Well welcome back
and Dr. Paul welcome
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back to you, thank you again;
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we're so glad you
got a little break, yeah.
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I think I'll take a
break in a few minutes.
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Oh! No, no. We
need you around here.
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We will have
cussed if you leave.
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I'm the only
thing that's keep saying
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right here, right,
but I don't have to say
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much, okay,
because these young people
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are so fired up
with the Gospel, yes,
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within, love the
Lord Jesus Christ and
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they're sharing of
it with individuals.
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I'm just amazed that how,
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I think its just
catching, yes, yes.
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And they are all,
they've all been part
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of this epidemic
you call it, yes, yes,
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and they always
spread it to others and
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that's exactly
what, yes, spreading the
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Gospel is all about.
Well tell us 'cause we've got
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a couple, new folks here.
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Well you remember
Marlo, Dr. Marlo is
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back right. Now we
have two, this young
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man from up the
street from here from
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Springfield,
Illinois. Springfield alright,
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he will introduce himself.
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Yes my name is Brian Irby.
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And I'm a
graduate of theology from
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Oakwood University.
Okay. And I think this
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is just coming up on
about six years being
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in NAPS, alright,
doing ministry and it's
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just been
wonderful doing the work of
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God here, amen,
upon our young people and
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so, alright, happy to be here.
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He is married and
has a lovely wife, yes,
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and they both on
doing ministry together.
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Yes, yes, actually
this is the second year that
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I've dedicated to,
just to do a year of
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missionary work, I
did the third which is
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the year of
dedication and now I'm on this
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one after I've
graduated, it's the seventh one.
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We'll be talking
about some of the work
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we've been doing, okay, alright.
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And Marlo saying hi, hi.
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Hi, my name is
Joshua O'Balles and
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I'm a fresh student
at Oakwood University
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I'm also with Brian
on YOD 7 and I'm just
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given the privilege
of working in the Lord's
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venued in. Okay
where are you from?
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Well I'm from
Monrovia, California.
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Alright, yeah but
LA you know, okay,
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this is a blessing
to be able to be a part
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people salvation and
say everything that it
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takes for people you know to
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accept Christ in our lives.
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You're soft man
out, Oh! Yeah, I'm a soft
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man, I was a freshman
last year but I joined
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YOD so I would
technically being soft
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more, right,
yeah. And you finished 1
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year school to
university and now
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you are in YOD,
yes, which is Year Of the
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Dedication to the Lord.
To the Lord yeah, alright.
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He is very unique
young man you know
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usually in NAPS
we have people coming
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in to get trained to
God and do the work of God.
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In my first
encounter with this young man
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he had a red rag
from his back pocket
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hanging, and what
you call that mohawk
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with tunnel
hawk. Mohawk, mohawk in
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his head and he
was coming into the
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NAPS van to go do
ministry so I said
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you need to be
minister to this young man.
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But little by little
we were patient with him
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and we saw changes
in life and now he has
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have some powerful testimony.
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But there is something
down in that heart that
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drew him to NAPS,
and I know what it is
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and I usually
want a young man comes
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like that, we
know that grandma or
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granddad is
praying, or aunty or uncle
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you must remember
they are praying for him.
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So, pray for a young
one, my mom, your mom?
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Without the dad,
yeah and you're there,
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very thankful.
Alright. And but there, it was
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under there
because otherwise you would
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have been off
doing something else that
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going to NAPS.
Well we're talking
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about the
Southern work Jim, yes,
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and it's a work
that Ellen G. White have
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given this just
several years ago and they had
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been contention
of who should do it
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and why we should.
I've been sitting here for
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a while and we ran
into that document some
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years back, alright,
and we said well Oakwood
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is poised this area, in
the southern area, sure,
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maybe it's the rig,
yeah, so NAPS has taken it
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up, okay. And what has
happened as a result of
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that is that the
people that we're meeting in
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this, it is a where
most of the ex-slaves remain,
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alright, and farms
and poverty and medical
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situation there is
just like for their own,
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sometimes it's
worst. And meeting this
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people then
working with them and
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sometimes you have to
check yourself whether
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or not you are following that.
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And so and the way
they're responding to us
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is what took you so
long, yeah, the ministry
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has been so used
today. So to get into any work
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as Ellen G White
our prophetess has
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informed us to use a
medical work as Wedge.
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Yes. And so Pastor
Irby has been leading a team
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I, 18, 19, yeah 19,
and so we'd like to give a
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report on how that
has been going on, sure,
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and to add to it,
how the medical work been
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working along with
the evangelist work.
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Well I say last
summer, we really got a chance
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to start this work
and it was a new work even
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for us we didn't
really know what to expect
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from it and as we went
down we just said we're
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just gonna show these
people the love of God
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and so we said well
let's you know do education,
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we wanted to
really help out with the
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education there,
tutoring the kids as a
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wedge along with
the medical work just to
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show them love and to
lead them to Jesus Christ.
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And as we were there
at the beginning of that
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summer we just said
we're gonna start with
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this and it came to
about a couple of weeks
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later in about two
weeks the kids were
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just wrapped around us
and we said hey listen,
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listen wide amount of church.
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And in about two
weeks we had about 50 young
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people coming into
the church learning about
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the love of God and the
doctrines of the church.
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And from there
the word just took off
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throughout this year
we have continued not only
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to work in Mississippi
but also in Alabama and
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that's very underprivileged
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places where the
education systems
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aren't that good.
We've been able to go
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in and be a presence there and
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to show them love
and. It just resulted in
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we worship, and
started worshiping with the
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kids and even in
Mississippi they're able
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to have some of
the young people even
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joined the Seventh-Day
Adventist church there.
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Yeah. And its just
been a tremendous blessing
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and we keep saying,
the people keep saying to
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us what took you
so long, amen, amen,
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what took you so long.
Yeah. And of course the
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medical work we
need to talk about the
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miracles of the medical work.
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Yes, God is so good
and when he inspires
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people with the word
like Ellen G White I mean
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we're able to see it
really come to life and
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along the black
belt of Mississippi and
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Alabama we're able not
only to see the lack of
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education but also
the lack of medical care
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and we would hear
these stories and,
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one lady said you
know there was no ambulance
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that's close by.
She's like my mother was
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dead for 45 minutes
before the ambulance
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even arrived to our
house. And there's no clinic
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close by and people
have to take a ferry
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across the river to
go see this one doctor
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who's swamped with
patients they wait all day.
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He tells them to
come back tomorrow,
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they've no place to
stay, they don't have enough
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money to take the
ferry back and comeback the
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next day, yeah, and
so you know we're like
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Lord you know these
are your precious souls
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you love them so can
you help us to be able
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to serve them the
way they deserve to be
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served and so we
prayed and prayed and
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we need it something
like a medical mobile unit.
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NAPS had no funds
to get a medical mobile
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unit but we just
prayed and it was YOD 6 they
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went out and just
started raising money,
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knocking on doors,
doing church presentations
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and it was one church
in California that donated
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the amount of money
we needed, amen, to get
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a medical mobile
unit. Wow. And when we got
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it, it didn't look
this pretty because it was a
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lot older but it was a
miracle the price we're
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able to get it at was
a miracle and then when
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we got it we had
friends who were able to help
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us, sand it down
perfect painted, yeah, and then
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we take that down
south and we served the
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people and it has an
examine room, an exam
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table, so they felt
special, wow, you know
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we treat them like
there's special we give
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them love and we
pray with them and they're
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so excited and
they're so happy about you
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know learning what
they can do to lower
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their blood
pressure and to not to
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have high blood
sugar. They really want to
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know, yeah, and
so we are focusing on
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preventive medicine
education and I think a
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lot of times in the
health field we just give
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people pills and
the people down in the
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south they don't want
just pills, they want to
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be informed and so
we're able to do that
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and its truly,
truly been a blessing.
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Yeah, wow, maybe
you can give some more
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testimonies and now I
say it's phenomenal to
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hear that depth of
ignorance with these
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people in terms,
yeah, of their understanding
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of their health
and what you call cause
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and effect, yes,
right. Yes we've had a few
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incidents where
one lady she is only 24
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years old, she had
like four children and she's
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diagnosed with
breast cancer and her mom
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died of breast
cancer and her grandma died
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of breast cancer.
She didn't know that put
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her at a high risk for
it, so she never looked out
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for, she had no
insurance or anything,
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other people they
thought like drinking
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grape juice could
cause you to have high blood
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pressure, things like
that. They just weren't aware
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of things, some people
felt like, I forget what it
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was, another lady
she is a cook and when we
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talked about you know
how losing weight helps
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with the high blood
pressure and diabetes
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and she was
thinking someone told her she
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said that by smelling
the food it causes you to
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gain the weight.
And so we had to explain
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that wasn't true you
know. And with Brian's group
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YOD 7 they
actually started an exercise
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program in the communities where
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they would go out
and they would walk with
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them and teach
them how to exercise.
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They would exercise
with them everyday and
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it really motivated
people. After that we saw
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people out there
exercising without
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YOD you know. You
know by their aside,
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and so it really is
making a big difference.
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And its you know the
young people taking a
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year off from school
Jim allows them to have
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that great impact,
yes. And also the schools
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allow them. I think
you should talk about
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Sunshine High
School what happened there.
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Yes, yeah. Yeah well
we were able to work in
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Newbern, Alabama
and this school called
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Sunshine High School
they call it that but it
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has all the way from
first grade to 12th grade
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there, yeah, and we
went there we told them
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what we are trying to
do in the community and
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the principal just
said, hey, we really need
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you, we just want
you to come in as soon as
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possible, yeah. So we went into
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the classrooms and
we were able to help be
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teachers assistance
and to do the kids, some of
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the teachers really
just say hey, just take,
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the class because
they saw the love element
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that went with it,
yeah. And now that's where
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we really have learned
that would transform the kids.
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You can teach
them information and
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knowledge but it was
the love aspect and we
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were able to transition
from that to do our own
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programs and that
led to worships on Friday
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night and that led
you know to greater things
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even some of the
young people got a chance to
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come to Oakwood University.
