Jesus met people at
their points of need...
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Stay tuned to meet a
young man that's following
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after Christ and
meeting the needs of
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inner city children and youth...
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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My guest today
is Keith Hackle...
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Outreach Coordinator
for Harbor of Hope Ministry
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in Benton Harbor,
Michigan... welcome Keith...
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Hey, thanks for
having me today, how are you?
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Great... praise the
Lord, thank you for being here
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You're doing well?
I'm doing wonderful...
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Oh, that's
great... that's great...
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You know, I had the opportunity
to meet and talk with you
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at this past ASI... we
did a brief interview then,
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and I wanted to bring you
back to really expand some more
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about Harbor of Hope Ministries,
so, let's talk a little bit
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about you and then,
let's talk about the ministry
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that you're doing...
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Where did you grow up Keith?
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio,
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inner city and
we bounced around...
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I went to probably
7 different schools
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from Kindergarten to High
School single-parent household
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I knew my dad but
he really wasn't around
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so, Cincinnati is
where I was brought up
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and just got the
blessing a year-and-a-half ago
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of actually moving outside
of Cincinnati for the first time
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to Michigan... Yes...
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so it's been
different... Yeah...
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it's been nice... Now,
why did you move around
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7 times... why
were you moving so much?
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My mother was a... like
I said... a single parent
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and sometimes we were
able to stay with a relative
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or sometimes finances were okay
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for us to be in a
better neighborhood
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we just depending
on her finances...
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her personal
situation that dictated
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where we would be at a
certain point in my life.
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Wow... so was that hard on you
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or did you just
kind of roll with it?
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It was very difficult I
was able to play sports,
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so that helped me
to kind of overlook
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those situations and
I've always been able
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to kind of mingle with
individuals and be friendly
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so that allowed
me to make friends
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regardless of where we were
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but at the same
time, it did draw me closer
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to my mother... and then
I had two younger sisters
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we became more
close-knit as a result of having
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only each other
every time that we moved
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to a different location...
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Yes... yes that
would be difficult because
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you have to make new
friends you have to adjust to
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a whole new environment
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sometimes you're not
living in your own space...
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so that had to be...
that had to be challenging
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for you but also I can
see how it could draw you
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closer together... did
you grow up in a Christian
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home... was your
mom a Christian... or
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Um... my mother...
there were talks of Christ
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we went to
Church twice a year...
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so Easter and
Christmas those were the times
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that we would go to Church
so it wasn't a Christian home
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in the sense that every
single day you're starting
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with a word from God
and every day you're ending
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with a word from God
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we knew to pray and we
knew to do certain things
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but it wasn't that structure...
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Christian structure
that individuals need
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as they are being brought up,
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Yes, yes... it was
kind of an occasional thing
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not a regular routine
kind of... integrating God into
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your-daily-routine
type of situation
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Correct... So, at what point
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did you come to know
the Lord for yourself?
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I would say I was
about 17-years-old
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What happened? Well,
I had gone through a lot
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like I said, my dad wasn't there
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so I began to
look to the streets
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for examples of how to be
a man, the things to do...
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and a lot of
those things as you know
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were bad
examples... so I got myself
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in a lot of trouble
and I had a friend though
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that went to Church
funny... even though we were
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getting into a lot of
trouble his mother was a Pastor
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and he went to
Church on a regular basis
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so he invited me one
day... and it was there
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sitting in the pews the
Pastor was doing a sermon
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about giving your life to Christ
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and how you don't have to
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keep going
through the same cycles
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over and over again...
that you see your relatives
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and family members go through
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and it was at that
time that I walked up
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for the appeal
and at that time...
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I began my walk with Jesus.
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Wow... you know... I
want to talk about that
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for a minute Keith
because this is so important
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for our viewers to know...
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number one... number one
is that you can get caught up
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out there... and
that there are so many
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distractions for
you as a young person
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there are so many... and
an older person... I mean...
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there are so many
distractions out there because
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Satan just has all
of these other things
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for you to get
into... Correct...
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so, there are so many
distractions out there
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but you don't
have to stay in that...
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That's true...
you have alternatives,
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there are options... God
has something better for you
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and so... you know
that God called you
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from that life that
you had gotten tired of
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and God placed
you in a situation
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where you could
hear about Him...
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and that's what you're
doing with Harbor of Hope
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that's what it seems
to me you're doing...
