54:28 IN THE GREEN ROOM, I THOUGHT, YOU MUST ONLY TAKE THE HIGHEST.
54:34 EVERYONE IS SO WELL SPOKEN. VERY ARTICULATE.
54:38 IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO HEAR AS YOU SAID, KAROLINA, NOBODY
54:44 TRYING TO WEED YOU OUT. THEY HELPED YOU TO DEVELOP THIS.
54:48 GIVE ME ABOUT 30 SECONDS, HOW IT IMPACTED YOU SPIRITUALLY.
54:55 >> FACT THAT JESUS CALLED US FRIENDS.
55:01 THAT JESUS WANTED TO BE MY FRIEND MORE THAN I EVER COULD
55:05 WANT TO BE HIS FRIEND. HE IS CONTINUING TO SEEK ME OUT.
55:11 HE'S PUSH -- PURSUING ME. AT WEIMAR, IT DOES SET A HIGH
55:19 STANDARD. THE HIGH STANDARD.
55:26 COME ON, TRY TO GET UP THERE ON YOUR OWN.
55:34 HE HAS HIS HAND OUT. IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN WE REACH
55:38 OUT TO HIM. WILL WE LET HIM PICK US UP?
55:43 GOD HAS TRULY REVEALED HIMSELF TO ME.
55:50 >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO, WEIMAR FOR ME HAS HELPED HE
55:56 TRUST GOD. WHEN IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
55:58 TRUSTING HIM THROUGH MY FIRST YEAR HAS BEEN THE BEST DECISION
56:02 I EVER MADE. REGRETS.
56:09 COLLEGE IN THE BUSINESS STUDENT, TRUST GOD.
56:16 THE PLACE THIS WILL TRYING YOU TO BE THE MISSIONARY THAT HE
56:20 CALLED YOU TO BE. >> Shelley: DID WE HAVE AN
56:24 ADDRESS FOR YOU? >> WE MAY.
56:28 >> Shelley: I DON'T KNOW IF WE GIVE US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.
56:42 >> WEIMAR.EDU. GOD WANT YOU TO COME TO BUY MAR
56:46 IS APPLY TO WEIMAR AND SEE IF YOU GET ACCEPTED.
56:53 >> Shelley: DR. NEDLEY, THANK KAROLINA AND TINO.
57:05 OUR PRAYER IS LORD AND SAVIOR AND JESUS CHRIST.


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