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And even to this
day when we talk to them
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on the phone that's
what they talk about
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man how good you
know, yeah, I wanna go
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you know they're really
inspired in all aspects of
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their lives, right, it's great.
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And Joshua had a fun
time down there worked
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with those kids,
yeah, yeah. Well Brian was
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talking this has
brought back a lot of good
00:12:12.16\00:12:14.57
memories in the
classroom and, I think
00:12:14.58\00:12:17.96
its funny how God
worked it out because
00:12:17.97\00:12:19.86
you know a lot of
teachers were fed up
00:12:20.47\00:12:22.65
with the kids. You
know they were giving
00:12:22.66\00:12:23.87
them a hard time and
they're really tough to
00:12:23.88\00:12:26.94
handle and when we
came down there they
00:12:26.95\00:12:30.23
were just wanted
to give up the whole
00:12:30.24\00:12:31.66
classroom, the
whole day every schedule
00:12:31.67\00:12:34.27
seventh through
ninth grade and into high
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school and all
remediation and its fun because
00:12:37.78\00:12:41.31
Dr. Paul always
brings up you know when he
00:12:41.32\00:12:43.37
first met me you
know when he first saw my
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Mohawk and rag and
his you know his whole
00:12:45.94\00:12:49.35
idea well I was, and he
hit the nail and I was a,
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I was kind of rebellious,
yeah, well okay, I was
00:12:54.56\00:12:57.14
rebellious, I was
wild and you know,
00:12:57.15\00:12:59.52
I could be a
character sometimes but you
00:13:01.00\00:13:03.16
know the Lord really
put me in a place that
00:13:03.17\00:13:05.38
I never thought I
would be you know the school
00:13:05.39\00:13:07.31
wasn't my forte
and ended up at Oakwood
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was really blessing
but getting to be in the
00:13:11.26\00:13:14.82
teacher's position you
know and see like be on
00:13:14.83\00:13:17.53
the opposite end,
you know like facing some
00:13:17.54\00:13:20.28
rebellious students
like well you have to be in
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this way and I'm
like, I'm worse, I'm worse
00:13:22.74\00:13:25.06
than these kids. And
like, it's like looking in
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the mirror, yes, I was
like all that, that's what
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I look like. Yeah. But
I really got to, I really
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got to give them
what I wish I got from my
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teacher because
I understood how it
00:13:35.53\00:13:37.72
felt to be a misunderstood,
00:13:37.73\00:13:38.93
rebellious you know,
right, soon acting how
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you know and I got to
get down and like really
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have a long suffering
spirit that Christ have
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for us you know when
He came down to earth.
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And I appreciated
every moment of it, because
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I made a lot of
connections with the
00:13:52.24\00:13:54.20
kids and I think
that when you can
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understand someone
you can minister to
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them that much more you know.
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And I've, I made
so many memories down
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there and so many
connections that as long
00:14:05.58\00:14:09.71
as I live I'll never be able
00:14:09.72\00:14:10.90
to forget them,
right. And all those students
00:14:10.91\00:14:13.45
that I was able to
teach they really taught me
00:14:13.46\00:14:15.30
more than I
could ever teach them.
00:14:15.31\00:14:16.40
I taught them Math
and English they taught me
00:14:16.41\00:14:18.83
the joy of seeing
sinner saved and I'll never
00:14:19.42\00:14:23.47
forget that. What
about your little cousin that
00:14:23.48\00:14:25.88
you have. Well there's a
lot of, a lot of people in
00:14:25.89\00:14:32.88
NAPS say that I
talk about my cousin,
00:14:32.89\00:14:37.76
my nephew a lot
because he's really
00:14:37.77\00:14:39.82
dear to my heart
and I mention him often
00:14:39.83\00:14:43.39
when I get into my
room seeing you know
00:14:43.40\00:14:46.12
maybe like a
juvenile delinquent you know
00:14:46.71\00:14:49.69
and some one who
got JDC's and, JDC?
00:14:50.62\00:14:54.34
Juvenile Detention
Center, yeah, you know
00:14:54.35\00:14:56.38
it always happens
like someone who reminds
00:14:57.65\00:14:59.25
of them, and one time
we're doing health fair
00:14:59.26\00:15:03.82
in Mississippi,
Hernando, Mississippi and it was
00:15:03.83\00:15:07.72
so divine, there was
this kid and he was looking,
00:15:07.73\00:15:11.98
he was trying to find
the Sabbath school program
00:15:12.20\00:15:15.77
that we have for the
children every Sabbath
00:15:15.78\00:15:17.89
there, and he missed it
just by like a couple of
00:15:17.90\00:15:20.62
minutes and he was
wandering the street
00:15:20.63\00:15:22.11
sidewalk and the health
fair was right across the
00:15:22.12\00:15:25.36
street from the
church and he was wandering
00:15:25.37\00:15:29.58
and he caught my
eye cause something,
00:15:29.59\00:15:31.84
something reminded
and this is, this is
00:15:31.85\00:15:33.94
appearance reminded
my nephew at that age
00:15:33.95\00:15:36.05
and I said come,
come away what are you
00:15:36.44\00:15:37.96
looking for and he said
oh I was looking for the
00:15:37.97\00:15:40.41
children's program and
I said oh you missed it,
00:15:40.42\00:15:43.93
Oh! Okay I'll go
home then you know my
00:15:43.94\00:15:46.27
mom's probably
worried, I said no,
00:15:46.28\00:15:48.15
you can stay here,
you know like I could show
00:15:48.16\00:15:50.82
you which you are
missed. And so I basically got
00:15:50.83\00:15:54.06
the opportunity to do
the Bible study and the
00:15:54.07\00:15:55.90
review of
everything that the kids had
00:15:55.91\00:15:58.14
learned during
that Sabbath program and
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it was so divine it
felt like I was in heaven,
00:16:01.77\00:16:05.97
you know, heaven on
earth, for me at least,
00:16:05.98\00:16:07.70
yeah, because here I'm
getting to speak to this
00:16:07.71\00:16:13.45
kid that looks
exactly like my nephew,
00:16:13.46\00:16:15.47
someone that's
closer to me than anyone you
00:16:15.48\00:16:17.83
know, and the
same look as my mom and
00:16:17.84\00:16:20.56
I get to pour my
heart out with him, with the
00:16:20.57\00:16:23.73
same passion I
wish someone would have
00:16:23.74\00:16:25.03
poured out to my nephew you know
00:16:25.04\00:16:26.37
because he ended up in
jail, prison and I get to
00:16:26.38\00:16:30.37
give him everything
that I was somewhere to
00:16:30.38\00:16:32.65
gave him or me at that age.
00:16:32.66\00:16:34.59
So that he can grow
up and be saved and do
00:16:34.72\00:16:37.04
like wise and save or
be a part of other people's
00:16:37.05\00:16:39.93
salvation you know,
even more people than
00:16:39.94\00:16:42.07
I've gone to come
into contact with them.
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It's just a privilege, yeah,
00:16:44.44\00:16:46.54
to be a vessel for
God. And I was a witness to
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that, yeah, amen.
How greatest way to
00:16:48.59\00:16:51.17
grow is in serving
others and then you
00:16:51.18\00:16:54.17
get so much back,
amen, from doing it and
00:16:54.18\00:16:57.13
you guys are witnessing
that, you're seeing that
00:16:57.14\00:17:01.20
and you're sharing
that with us tonight and we
00:17:01.70\00:17:04.33
really, I'm
thrilled as I listen to.
00:17:04.34\00:17:07.22
I think the book
Evangelism, page 190,
00:17:07.23\00:17:09.75
the Lord says that The
soul you saved might be
00:17:10.44\00:17:13.62
your own, yeah,
that's right, absolutely, and
00:17:13.63\00:17:16.08
I feel it when just
give that testimony and as a
00:17:16.09\00:17:20.00
witness to see him as
he ministered that kid that
00:17:20.01\00:17:22.83
he was being fed
himself. Yes, we're gonna stay
00:17:22.84\00:17:25.40
with the medical
work because the essential
00:17:25.41\00:17:26.99
part of our ministry
there is a program in
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Southern Alabama that
over 40 years to build
00:17:31.14\00:17:35.46
this building to be
a clinic, yes, and the
00:17:35.47\00:17:39.54
Federation of
Southern Cooperatives is an
00:17:39.55\00:17:41.64
organization and they
aren't able for over 40
00:17:41.65\00:17:45.34
years to accomplish
this goal and I want Marlo
00:17:45.35\00:17:49.22
to talk a little bit about that.
00:17:49.23\00:17:50.62
Well this is amazing
because it made us feel
00:17:50.63\00:17:53.08
like part of history and
it was like Dr. Paul said
00:17:53.09\00:17:56.99
40 years ago the
healthcare was really
00:17:57.00\00:18:00.14
lacking there and so
this Southern Cooperatives,
00:18:01.23\00:18:05.45
the federation of
Cooperatives they put
00:18:05.46\00:18:07.48
money together to make
a clinic and they built
00:18:07.49\00:18:10.32
this clinic to be able
to serve people, and where
00:18:10.33\00:18:13.61
was this, this is in
Gainesville, Alabama,
00:18:13.62\00:18:15.75
alright, but there
were no, there was no one
00:18:15.76\00:18:19.22
there to operate the clinic.
00:18:19.23\00:18:21.33
There were no nurses,
physicians and so it just
00:18:22.35\00:18:26.28
kind of just set
there and I think once they
00:18:26.29\00:18:28.69
used it as a
daycare and so we were going
00:18:28.70\00:18:31.62
through there with the
medical mobile unit and
00:18:31.63\00:18:34.92
we learned that the
mayor was in town so
00:18:36.00\00:18:38.55
Dr. Paul said to us well
let's just go to her house
00:18:38.56\00:18:42.29
and I was like Dr.