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you took your... and
we're going to talk about
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Harbor of Hope of course,
but you took... your whole...
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the trajectory of your life...
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the path that
you were going down
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and God's been able to
turn that around and now
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you can use that to help
others that are going through
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that same kind of thing...
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God is so... to
me... and you know
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I mean... He's so awesome...
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He's awesome... He's
awesome... yes He is...
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and I think if
people really knew
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who He was and how he was...
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they would want to try
Him out You're right...
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just try it...
because what you're doing
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is not making you happy, right,
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I mean, were you
happy at 17, were you happy?
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I wasn't happy and I
think what Satan does
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is he does an excellent
job of making you seem like
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while you're in
it... you're happy...
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a lot of times, while
you're out in the streets
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while you're doing all the
negativity... it seems like...
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you're having fun...
but it was those times...
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when I was alone... actually...
when no one else was around,
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that God would
speak to me and it's like,
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"Dude, you're not happy
with what you're doing...
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you're not receiving the joy
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that you could be
receiving right now... "
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and I thank Him also,
because He put individuals
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in my life that
encouraged me to be better
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Hmmm... while
there were individuals
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who told me... that by 25...
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I would be in
one of two places...
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either dead or in
jail... there were also
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individuals in my
life, through sports
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and things like
that they were like...
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"Hey, I want to
put you in a position
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where you're going to be
the leader of this team... "
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they were saying to
me... "You have talent...
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you have an
ability... you can stop leading
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individuals to the wrong way
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use those talents
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and lead them to do
something positive... "
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and that's what
it was all about...
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and I think that's our call
also as we're in the Community,
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we're
interacting with individuals
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is to give them
that encouragement
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to let them know that
God has something better
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for them... and
that's what it's about...
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Yes... yes...
there is something better
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you don't have to be
stuck in that whole negative
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lifestyle... you can
have an abundant life...
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no matter how much
money you have or don't have
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it's not about the money so much
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as it is about the
mind-set, you know...
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I tell people
that money can come...
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you follow your
passion, God can bless you,
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you give to the Lord's causes,
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and money can come
so it's not about money,
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it's about your mind-set...
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and God wants to give
you a different mind...
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"Let this mind be in you
that is in Christ Jesus... "
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so, He wants to
change the way you're going
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and the way you're
thinking and put you
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onto another
path... and, you know,
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another thing
that you said, Keith,
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to me that was so significant
was... you talked about
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how, there were some
people that really told you
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they were only two things...
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two ways you're going to end up
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either in prison or in jail...
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I mean... in prison or dead...
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but then... there were
others that encouraged you
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and told you that
there was greatness in you
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there were
things that you could do
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that could change
your circumstances
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if you would speak a
little bit about that
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and tell us how
Harbor of Hope is doing now.
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Not a problem, I think
that's vitally important
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in everyone's life... if
you look at where we're at
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Harbor of Hope...
we're operating in the
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inner city of Benton
Harbor, and in that environment
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we have a lot of
individuals that aren't trying
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to do their homework...
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they go to class everyday
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and they're going to asleep...
they're not picking up their
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books and reading anything,
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they're not trying to
do the Math assignments
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and I believe that
a reason for that...
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a big reason
contributing to that is because
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they've been told... for
the majority of their lives
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if not all of their
life, that they "Can't"
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individuals are telling
them "you can't do this,
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you can't do that... "
whether it's their parents
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when they come home or
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their friend while
they are outside playing
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all they keep hearing is,
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"You can't... you
can't... you can't... "
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and over time what happens...
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is that individuals
begin to believe that,
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"I can't... I can't... I can't"
God blessed me with individuals
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that came and even when I
said, "I can't" they were saying
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"You can... " Yes...
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and they were pushing me to
do what I didn't even believe
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that I could do...
they were pushing me and
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daring me to even
dream... and now as we go out
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we tell these kids
whether they're in the 5th Grade
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or whether they
are in High School...
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we're challenging
them to dream big...
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even if it doesn't make sense,
because that's essentially
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what God has called us
to do, He has called us
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to trust in him... Yes...
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He's called us to
build a relationship with Him
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and He has called us to
believe that even in those times
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where it doesn't
look like it's possible...
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as long as we trust in
Him, and allow Him to use us
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in the way that
He wants to use us...
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that we can do anything...
and that's essentially
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what Harbor of Hope is
doing we're out here...