Paul, we just can't show up at
00:18:42.76\00:18:46.53
the mayor's front
step and not call, we don't
00:18:46.54\00:18:49.72
even know her, she
doesn't even know us
00:18:49.73\00:18:51.63
and he was like let's
just go and so we went and
00:18:52.03\00:18:55.12
we knocked on the door
and she opened the door
00:18:55.13\00:18:57.65
and she wasn't
prepared for guests and so I'm
00:18:57.66\00:19:00.46
like oh no, she is
gonna like who are you guys,
00:19:00.47\00:19:02.90
you know get off my
porch but she was like,
00:19:02.91\00:19:04.86
hi come on in and she
was so nice and she sat
00:19:04.87\00:19:08.27
down and so we
told her who we were and
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.72
when the things
that we wanted to do with
00:19:10.73\00:19:12.44
YOD, you know
tutoring the children in
00:19:12.45\00:19:14.77
the medical work
and then that's when she
00:19:14.78\00:19:16.83
said oh we could
really use you guys and she
00:19:16.84\00:19:19.61
took us down to this
building that had just
00:19:19.62\00:19:22.42
been sitting there,
that was built for the
00:19:22.43\00:19:24.46
purpose of the clinic
and she showed it to us
00:19:24.47\00:19:26.85
and she said, it's yours to use.
00:19:27.17\00:19:29.88
You guys can set
up a clinic here and
00:19:30.42\00:19:33.16
serve the people here.
She is like we need it so
00:19:33.63\00:19:36.40
bad, people are dying
at ages 30, 20, they don't
00:19:36.86\00:19:42.27
get the medication its
so far to get medical care
00:19:42.28\00:19:45.09
so they don't go
until it's a dyer emergency
00:19:45.10\00:19:47.50
and then even then by
the time that ambulance
00:19:47.51\00:19:49.89
comes and takes
them to the hospital,
00:19:49.90\00:19:51.60
it was too late.
And so we are like wow
00:19:51.61\00:19:54.88
praise the Lord and
it taught me a lesson
00:19:54.89\00:19:57.21
because the Holy
Spirit was speaking to
00:19:57.22\00:19:59.55
Dr. Paul and it was
giving that boldness and
00:19:59.56\00:20:01.92
faith you know Marlo,
it's not about you so if
00:20:02.09\00:20:05.58
she shuts the doors on
your face its not about
00:20:05.59\00:20:08.08
you its about the
people. Just be bold go out and
00:20:08.09\00:20:11.28
take that step and
so we've been setting up
00:20:11.29\00:20:13.65
the clinic down
there, we've been moving
00:20:13.66\00:20:15.87
materials and every
time we go down there
00:20:15.88\00:20:17.85
the people like
when you're coming, when
00:20:18.18\00:20:19.84
you are gonna
open up the clinic.
00:20:19.85\00:20:21.25
We just can't
hardly wait, we can't wait
00:20:21.51\00:20:23.74
until you get here
and they're just so joyous
00:20:23.75\00:20:26.53
and every time they
just love us up, they feed us
00:20:26.54\00:20:29.42
whatever we want
because they've never
00:20:29.43\00:20:31.56
had anything like
this before, wow, and so we
00:20:31.57\00:20:34.83
know that God is
opening the doors for us
00:20:34.84\00:20:37.03
to do that ministry
and one thing I've seen
00:20:37.04\00:20:40.31
whether its
Mississippi, Alabama, everybody
00:20:40.32\00:20:43.92
that comes through
when they first come
00:20:43.93\00:20:45.41
through I've heard it
five times on separate
00:20:45.42\00:20:47.36
occasions they'll say
to one of us, I don't know
00:20:47.37\00:20:50.95
you all but I sure do love you.
00:20:50.96\00:20:53.73
And its like you
know who they love is the
00:20:54.49\00:20:57.02
Jesus they see in us,
and then we can say yes,
00:20:57.03\00:21:01.11
you know God sent us
to you because you're
00:21:01.12\00:21:03.46
important, you're
priceless and He cares
00:21:03.47\00:21:05.87
for you and He died for you.
00:21:05.88\00:21:07.44
And it's just a
beautiful experience.
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.66
If I could just
shut down my practice and
00:21:09.94\00:21:11.95
do this like the
whole time I would because
00:21:11.96\00:21:14.12
it is just so
rewarding, yeah, I mean its just
00:21:14.13\00:21:16.98
like, it's a high you
get, it's addicting and you
00:21:16.99\00:21:19.92
just don't wanna
stop. How are you gonna
00:21:19.93\00:21:21.73
manage that clinic down there?
00:21:21.74\00:21:23.50
Well we're praying
about that right now,
00:21:24.16\00:21:26.51
alright, we are gonna
step out on faith, okay,
00:21:26.52\00:21:28.63
as of now we looked
at the hospitals that are
00:21:29.67\00:21:33.38
close by which close
by would be about a hour,
00:21:33.39\00:21:36.30
hour and half, yes,
is where the closest
00:21:36.31\00:21:37.84
hospitals are and they
are able to give us some
00:21:37.85\00:21:40.49
feedback on how we
can make it a rural
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.59
heath care center.
Okay. We'll probably depend
00:21:42.60\00:21:46.35
on donations, things
like that and right now
00:21:46.36\00:21:50.56
its basically
whatever NAPS has fund wise
00:21:51.21\00:21:55.30
and whatever I
can donate from my
00:21:55.31\00:21:57.37
practice is what we're
using now to be able to
00:21:57.38\00:21:59.98
run the clinic and
to treat the people.
00:22:00.64\00:22:02.78
Could you use
volunteer nurses, yes,
00:22:02.79\00:22:05.19
and volunteer
doctors, exactly, and we are in
00:22:05.20\00:22:07.48
the process of recruiting that.
00:22:07.49\00:22:08.99
We actually have a
page on our website
00:22:09.00\00:22:11.21
where physicians,
nurses, dentists they can
00:22:11.56\00:22:15.66
fill out a
volunteer form, okay, and they
00:22:15.67\00:22:18.05
can submit it and its
not just for local work its
00:22:18.06\00:22:20.66
also if like a
tragedy hits we need medical
00:22:20.67\00:22:24.70
personal who can just
on the moment just pick
00:22:24.71\00:22:27.11
up and go, right,
and help us with those
00:22:27.12\00:22:30.37
tragedies as far as
help is concerned so at the
00:22:31.24\00:22:34.26
website which is up
there now napsoc.org
00:22:34.27\00:22:37.08
you can go to the
volunteer page and you
00:22:37.09\00:22:39.31
can fill that out and
then we'll have like a bank
00:22:39.32\00:22:41.98
of names and we can
just call you when we
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.26
need you or you can
tell us what type of service
00:22:44.27\00:22:46.73
you're available for,
if it's just local that's
00:22:46.74\00:22:49.28
okay, if its
foreign that's also good.
00:22:49.29\00:22:52.02
Wow, okay, that's good,
00:22:52.71\00:22:54.21
that is a great work doctor.
00:22:54.22\00:22:55.94
Now we have a group
coming on in a little
00:22:56.13\00:22:57.41
while it can come
down up this program here.
00:22:57.42\00:22:59.61
Talking about our
work up the Amazon, okay,
00:23:00.17\00:23:02.77
just came up from
there that's why Josh is
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.84
looking the way he
is looking right now.
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.46
Just came out of
jungle, giving a chance to clean
00:23:06.88\00:23:08.79
them up a little bit,
oh yeah, but the next come
00:23:08.80\00:23:11.12
in and then now
it'll take some more time
00:23:11.13\00:23:12.95
with that to hear
about the work and that's
00:23:12.96\00:23:15.74
being done right there, alright.
00:23:15.75\00:23:17.77
Well listen we do
once again urge you to call
00:23:18.22\00:23:22.66
us for the book
Education. You may have this
00:23:22.67\00:23:26.18
book and you wanna give it to a
00:23:26.19\00:23:27.57
friend that's alright
too. You just call and say
00:23:27.58\00:23:30.87
I'd like a copy of
the book Education,
00:23:30.88\00:23:33.05
618 627-4651 or
freeoffer@3abn.org
00:23:33.50\00:23:41.90
and we'll send it out
to you just as soon as we
00:23:42.47\00:23:45.90
possibly can. So,
you wanna get that and
00:23:45.91\00:23:49.08
before our next
group comes we're gonna be
00:23:49.41\00:23:52.38
able to enjoy
some music again by
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.32
Mark Trammell and Mark is
00:23:54.33\00:23:57.03
gonna sing for us,
How Great Thou Art!
00:23:57.04\00:24:00.49
How Great Thou
Art! How Great Thou Art!
00:24:03.44\00:24:15.02
O Lord my God, When
I in awesome wonder,
00:24:15.93\00:24:26.53
Consider all the
worlds Thy Hands have made;
00:24:27.84\00:24:37.26
I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder,
00:24:38.79\00:24:49.03
Thy power throughout
this universe displayed.
00:24:49.99\00:25:00.81
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
00:25:01.59\00:25:13.11
How great Thou
art, How great Thou art.
00:25:13.49\00:25:25.06
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
00:25:25.43\00:25:36.63
How great Thou
art, How great Thou art!
00:25:37.17\00:25:51.47
And when I think, How
God, His Son not sparing;
00:25:55.66\00:26:05.73
Sent Him to die, I
scarce can take it in;
00:26:07.22\00:26:16.68
How that on the Cross,
my burden gladly buried,
00:26:17.28\00:26:29.40
He bled and He died
to take away all my sin.
00:26:29.57\00:26:40.72
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
00:26:40.96\00:26:52.46
How great Thou
art, How great Thou art.
00:26:52.84\00:27:04.50
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
00:27:04.87\00:27:16.49
How great Thou art,
00:27:16.70\00:27:23.11
How great Thou art!
00:27:23.40\00:27:34.48
How great Thou art!
00:27:34.97\00:27:44.92
How great Thou art,
that's just one of the
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.51
most wonderful Gospel
songs ever and its one
00:27:52.52\00:27:57.48
that was first sung in
front of a lot of people
00:27:57.49\00:28:01.31
at least, the
Billy Graham Crusade
00:28:01.32\00:28:04.08
and New York City
and it was sung by George
00:28:05.11\00:28:07.45
Beverly Shea, I
know that, I know that.
00:28:07.46\00:28:08.99
And if George
Beverly Shea is watching
00:28:09.22\00:28:11.66
tonight and
sometimes he does, then we just
00:28:11.67\00:28:15.53
wish him, he had a
birthday not long ago
00:28:15.54\00:28:18.14
and we wish him
a happy birthday.
00:28:18.15\00:28:19.71
So we appreciate
that song so very much.
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.06
Mark Trammell did a
great job singing it.
00:28:23.43\00:28:26.01
Mark loves the Lord,
I've spent some time out
00:28:26.47\00:28:29.13
camp meeting in
Florida with Mark and
00:28:29.53\00:28:32.35
we spent some time
wasting together and
00:28:32.66\00:28:34.85
I can assure you he
loves the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:28:34.86\00:28:37.49
Well listen we
got a whole new group
00:28:38.17\00:28:39.99
almost, want to
take it home now, yeah,
00:28:40.00\00:28:42.76
we have two lovely
young ladies just joined
00:28:42.77\00:28:46.08
us and they're spokespersons
00:28:46.09\00:28:49.73
for NAPS, they're
very diligent young ladies
00:28:49.74\00:28:52.11
very wise in the
Lord and we'll ask them to
00:28:52.56\00:28:55.38
introduce themselves, alright.
00:28:55.39\00:28:56.99
Well my name is
Christine Whitaker,
00:28:57.93\00:28:59.55
I was raised in
Riverside, California
00:29:00.01\00:29:01.79
but I now live
in Charlotte, North
00:29:02.31\00:29:03.59
California and I'm an
aspiring nurse, alright.
00:29:03.60\00:29:07.77
And my name is
Claudie Best, I'm from
00:29:08.45\00:29:10.29
Miami, Florida and
I'm a biology lecturer at
00:29:10.30\00:29:12.93
Oakwood University.
Okay alright, biology
00:29:12.94\00:29:16.33
and nursing, yes. And
we've Dr. Marlo is still
00:29:16.62\00:29:20.50
with us, yes, yes.
Alright. And they've been
00:29:20.51\00:29:23.59
inspired I think
by Marlo's work this
00:29:23.60\00:29:27.03
maybe you can talk a
little about what has
00:29:27.04\00:29:28.93
inspired you to
join NAPS and to get into
00:29:28.94\00:29:31.52
the medical
field, the health field.
00:29:31.53\00:29:34.21
Well I guess I can
go first, I'm gonna say
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.90
that being in NAPS has far been
00:29:37.91\00:29:40.10
an extreme blessing.
I'm just been able to
00:29:40.11\00:29:43.03
work for the Lord be
co-labors with Him you
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.20
know as Pa tells us
we're going out there
00:29:45.21\00:29:47.79
and planting and
watering, allow him to
00:29:47.80\00:29:49.16
do the rest of the
work. Especially on this year
00:29:49.21\00:29:51.71
of dedication as we
are part of the 7th team so
00:29:51.72\00:29:54.99
go out and do this
work and one of the most
00:29:55.00\00:29:57.89
profound privileges
I've had is on working along
00:29:57.90\00:30:00.62
side Dr. Marlo, the Dr.
Marlo and she is truly a
00:30:00.63\00:30:05.39
woman of the Lord, I
constantly just see the
00:30:05.40\00:30:07.75
Holy Spirit just
working through her
00:30:07.76\00:30:09.95
and on just seeing
that and being able to
00:30:10.33\00:30:12.61
witness that first
hand I know that's something
00:30:12.62\00:30:14.70
that many students
lack. You know before get
00:30:14.71\00:30:16.72
into the field
before having assurance that
00:30:16.73\00:30:18.97
they want to do it,
being able to get the exposure
00:30:18.98\00:30:21.62
and so I was able
to do that see her,
00:30:21.77\00:30:24.07
diagnose the individuals
and not just give them
00:30:24.52\00:30:26.42
the drugs but also
give them ways almost to
00:30:26.43\00:30:29.33
preventing, you
know in the future.
00:30:29.34\00:30:30.98
And just seeing
how she is able to do
00:30:31.30\00:30:32.95
ministry with it its
just something that showed
00:30:32.96\00:30:35.93
me that this is
indeed something I want to do
00:30:35.94\00:30:38.02
my profession you
know just do more than
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.41
just work but to bring
others to Christ as well.
00:30:40.42\00:30:42.99
And so she has indeed
inspired me because at
00:30:43.25\00:30:45.25
first I was a chemist major.
00:30:45.26\00:30:46.55
But now I am a
biology major and I have no
00:30:46.86\00:30:49.87
doubts about it
especially how people
00:30:49.88\00:30:51.38
like Dr. Paul and
Dr. Marlo and all of my
00:30:51.39\00:30:53.60
peers just being
examples for me in this
00:30:53.61\00:30:56.53
work for the Lord. Wow, alright.
00:30:56.54\00:30:59.58
It sounds good.
Yes. And I was a biology
00:30:59.59\00:31:02.78
major originally at
Oakwood and Dr. Paul
00:31:02.79\00:31:06.30
actually was my
teacher and originally I wanted
00:31:06.31\00:31:10.13
to be a doctor for
the fancy reasons and
00:31:10.14\00:31:12.79
things like that, oh
it's sure, but Dr. Paul was
00:31:12.80\00:31:15.74
so inspiring when he
taught us about science
00:31:15.75\00:31:18.52
he wrapped the love of
God all in there and told
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.03
us that as premed
students that the Lord
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.54
was calling us not just
to heal physically but to
00:31:23.55\00:31:25.89
heal spiritually as
well and so it just brought
00:31:25.90\00:31:28.21
little insight when I
came to the healthcare
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.29
like how God can
really truly use us, yes,
00:31:30.30\00:31:33.98
and so with him
being the president of NAPS
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.76
I can see now that my
spiritual eyes have been
00:31:36.77\00:31:39.41
opened a little
more. I've got ordered my
00:31:39.42\00:31:41.41
steps not that he
wanted me to be a doctor but he
00:31:41.42\00:31:43.98
wanted me to be in
Dr. Paul's class so that
00:31:43.99\00:31:46.67
I could have the
experiences that I have
00:31:46.68\00:31:48.11
been blessed to
have today. Wow. Amen.
00:31:48.12\00:31:50.16
You know just serving
God by serving people,
00:31:50.66\00:31:53.19
it's an exciting
concept, it really is yes, yes.
00:31:53.47\00:31:57.53
Well Jim we have an
exciting report to give
00:31:57.94\00:32:00.67
on our last mission
we just came back about
00:32:00.68\00:32:02.75
three or four days
ago, okay, we were deep in
00:32:02.76\00:32:05.42
the Amazon, wow,
and we experienced
00:32:05.43\00:32:07.97
something that
I've never thought still
00:32:07.98\00:32:10.26
existed on this
earth. We've been through out
00:32:10.27\00:32:13.17
Africa, we have been
through the Philippines,
00:32:13.18\00:32:15.41
Madagascar, we've seen
it all, we thought we're
00:32:15.42\00:32:18.35
dead until we went up
this river in Suriname
00:32:18.36\00:32:21.08
called Suriname River.
First you have to take a
00:32:21.09\00:32:23.21
journey six hours up
a dusty road and then
00:32:23.22\00:32:27.45
upper river in some
motorboats and you can
00:32:27.46\00:32:30.01
see me there and
behind me is Claudie and
00:32:30.02\00:32:33.85
don't know who else
is behind, you can see
00:32:33.86\00:32:35.47
Marlo is back there,
yeah. Take these boats
00:32:35.48\00:32:37.36
up this river into
the Amazon jungle, okay.
00:32:37.37\00:32:40.11
There we met
people these are called,
00:32:40.44\00:32:42.70
we call them Bush
Negroes, they were
00:32:43.08\00:32:45.73
slaves that
runaway some 500 years ago.
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.83
When they were
brought to that place
00:32:49.68\00:32:50.90
from West Africa.
They call themselves
00:32:51.27\00:32:53.11
Bush Negroes. They call
themselves Bush Negroes.
00:32:53.12\00:32:54.89
So it's not a
derogative term to call.
00:32:54.90\00:32:56.79
No, no. And so they
ran away into the bushes
00:32:56.80\00:33:00.35
because it looked
just like their homeland
00:33:00.36\00:33:02.05
where they came from,
they had all little dialect
00:33:02.06\00:33:04.26
that they used to
communicate with each
00:33:04.91\00:33:06.16
other and there was
open blatant idolatry,
00:33:06.17\00:33:10.32
well, and not of
ignorance, not of choice.
00:33:10.65\00:33:12.64
Right, right.
It's not of ignorance.
00:33:12.65\00:33:13.97
They openly worship
idols, they have demons.
00:33:14.48\00:33:20.27
Now is this one of
the huts that there or,
00:33:20.61\00:33:23.66
this is the worship
hut, okay, and the stories
00:33:23.67\00:33:28.30
behind it how they
select their leaders,
00:33:28.31\00:33:33.13
yeah, and so much
spiritualism is just,
00:33:33.14\00:33:35.37
its just beyond
your comprehension.
00:33:35.80\00:33:37.44
And like other
places where we have gone
00:33:37.73\00:33:39.72
like in Haiti and
Madagascar was hidden
00:33:39.73\00:33:41.83
at night, this is
open, okay, because they
00:33:41.84\00:33:44.37
don't understand.
These places have no
00:33:44.38\00:33:47.13
churches, no
catholic, no Baptists, nothing
00:33:47.93\00:33:50.61
peaceful, they don't
let anyone into this place,
00:33:50.62\00:33:53.35
they guard it, wow.