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we're encouraging
everyone in the Community
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that they can
overcome their circumstance...
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Yes... this is so...
this is just so important
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and this is so much of
what Dare to Dream is about
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I mean... just the
name Dare to Dream...
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this is what it's
about... knowing that
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you can do
anything by the grace of God
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and God will help you
to achieve those goals
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as long as those
goals are in compliance
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with His will for
you... You're right...
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You're right...
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Tell us...
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what is Harbor of Hope really...
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I mean... tell us
about the ministry...
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What is Harbor of Hope?
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Harbor of Hope...
it is just that...
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it's a harbor of hope...
again, we're in Benton Harbor
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we're in a city
where jobs are gone...
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we're in a city where
pregnancy for young girls
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is through the roof...
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we're in a city where young men
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are going to
jail at an early age
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and individuals are
dropping out of School
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and what's happening is that...
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there's this
environment of individuals who
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don't believe that
they can do anything...
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Hmmm... so, as a result...
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they're looking for something,
they're looking for hope
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and they can
come to Harbor of Hope
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and they receive
the word from God
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and they receive
messages that say,
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"Listen, God loves
you... you were created
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with a purpose... God
wants you to do something
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in your sphere of influence
and even in the world... "
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and if you look
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at what we've been experiencing
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at Harbor of Hope and
helping these people to...
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these individuals to see
this... and to believe this
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and then to carry it
out in their lives...
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what's happening is that...
gradually families are being
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affected by this and then...
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by the families... the
neighbors are being affected
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Yes... and the
classmates are being
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affected... and
it becomes contagious
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Yes... if you
feed into individuals
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that they're not
going to be anything
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that becomes contagious...
but if you feed the hope
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into the individuals,
and just let them know that
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that Jesus loves
you... and so do I...
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I'm going to walk with
you through this thing...
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we've been
seeing... amazing growth...
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Praise the Lord...
tell us about some specific
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instances where
children or young people's lives
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have been changed as a result
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of the intervention
of Harbor of Hope...
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Awesome... there
are a lot of stories
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but one... that I
would like to touch on is...
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a young lady... and she has a...
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there are actually two of them,
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and they attend the
Church on a regular basis...
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they come... and
they receive the Word
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we sit down and
we eat meals together
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we do Bible
Studies... we play games...
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there are a lot of
things that go on...
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while they're there
at Harbor of Hope...
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but what I found with
her mother coming forward
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and requesting baptism,
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we started doing
the Bible Studies...
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and when I was in
the home one day...
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mommy cooked dinner
and the kids came down
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they looked into the
kitchen and they're like,
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"Mom, what's for
dinner?" they looked in the oven
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and they come in the room...
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where we're doing the
Bible Study and they said...
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"Mom, is this
something I can eat?"
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and it amazed me because
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you think sometimes that
you're telling these kids
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these stories... and it's going
in one ear and out the other...
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but already what they've done is
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they've kind of
"dared to be a Daniel... "
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I'd like to say...
they're looking at the diet
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and they're looking
at what God has said
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that He doesn't want
us putting in our body,
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and they're saying...
even in this environment
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where unclean foods
are running rampant...
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I mean... everybody eats unclean
foods in these environments...
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they're saying...
even in this environment
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I'm willing to
say, "No" to this thing
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and what has happened
is mom has begun to adjust
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the menu that she puts
together for her kids...
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so now, she's not putting
those foods before her kids
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and she's recognizing that
that if they're going to be
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involved in this... and
they're going to feel this
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way about this thing,
then she too believes that
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she needs to start
understanding those things...
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so it becomes more than
just activities on the Sabbath
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and it becomes more
than just leaving home...
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it's becoming more...
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"I'm leaving home
and I'm coming back,
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I'm going to give to you
everything that I've received
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and that's that Jesus wants us
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to have a better life
than what we've had... "
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Oh, that's
great... that's great...
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so, Harbor of
Hope is it a Church...
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is it a Program,
what is Harbor of Hope?
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Harbor of Hope is
definitely a Church
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we get together
on Sabbath morning...
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we pick the kids up...
those that don't have rides
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and their
parents... we bring them in...
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have lunch... have
breakfast in the morning
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then we have
Divine Worship Service
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and then we have Sabbath School,
and then we have lunch...
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but along with that...