And so we heard of this
00:33:53.36\00:33:56.63
place and we said
while these are people that
00:33:56.64\00:33:58.21
need the Gospel.
Yeah. And so they
00:33:58.22\00:34:00.14
warned us that we
couldn't get into these
00:34:00.15\00:34:01.73
villages and so and so
but as I told before in NAPS.
00:34:01.74\00:34:05.08
They said go and so
we're gonna go until we
00:34:06.49\00:34:09.17
get stopped, right,
and we went into there and
00:34:09.18\00:34:12.05
looked at some
things and the first time we
00:34:12.06\00:34:14.67
couldn't get in and
we made a second attempt
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.13
about a month ago we
didn't get in and that's
00:34:17.29\00:34:20.45
when this all was exposed to us.
00:34:20.46\00:34:21.89
So I did an analysis,
we didn't see what our
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.77
tensions were and
so forth but we saw the
00:34:24.78\00:34:26.71
need and it was a medical need
00:34:26.72\00:34:28.20
and a dental
need. So we came back in
00:34:28.21\00:34:30.51
where we called the
big guns of the ministry
00:34:30.52\00:34:32.75
and we had several
doctors I think Marlo
00:34:33.50\00:34:36.00
can speak to those
who went in with us and
00:34:36.01\00:34:37.78
who made contributions
to make this happen.
00:34:37.79\00:34:40.64
Yes, we had Dr. Rick
Cole, he's a periodontist
00:34:40.65\00:34:44.60
and he and his son
Scott came with us to do
00:34:44.97\00:34:49.74
dental work and he
had colleagues that also
00:34:49.75\00:34:53.81
helped. That's the
picture of him and his
00:34:54.21\00:34:56.00
son and we needed
a lot of supplies and
00:34:56.01\00:35:00.35
medications
donated and Dr. Adel Myrie,
00:35:00.36\00:35:03.93
Ken Skyberg, Gary
Bogle, John Cercek,
00:35:04.48\00:35:08.48
Eric Oakley and
Richard Wells are all
00:35:08.49\00:35:11.09
dentists that supplied
Dr. Cole with the things
00:35:11.10\00:35:14.92
that he needed to be
able to work efficiently
00:35:14.93\00:35:17.43
because there was
one village that had 2000
00:35:17.44\00:35:20.11
people in it, wow,
and so we knew that we
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.71
were gonna be busy
both in the dental and
00:35:22.72\00:35:25.34
the medical area.
And that village we
00:35:25.35\00:35:27.68
call it Jericho,
yeah, yaba and they did not
00:35:27.69\00:35:31.21
want anyone into
their place, so we went in
00:35:31.22\00:35:33.89
there we took some
of the young ladies in
00:35:33.90\00:35:35.46
there, they sang
songs, African songs and so
00:35:35.47\00:35:38.50
forth win the hearts
of the people and then we
00:35:38.51\00:35:41.00
brought the dental
folks in and I want to say
00:35:41.01\00:35:42.64
some but Dr. Cole.
He reminds me of you
00:35:42.65\00:35:46.00
a lot, he had a warm,
joyful spirit about him,
00:35:46.01\00:35:48.62
its his first mission
but he acted as though it
00:35:49.02\00:35:51.84
was his 100th
mission. He love people like he
00:35:51.85\00:35:55.11
don't know why.
Yeah. And so, he was very
00:35:55.12\00:35:57.79
kind of scared
going into this mission
00:35:57.80\00:35:59.41
because this is one is
a remote, okay, and but
00:35:59.42\00:36:02.84
he made a sacrifice
to go, wow, and then he
00:36:02.85\00:36:05.36
wanted to bring his
son, so we said well he
00:36:05.37\00:36:08.01
haven't been trained
but since you're making a
00:36:08.02\00:36:09.97
sacrifice right,
yes bring him on.
00:36:09.98\00:36:11.99
Because we don't take
untrained people, right,
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.76
so he brought his son
and so his son started
00:36:14.22\00:36:16.62
helping him out in
the dental work and so
00:36:16.63\00:36:18.85
forth and I think we
have a still of that with
00:36:18.86\00:36:21.40
him working with his
dad and he is the one in
00:36:21.41\00:36:24.09
the light blue his
dad was pulling 500 teeth
00:36:24.10\00:36:28.54
from visiting
them. Wow, and so they're
00:36:28.55\00:36:30.61
working together and
his son in the evening
00:36:30.62\00:36:32.59
will come to the
evangelistic meeting.
00:36:32.60\00:36:34.72
His son is not
baptized, was not at that time,
00:36:35.38\00:36:37.87
alright. And like
as I mentioned and any
00:36:37.88\00:36:40.23
sane person with
logical, yeah, listen to
00:36:40.24\00:36:44.12
this message
straight from the word of God,
00:36:44.13\00:36:46.28
amen, unadulterated
now he says, she say
00:36:46.29\00:36:48.93
straight from the
word of God, right, he sat
00:36:48.94\00:36:50.83
there from night to
night playing with the
00:36:50.84\00:36:53.23
kids and listen to
the word and that up night
00:36:53.24\00:36:56.06
all to call again,
wow, he came down he was
00:36:56.07\00:36:59.27
baptized, amen, and
his father wept and it was
00:36:59.28\00:37:03.19
the picture of him
being baptized here.
00:37:03.20\00:37:04.96
He was weeping
as he got baptized.
00:37:05.41\00:37:07.11
His dad also wept
never expected it, his mom
00:37:07.50\00:37:10.65
got the call and she
said that when he came
00:37:10.66\00:37:13.09
home he is like a
different person, yeah,
00:37:13.10\00:37:14.96
he says she got the
son that she lost so many
00:37:14.97\00:37:17.14
years ago. Playing
with the kids and that has
00:37:17.15\00:37:19.81
been a good time.
Yeah. So we told Dr. Cole
00:37:19.82\00:37:22.36
that's the blessing
that you mentioned it that
00:37:22.37\00:37:24.59
the blessing you
get when you said where
00:37:24.60\00:37:25.99
God's will look
after your family.
00:37:26.00\00:37:27.53
He comes back. And so
all in NAPS were happy
00:37:27.54\00:37:29.73
with that but Dr.
Cole he is a adventurous
00:37:29.74\00:37:34.37
person and he is
without fear because it's
00:37:34.38\00:37:37.47
not easy going up that
river in that boat, yeah.
00:37:37.48\00:37:40.05
And so now going
into the place we called
00:37:41.16\00:37:44.13
Jericho, the walls
were thick we could not get
00:37:44.14\00:37:47.59
in, okay, you know,
but as again with NAPS we
00:37:47.60\00:37:51.07
will go until we got shut down.
00:37:51.08\00:37:52.74
So we went over
with girls and guys and
00:37:53.43\00:37:55.24
started singing all
the chiefs came out and to
00:37:55.25\00:37:57.41
ask us what our
mission was about.
00:37:57.42\00:37:59.85
We told them and
they asked us if we were a
00:37:59.86\00:38:01.98
religious group we
belong to any church,
00:38:01.99\00:38:03.97
we said no because we
are not a part of that
00:38:03.98\00:38:06.58
Adventist church
we're a independence church
00:38:07.00\00:38:09.26
supporting
ministry, exactly, right.
00:38:09.27\00:38:11.17
And so they said
okay because they didn't
00:38:11.54\00:38:13.73
want any religion
in because they're idol
00:38:13.74\00:38:16.40
worshipers, but we
started singing and they
00:38:16.41\00:38:18.07
love our singing, so
they wants to comeback
00:38:18.08\00:38:20.15
and sing some more. Alright.
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.50
Then we explained
what the songs were
00:38:21.78\00:38:23.14
about and it was too
late now all the kids are
00:38:23.15\00:38:24.81
loving up the NAPS
and were moving into
00:38:24.82\00:38:28.38
the community at that
time, yes, and then we
00:38:28.39\00:38:30.96
brought in the
medical and the dental work
00:38:30.97\00:38:33.40
and then at the end of
that ministry to that one
00:38:33.84\00:38:36.55
village they were
asking now for us to come and
00:38:36.56\00:38:39.20
stay a little
longer with them. Okay.
00:38:39.21\00:38:41.24
So you know
what's gonna happen then,
00:38:41.25\00:38:42.38
alright. I know. But
we are gonna talk more
00:38:42.39\00:38:45.02
about the medical work
there up that river and
00:38:45.03\00:38:47.21
what they have
witnessed and their
00:38:47.22\00:38:49.36
testimonies and what have you.
00:38:49.37\00:38:50.79
Yes, it was so powerful,
it was like, it was just
00:38:51.51\00:38:58.80
powerful we went to
this place and there's
00:38:58.81\00:39:02.16
over 2000 people,
you walk up on the land
00:39:02.17\00:39:05.31
from the river, you see
their alters, you see the
00:39:05.32\00:39:08.00
schools and then
you see the babies with
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.68
these like braided
ropes around their waist and
00:39:10.69\00:39:13.18
you ask what is that
and the mom say oh their
00:39:13.19\00:39:15.53
spirit is in that rope
and we can't take it off or
00:39:15.54\00:39:17.98
they're gonna die, oh
my, and they says other
00:39:17.99\00:39:20.73
spirits live within
them and so you know we're
00:39:20.74\00:39:23.38
treating them
medically and there is one
00:39:23.39\00:39:26.97
instance where I
want Claudie to give
00:39:26.98\00:39:28.55
testimony about
the Christian lady.
00:39:28.56\00:39:32.72
Oh! Yes okay, so this
is a village, mind you its
00:39:33.08\00:39:37.08
2000 people and like
Doc said its basically
00:39:37.09\00:39:38.96
Jericho like no form
of Christianity there
00:39:38.97\00:39:40.87
whatsoever and is
what we knew and so I'm
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.64
triaging, I take
down the individual's name
00:39:43.65\00:39:45.89
before they come in
and so I take down her
00:39:45.90\00:39:47.61
name do the basic
you know hello, how are
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.84
you, and then I give
her a hug and I'm about to
00:39:49.85\00:39:52.47
leave and she said
the word, she speaks in a
00:39:52.48\00:39:55.41
language and I only
know a few but I was
00:39:55.42\00:39:57.95
like tell me again,
tell me again and so
00:39:57.96\00:40:00.18
finally when she said
it a third time I caught
00:40:00.19\00:40:02.45
onto the words
[Foreign Language]
00:40:02.46\00:40:04.25
and I just connected
it what we've learned
00:40:04.59\00:40:06.12
from the Evangelistic
meeting and I was like
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.17
you're asking me if
I believe in Jesus and
00:40:08.51\00:40:10.41
she said yes and I said
yes I do, I do, and I just
00:40:10.42\00:40:13.48
gave her this big
hug and I was like oh my
00:40:13.49\00:40:15.91
goodness, I was
excited because this was a
00:40:15.92\00:40:17.55
shock you know being
in this village. Right.
00:40:17.56\00:40:19.77
And I was like
wow you know what made
00:40:19.78\00:40:21.63
you, once in all but
then you know I can't speak
00:40:21.64\00:40:23.85
to either, which is got
to translated, and so like
00:40:23.86\00:40:25.89
Dr. Marlo, she
actually, I believe in Jesus and
00:40:25.90\00:40:28.58
she does too and
so praise the Lord
00:40:28.59\00:40:30.76
Dr. Marlo treats her,
she prays with her and
00:40:30.77\00:40:34.66
she says there is a
few more Christians out
00:40:34.67\00:40:36.87
there if you like
really, and so we like okay so
00:40:36.88\00:40:39.56
try to get them
and mind you its many
00:40:39.57\00:40:41.32
people out there and
when you go out there
00:40:41.33\00:40:43.36
it's like the people
its aggressive, they're like
00:40:43.37\00:40:45.91
waiting long hours,
they don't want to wait.
00:40:45.92\00:40:48.06
You know and we're
trying to make sure that
00:40:48.23\00:40:49.89
they get treated
when they come in they're
00:40:49.90\00:40:51.28
happy, oh yes,
doctor, they want to sing that
00:40:51.29\00:40:53.75
song, but when they are
out there like I want to
00:40:53.76\00:40:56.00
come and everything
and so we're like tell the
00:40:56.01\00:40:58.81
Christians to
come so we get them to
00:40:58.82\00:41:00.72
come around the
side and I'm like oh my
00:41:00.73\00:41:02.19
goodness Lord this is
so serious faith act right
00:41:02.20\00:41:04.92
now but I'm like
nonetheless we're gonna
00:41:04.93\00:41:06.75
do it, so we get them
in and right when I go into
00:41:06.88\00:41:09.49
call them there is
some lady, I had bickering
00:41:09.50\00:41:12.34
and I'm like what's
going on and there's
00:41:12.35\00:41:13.96
some other villagers
who are standing there
00:41:13.97\00:41:16.26
saying in their
language you're taking them
00:41:16.27\00:41:18.02
because they are
Christians, just because
00:41:18.03\00:41:19.15
they are Christians
you are taking them.
00:41:19.16\00:41:20.37
And I was like oh my
goodness and it's just
00:41:20.69\00:41:23.17
went to show you
the big contrast in the
00:41:23.18\00:41:24.99
village if they're able
to be so angry that they're
00:41:25.00\00:41:28.91
being seen and if
they can say is because
00:41:28.92\00:41:31.13
they're Christians how
can you know that these
00:41:31.14\00:41:33.14
few people are
Christians and it was
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.76
just amazing and the
lady who told us they
00:41:35.77\00:41:37.69
were there we asked
her how many Christians
00:41:37.70\00:41:39.58
are here and she is
like it's a lot, and we were
00:41:39.59\00:41:42.02
like really how many,
and she goes like this,
00:41:42.03\00:41:43.80
and we were like that's
it and she is like yeah,
00:41:44.30\00:41:46.63
and we're like wow ten
Christians, yeah, yeah,
00:41:47.02\00:41:49.98
and it was just
amazing and I just kept praying
00:41:49.99\00:41:52.65
for them, we should do
as they left I was like
00:41:52.66\00:41:54.99
Lord please keep
them because I was just
00:41:55.00\00:41:56.82
thinking what they
would have to deal with.
00:41:56.83\00:41:58.34
How did they hear
about Jesus, right.
00:41:58.35\00:42:00.75
In a place like
that. Well we didn't know,
00:42:00.76\00:42:02.70
you still don't
know, we still don't know,
00:42:03.28\00:42:04.74
we wanna find out
but somebody went out
00:42:04.75\00:42:08.50
there, somebody and
I don't know if they
00:42:08.51\00:42:10.22
were in another city
and they moved to that
00:42:10.23\00:42:12.73
village, it sounds
really good, but I mean the
00:42:12.74\00:42:14.75
ministry there I mean
the medical work really
00:42:14.76\00:42:17.25
did breakdown a lot
of better because even
00:42:17.26\00:42:18.68
though the people
were very aggressive,
00:42:18.69\00:42:20.24
God worked a miracle
and we are able to see
00:42:20.69\00:42:22.50
everybody and we saw
over 500 patients I don't
00:42:22.72\00:42:26.25
know how many days
and you calculate you
00:42:26.26\00:42:28.40
have to have
everything translated, yeah, and
00:42:28.41\00:42:30.60
there is just one
gentleman he was like
00:42:30.61\00:42:32.11
can you please see my
brother, please see my
00:42:32.12\00:42:34.58
brother and we're
like okay we're looking at
00:42:34.59\00:42:37.39
there and we see
all these people and he
00:42:37.40\00:42:39.35
goes to take his
brother and he brings him back
00:42:39.36\00:42:41.76
in a wheelbarrow.
And so we tried to
00:42:41.77\00:42:44.35
help him out of
the wheelbarrow and he
00:42:44.36\00:42:46.27
was like one day my
brother woke up and his
00:42:46.28\00:42:48.50
speech is funny and
he can't move the right
00:42:48.51\00:42:51.28
side of his body,
yes but they don't know,
00:42:51.29\00:42:54.00
they don't know
they have high blood
00:42:54.50\00:42:55.94
pressure and so we
were able to explain it
00:42:55.98\00:42:58.37
to them and to care
for them and that's when
00:42:58.38\00:43:00.44
one of our NAPS
mate she just broke down
00:43:00.45\00:43:02.10
crying as they put him
back in the wheelbarrow.
00:43:02.11\00:43:04.52
But, what we did is we
cared for them like they
00:43:04.88\00:43:09.27
were our own members,
yes, and the head chief
00:43:09.28\00:43:13.12
he saw that, now mind
you this is where there
00:43:13.13\00:43:15.81
is no church or
anything he saw that and he was
00:43:15.82\00:43:18.81
the first to get
treated and we worked there
00:43:18.82\00:43:20.94
all day at the end of
the day he walked us back
00:43:21.26\00:43:24.49
to the river at the
boat, and he said I've heard
00:43:24.50\00:43:28.59
that you guys are
preaching the Gospel in
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.96
another village when
are you gonna bring the
00:43:31.97\00:43:34.25
Gospel to this village
and our mouth just dropped.
00:43:34.26\00:43:38.08
And we are like
what, you know this is like
00:43:38.53\00:43:41.46
amazing, Jericho, yeah
Jericho, its like praise
00:43:41.84\00:43:43.75
the Lord and God is so
good and so I get ready
00:43:43.76\00:43:48.47
and then there was
like another village down
00:43:48.48\00:43:50.19
the river called
Gestinson and we went
00:43:50.20\00:43:53.13
there and we did the
medical work there and
00:43:53.14\00:43:55.60
Dr. Paul, he brought
all these reading glasses
00:43:56.32\00:43:58.70
and so he was able
to you know do their
00:43:59.07\00:44:01.60
because a lot of
ladies so and the older men
00:44:01.61\00:44:04.10
they read and they were
so happy like I can see,
00:44:04.11\00:44:07.08
I can see, so again and
they're excited and after
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.67
we finished doing the
medical work there that
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.72
captain he said, I will
give you land to build a
00:44:12.73\00:44:15.92
church, yes, yes, if
you come to my village and
00:44:15.93\00:44:18.91
so the word had
spread because meanwhile the
00:44:18.92\00:44:21.69
village that we're
living in because we lived
00:44:21.70\00:44:23.68
with the people, we eat
with them everything, yeah.
00:44:23.69\00:44:26.59
So the people from
the village that we were
00:44:26.60\00:44:28.43
stationed at
apparently were spreading the
00:44:28.44\00:44:31.14
word of what we
were doing and the
00:44:31.15\00:44:33.06
evangelistic meanings
and when we were first
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.24
going up the river in
the canoe this is what we
00:44:35.25\00:44:37.81
would get from
passer -byers, yeah, yeah,
00:44:37.82\00:44:41.17
you know nothing but
after like the medical
00:44:41.73\00:44:45.57
work and the
dental work. It was.
00:44:45.58\00:44:47.42
Yeah, words gets
around. Hey, hey,
00:44:47.91\00:44:49.86
you know it can really
and this is a beautiful
00:44:50.03\00:44:52.13
picture of Claudie
and that little girl.
00:44:52.14\00:44:54.96
I wanna talk a little
bit about how the work set
00:44:56.37\00:45:00.94
off really in that
small village that we went
00:45:00.95\00:45:02.89
into, because the
whole place was blocked off.
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.27
They did not want any religious
00:45:05.28\00:45:06.96
activity there,
alright. So we took a small
00:45:06.97\00:45:08.96
village called
[Foreign Language]
00:45:08.97\00:45:11.18
and there we set up
just about a 100 persons
00:45:11.76\00:45:13.88
there and they were
so happy because they
00:45:13.89\00:45:15.87
were the forgotten village.
00:45:15.88\00:45:17.23
They are the
poorest, they are the poorest
00:45:17.79\00:45:19.00
of them, all do in
nakedness everywhere
00:45:19.01\00:45:21.03
and we did take
clothes and clothed them and so
00:45:21.04\00:45:22.82
forth, and it was like
a beautiful experience.
00:45:22.83\00:45:24.42
So the first day we
had a trainer with us from
00:45:25.03\00:45:27.08
the city his name
was Mr. Blackman and
00:45:27.09\00:45:29.63
praise the Lord for
the team in Suriname
00:45:29.64\00:45:31.86
pastor, the
president pastor Gudge,
00:45:32.29\00:45:34.75
and Pat they're
solid soldiers that have
00:45:34.80\00:45:38.00
soldiers that
have pushed forth, they
00:45:38.01\00:45:39.05
have this happen in
the town and in their
00:45:39.06\00:45:41.17
country and so at this
village we explained to
00:45:41.18\00:45:45.42
Pastor Blackman
how NAPS operate.
00:45:46.69\00:45:49.06
We don't push our
message on anyone,
00:45:49.33\00:45:51.39
if they want it
they'll ask for it.
00:45:51.40\00:45:52.72
So we started
having devotion in the
00:45:53.34\00:45:56.19
morning, we treat the
kids with medicine and
00:45:56.20\00:45:58.03
so forth. So
Sabbath morning we have no
00:45:58.04\00:46:00.33
devotion and we
do skits and drama.
00:46:00.34\00:46:02.14
We do more
preaching through skits and
00:46:02.15\00:46:04.01
dramas
especially in those areas.
00:46:04.02\00:46:05.57
So we started with
the, was it the Noah's Ark
00:46:06.14\00:46:08.89
and the villagers are
just going about doing
00:46:09.47\00:46:11.54
their work but they
saw the kids outside
00:46:11.55\00:46:13.58
practicing their
skits to come inside due to
00:46:14.21\00:46:16.98
compound where you
were. And just as we expected
00:46:16.99\00:46:19.94
they came and
pulled the curtain back and
00:46:20.39\00:46:22.03
said could we be a part
of this we would like to
00:46:22.04\00:46:24.18
see this, yeah, praise the Lord.
00:46:24.19\00:46:26.18
We took the
curtain down and we had
00:46:26.52\00:46:28.94
church with them
that Sabbath and then they
00:46:28.95\00:46:30.91
said they wanted
to know more then we
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.56
started preaching
everyday to them, alright.
00:46:32.57\00:46:34.69
And that is when
the other villages heard
00:46:35.09\00:46:37.13
about it, okay and
saying that they will,
00:46:37.14\00:46:39.49
they like what
was happening, sure.
00:46:39.75\00:46:41.33
Also we got to school
and went talk about the
00:46:41.54\00:46:43.57
school what
happened there and what
00:46:43.58\00:46:45.07
kind of programs you had there.
00:46:45.08\00:46:46.23
Yes! Okay so God is so good.
00:46:47.02\00:46:49.55
We're able to do
children's student
00:46:49.56\00:46:51.08
programs in a
village called Yao Yai,
00:46:51.09\00:46:54.05
now mind you [Foreign Language]
00:46:54.06\00:46:55.23
which Dr. Paul said
had about a 100 people
00:46:55.24\00:46:57.59
didn't have a school
of their own so they would
00:46:57.90\00:46:59.93
walk about two miles
to Yao Yai and so there
00:46:59.94\00:47:03.80
when we first came at
first we worked in the
00:47:03.81\00:47:06.83
schools, the
principal allowed us to work in
00:47:06.84\00:47:08.94
the school. We teach
them English and math
00:47:08.95\00:47:11.95
and we also had a
section what we call
00:47:11.96\00:47:14.58
Biblical morals
and we share with them
00:47:14.59\00:47:16.70
scriptures and more
skits and I'm just really
00:47:17.02\00:47:20.64
shared them the love
of God who will play with
00:47:20.65\00:47:22.44
them for recess
and things like that.
00:47:22.45\00:47:24.25
And so the kids
started to love us first and
00:47:24.60\00:47:28.63
I think that really
is what opened the doors
00:47:28.64\00:47:30.38
it allow us to do
Bible studies in their homes
00:47:30.39\00:47:32.81
and so but eventually
the principal found that
00:47:33.22\00:47:36.25
we were not
Catholic as he was and so he
00:47:36.26\00:47:40.58
stopped us from
working in the school
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.06
during school hours
but he still said that
00:47:43.07\00:47:45.66
we could come after
school and work there,
00:47:45.67\00:47:48.16
so we're still like
praise the Lord you know we
00:47:48.17\00:47:50.17
still have a place
that we can share and teach
00:47:50.18\00:47:53.26
them and I'm just
love them so much, led them
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.71
to Jesus and so
we started children's
00:47:55.72\00:47:58.20
programs that about
four in the afternoon
00:47:58.21\00:48:00.76
and kids were
still coming, they would
00:48:00.77\00:48:02.22
walk two miles you
know they would walk
00:48:02.23\00:48:04.09
home and then walk
back to Yao Yai and the
00:48:04.10\00:48:06.03
kids in Yao Yai would
come and meet us there.
00:48:06.04\00:48:08.18
Sometimes we would
have 35 to 50 kids and
00:48:08.50\00:48:11.20
we're just sharing
and doing skits and
00:48:11.21\00:48:13.57
continuing to
teach them about God and
00:48:13.58\00:48:16.90
also teach them
English and math and things
00:48:16.91\00:48:18.62
like that and it's
just I just learned how much
00:48:18.63\00:48:22.45
love can bring people
to Jesus and I wish you
00:48:22.46\00:48:27.65
could be there to
hear them because the
00:48:27.66\00:48:30.05
memory verses that
we taught them were in
00:48:30.06\00:48:31.61
Dutch because that's
the language that they
00:48:31.62\00:48:33.19
speak at school and
so for kids who didn't
00:48:33.54\00:48:37.06
know about God you
know who didn't know
00:48:37.20\00:48:39.15
that God loved them
are now walking around the
00:48:39.16\00:48:41.54
village saying
[Foreign Language]
00:48:41.55\00:48:44.30
and that means
yeah, I love thee,
00:48:44.31\00:48:47.66
that's Jeremiah
31:3, yea, I've loved thee
00:48:47.67\00:48:50.48
with in everlasting
love is what God is saying
00:48:50.49\00:48:53.53
and may know that now
and so I just know that
00:48:53.54\00:48:56.69
they opened the doors
for us to be able to do
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.44
Bible studies in
their very homes.
00:48:58.45\00:49:00.39
What language
were they speaking?
00:49:00.40\00:49:02.25
They were
speaking a language called
00:49:02.58\00:49:04.03
Saramaccan which is a
dialect from Taki Taki,
00:49:04.04\00:49:08.23
which is a
dialect from Dutch, yeah,
00:49:08.24\00:49:10.98
so teaching them the
Bible verses were also
00:49:10.99\00:49:14.96
able to do it in
Dutch, so it's like two birds
00:49:14.97\00:49:17.56
with one stone tied
by teaching them Bible,
00:49:17.57\00:49:19.96
love of God and as
well as Dutch a language
00:49:19.97\00:49:22.70
that they need us
to speak in school.
00:49:22.71\00:49:24.22
Right okay. And you
have translators over
00:49:24.42\00:49:27.00
there, you have
translators with you,
00:49:27.01\00:49:28.38
yes there were so
helpful they're the
00:49:28.39\00:49:30.97
reason why we're
able to even learn it
00:49:30.98\00:49:33.76
ourselves to teach
it to them, yeah, okay.
00:49:33.77\00:49:36.19
Then finally they
had baptism if you don't
00:49:36.83\00:49:39.03
have baptism I guess
you have, that's right
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.44
and so it was a
joyous day I think for
00:49:41.64\00:49:43.60
everyone, oh yeah, to
see not only Dr. Cole's
00:49:43.61\00:49:47.36
son get baptized but
the chief got baptized,
00:49:47.64\00:49:50.08
the chief, yes,
the chief got baptized,
00:49:50.09\00:49:51.81
I think we have a still
on that, wow, that's the
00:49:51.82\00:49:55.34
chief, yes Joshua in
the back there, alright,
00:49:55.35\00:49:58.03
and that's Pastor
Blackman baptizing and
00:49:58.04\00:50:00.18
one translator
present and then a young man
00:50:00.19\00:50:02.97
he was a Catholic
something we don't
00:50:02.98\00:50:05.33
know but he came out
to our meeting that's
00:50:05.34\00:50:07.07
him right there.
Okay. This man is very,
00:50:07.08\00:50:08.91
very wise,
people of them are very
00:50:08.92\00:50:10.77
intelligent though,
oh yeah, living in a hut
00:50:10.78\00:50:12.52
doesn't mean that
they're not intelligent,
00:50:12.53\00:50:14.15
this young man has
some privilege to learn
00:50:14.52\00:50:16.44
that, yes and so
he is now the leader,
00:50:16.45\00:50:19.68
he is now building
the church in his land,
00:50:19.69\00:50:23.17
yes this young man
has cut a tree down a
00:50:23.18\00:50:25.01
massive tree and then
making boats of it now
00:50:25.16\00:50:27.58
to start and he is so
happy that he has found
00:50:27.59\00:50:30.30
this new found truth.
Wow. And so we all are
00:50:31.18\00:50:33.29
happy. And we have a
testimony to share with
00:50:33.30\00:50:35.68
us I know, oh my
personal experience.
00:50:35.69\00:50:39.17
Yeah. Okay well I
was born and raised
00:50:39.26\00:50:42.32
Adventist, my
parents, I love my parents so
00:50:42.33\00:50:45.68
much they just
wanted me to be raised in
00:50:45.83\00:50:48.17
admiration of the
Lord, yeah, so I mean I was
00:50:48.18\00:50:51.04
home schooled, I
went to Adventist schools
00:50:51.56\00:50:53.59
like they you know we are afraid
00:50:53.60\00:50:54.78
of the public
system. So, you know my whole
00:50:54.79\00:50:57.58
life I had the
privilege of knowing about God
00:50:57.59\00:50:59.78
and his love and
things like that but what
00:50:59.79\00:51:02.59
comes with that as
well is not being aware that
00:51:02.60\00:51:04.80
people don't know
God as you do and that's
00:51:04.81\00:51:07.47
how I was comfortable,
completely comfortable
00:51:07.48\00:51:10.43
going to church
every week, singing the
00:51:10.44\00:51:12.45
children's choir. My
dad was first elder and
00:51:12.46\00:51:14.83
things like that.
But I didn't know being
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.11
raising in
America that's a Christian
00:51:17.12\00:51:18.42
country that people
did not know about God
00:51:18.43\00:51:21.63
and so when I have
the call to come on YOD
00:51:22.13\00:51:25.30
little that I know
that it would be the best
00:51:25.69\00:51:27.98
experience of my
life and I remember I used
00:51:28.39\00:51:30.51
to pray in high
school like Lord my parents
00:51:30.52\00:51:33.23
have wonderful testimonies
of how God has brought
00:51:33.24\00:51:35.73
them to you but I
want testimonies of my own,
00:51:35.74\00:51:38.47
yeah, I would like a
faith that's good and
00:51:38.48\00:51:40.29
grounded in you for
myself and so I didn't
00:51:40.30\00:51:43.74
know that you know a
couple of years later
00:51:43.75\00:51:45.50
that God will answer
my prayers by sending
00:51:45.51\00:51:47.86
me to Suriname,
South America where
00:51:47.87\00:51:50.55
I saw signs and wonders of how
00:51:50.56\00:51:53.14
amazing God is. I
saw people we actually
00:51:53.15\00:51:56.45
did Bible studies
together with a lady
00:51:56.46\00:51:57.86
named Bianca and
I remember when we
00:51:57.87\00:52:00.05
first came she was not
willing us for real and
00:52:00.06\00:52:03.49
so we just kept being
persisting and persisting
00:52:03.50\00:52:05.53
with her and
eventually like she knew the
00:52:05.54\00:52:08.19
memory verses and she
was able to answer the
00:52:08.20\00:52:10.42
questions in the
evangelistic meetings
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.08
and she had made that
decision to get baptized
00:52:12.28\00:52:14.53
herself and some
circumstances came up
00:52:14.54\00:52:16.86
to where she
couldn't but I know the Lord
00:52:16.87\00:52:19.19
saw her stand up in
her heart and so I just
00:52:19.20\00:52:21.42
praised God like I
just saw God's power and
00:52:21.43\00:52:24.57
his love all through
that and there is no way that
00:52:24.58\00:52:27.06
you know I can go
back, come back to
00:52:27.46\00:52:29.55
America and be the same like.
00:52:29.56\00:52:31.43
I just want everyone
who is listening young
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.98
people or old
people or like to know that
00:52:33.99\00:52:36.72
God has something for
you as well, especially
00:52:38.06\00:52:40.57
young people He
wants to give you your own
00:52:40.58\00:52:42.25
testimonies but you
will have to stand up for
00:52:42.26\00:52:44.53
Him and go out
there and we want to win
00:52:44.54\00:52:46.39
souls as well and
its, I've never been more
00:52:46.40\00:52:48.75
happy then I'm now ever. Sure.
00:52:48.76\00:52:53.81
It's a pleasure
working with these young
00:52:53.82\00:52:55.89
people, oh, yeah.
They, they say I inspired
00:52:55.90\00:52:58.03
them but they
inspired me, they inspired you,
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.06
yes and like we called
her our song bird she is
00:53:00.07\00:53:03.92
constantly singing
she will make up songs
00:53:03.93\00:53:06.29
with kids name in it
and make them feel loved
00:53:06.30\00:53:08.51
and special and
Claudie she was working with
00:53:08.52\00:53:11.11
me in the clinic and
she will kneel on the dirt
00:53:11.12\00:53:13.90
ground by the patients
and she will put her arm
00:53:13.91\00:53:16.75
in their arms she
will just look at them with
00:53:17.04\00:53:18.81
just loving eyes and
just you know and I see
00:53:18.82\00:53:22.09
those eyes and I
know what they're saying,
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.48
I want you to have
eternal life you know.
00:53:23.49\00:53:25.86
And hugs them up and
loves them and so its
00:53:26.13\00:53:28.87
like you know we
can't do this work without
00:53:28.88\00:53:31.46
every part of their
body, that's right, and medical
00:53:31.47\00:53:34.07
is one aspect but the
beautiful songs and the
00:53:34.08\00:53:36.71
hugs and the love
that kind of composes the
00:53:36.72\00:53:39.88
whole thing and that's
what wins souls to Christ.
00:53:39.89\00:53:42.52
Well listen these
stories are just so exciting to
00:53:42.93\00:53:45.74
me and they thrill me
if you would like to get in
00:53:45.75\00:53:49.08
tough with NAPS and
there are many reasons
00:53:49.09\00:53:51.72
why you should.
One is to contribute
00:53:51.73\00:53:54.32
and other would be
to ask for this book
00:53:54.69\00:53:56.84
another would be to
volunteer and or if you
00:53:57.53\00:54:02.28
want to ask them to
come to your church,
00:54:02.29\00:54:04.00
yes, this is how you
can get in touch with them.
00:54:04.01\00:54:06.28
If you would like
to contact Dr. Anthony
00:54:08.19\00:54:09.90
Paul or if you like
to support The National
00:54:09.91\00:54:11.99
Association for
the Prevention of
00:54:12.00\00:54:13.74
Starvation, you may do
so in a variety of ways.
00:54:13.75\00:54:16.59
You can write to
NAPS, Box 196, Oakwood
00:54:16.97\00:54:20.72
University, Huntsville,
Alabama, 35896, that's
00:54:20.73\00:54:24.83
NAPS, Box 196,
Oakwood University,
00:54:24.84\00:54:28.90
Huntsville, Alabama, 35896.
00:54:29.04\00:54:31.61
You can call
256- 726-7056, that's
00:54:32.16\00:54:35.88
256-726-7056, in
addition you can visit
00:54:35.89\00:54:40.78
their website to find
out more about the ministry
00:54:40.79\00:54:42.97
and their international
mission outreach at
00:54:42.98\00:54:45.28
napsoc.org, that's napsoc.org.
00:54:45.29\00:54:51.06
Well you'll be sure
to get in touch with them
00:54:53.34\00:54:54.99
and also give us a
call because we want to
00:54:55.00\00:54:57.47
send you this book
right here and free offer book
00:54:57.48\00:55:02.40
Education and you
can call us at what's our
00:55:02.41\00:55:06.66
number, 618-627-4651
or you can contact us by
00:55:06.67\00:55:13.79
going online at
3abn.org, freeoffer@3abn.org.
00:55:13.80\00:55:22.10
So you can do
that and we would be
00:55:22.73\00:55:25.96
more than happy
to send it to you.
00:55:25.97\00:55:27.63
Before we leave I'm
going to ask us to have
00:55:28.29\00:55:31.06
a word of prayer,
yes, and I'm gonna ask you
00:55:31.07\00:55:36.46
Claudie, if you'd pray
for us, yes, and we pray
00:55:36.47\00:55:39.29
for those that are
involved, those at home
00:55:39.30\00:55:42.48
and we may still be
praying when we go off
00:55:43.01\00:55:45.13
the air tonight so if
you are we hope you'll join
00:55:45.14\00:55:48.80
us with us in
prayer. We are gonna join
00:55:48.81\00:55:50.31
hands as we pray.
Claudie, would you
00:55:50.32\00:55:52.37
lead us, yes sir.
Dear Heavenly Father,
00:55:52.38\00:55:54.86
Lord Jesus, thank
you so much dear Lord for
00:55:54.87\00:55:57.08
your everlasting love dear Lord.
00:55:57.09\00:55:58.85
Your love that
has brought us to You,
00:55:58.86\00:56:00.95
dear Lord and that given us this
00:56:00.96\00:56:02.23
opportunity to
experience what it truly
00:56:02.24\00:56:04.06
means to labor for
souls just as you have done
00:56:04.07\00:56:06.73
for us dear Lord. I
pray that all of us to have
00:56:06.74\00:56:08.97
experienced this
scene and heard this may not
00:56:08.98\00:56:11.28
let it go in vain but
that you may prick our
00:56:11.29\00:56:12.88
hearts and compel
us to stand for you.
00:56:12.89\00:56:14.75
Dear Lord do not hide
our light or take your
00:56:15.14\00:56:17.28
love for granted but to
go out there and fulfill
00:56:17.29\00:56:19.12
our obligation to
share with others.
00:56:19.13\00:56:21.03
Thank you for
everything, bless all the
00:56:21.32\00:56:22.76
souls I've been
touched once again and bless
00:56:22.77\00:56:24.70
3ABN and all the
contributors dear Lord.
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.32
Thank you so much, in Jesus name
00:56:27.64\00:56:29.00
I do pray, amen, amen, amen.
00:56:29.01\00:56:32.30
We're so happy that you
could be with us doctor,
00:56:32.81\00:56:34.90
yes thank you, and
each one of you thank you
00:56:34.91\00:56:37.79
for coming. You
fired me up I'll tell you,
00:56:37.80\00:56:41.09
this has been
long hard week for us
00:56:41.10\00:56:43.52
here, but when we hear
stories like these, wow,
00:56:43.53\00:56:46.84
it's exciting. Well
listen I know you're excited at
00:56:46.85\00:56:49.48
home, remember to
hold on to Jesus to trust
00:56:49.49\00:56:53.10
in him, to keep on,
keeping on with Jesus,
00:56:53.11\00:56:57.41
he's our Lord, he's
our God, he's our Savior,
00:56:57.92\00:57:00.15
he's our Creator and
He is coming back soon
00:57:00.53\00:57:03.45
I want to be ready to meet him,
00:57:03.95\00:57:05.42
don't you? God bless you.
00:57:05.77\00:57:07.24