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the things that we do on Sabbath
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we also have other
activities that the kids can get
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involved in... we
have a mentoring program
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we have Thursday
night basketball program,
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we have activities where
we go out to the Community
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and we take the
Church to the Community,
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there are a lot of
things that are going on
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in Harbor of Hope...
Wow... that's incredible
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what is the
population that it serves...
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what are the
ages that you serve...
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well, it depends on the
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different facets...
for the regular church
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anybody is
invited anybody can come
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and if you need a ride,
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we'll come and get
you, where you're at...
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then there are
programs, each Sabbath School
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is branched
off... by the age group
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the activity... when
we go to the Community,
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and take the
Church to the Community
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every Friday and Sabbath,
that is for the younger group
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ranging from 3 to 12...
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the mentoring
group is from 13-17...
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Basketball on
Thursday nights is for anyone
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ages 11 through... we
have individuals that are 25
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and older that come
out and play basketball...
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so there's a range of
activities and individuals
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that we look to reach...
through this ministry...
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Wow, that is so incredible...
because, again, it meets people
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at their points of
need... you are feeding them...
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you feed them breakfast? Yes...
00:16:50.75\00:16:52.77
so you give them
the physical food
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you give them the spiritual
food then you hit them back some
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physical food...
and you're teaching them
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how to eat...
because one of the things
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that you mentioned
about that family...
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where the children
were telling the mom...
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how they can't eat this...
and they can't eat that...
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and the mom finds
out what's good to cook
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so it does kind of
spread out over the family,
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the
neighborhood, the Community...
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that's exactly...
what we should be doing...
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it's practical Godliness,
it's living out... the Word...
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Yes... and that is incredible...
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so, when a child gets picked up
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do the parents go as well,
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there's a bus or something
isn't there that picks up the...
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Correct... there's a
bus that picks them up...
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we would love for the parents
to come but unfortunately
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all parents don't
attend, that's where my focus is
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as the Outreach
Coordinator, I do visitation
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and I go into the homes
and what we've found is that
00:17:55.92\00:17:59.00
if you can reach
someone, by just treating them
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as an individual...
treating them as an individual
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talking to them...
seeing what's on their mind
00:18:05.43\00:18:07.97
understanding their
problems, praying with them,
00:18:08.01\00:18:10.52
and then coming
back and asking about
00:18:10.55\00:18:12.57
those prayers that
you prayed about...
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how's God been answering,
and praising God every time
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they give you
feedback... you're just building
00:18:17.34\00:18:19.91
a relationship with
them, then gradually
00:18:19.95\00:18:22.10
what happens is that
the parents begin to come
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we have many instances in
which the kids started coming,
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and they've seen how
it's affecting their children,
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and then the parents
have come, so, it's a gradual
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intentional
thing... we're not accidently
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building relationships
with individuals...
00:18:37.26\00:18:38.83
but we're intentionally building
relationships with them,
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so that when
they finally do come,
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they feel
comfortable and they understand
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that the same love
that we've showed them
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before they got there,
is going to be shown to them
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when they get to the Church...
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Wow, that, again...
that's a wonderful thing...
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because, that word "intentional"
that word "intentional"
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is so important...
because this is not haphazard...
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this is not random...
this is part of a plan...
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you build relationships,
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why? because
there's trust there...
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if they can trust
you... then, they can trust
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your opinion on
what's good, what's not...
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and then... your
opinion can lead them
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to the ultimate
opinion, which is the Word...
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so, I mean, you
know, because you're...
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hopefully, everything
that you're leading them to
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is ultimately leading
them to the Word of God
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and that is...
that's a critical thing...
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Yes... it is...
So, are you find that
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people are sharing
the Harbor of Hope Program
00:19:36.18\00:19:41.21
with others in their
Community telling them about it
00:19:41.24\00:19:44.55
and then...
bringing more children
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in to the
Program... is it growing?
00:19:47.39\00:19:50.08
Definitely... definitely...
it's definitely growing
00:19:50.11\00:19:52.59
and we started out with one bus
00:19:52.63\00:19:55.12
and we had to go to two buses
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and these are school
buses that are picking kids up
00:19:57.61\00:20:01.22
and what happens... when
a child likes something...
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when anyone like
something... you end up telling
00:20:05.01\00:20:07.64
people about it... Yes...
00:20:07.67\00:20:09.05
and then when you
communicate it with that passion
00:20:09.09\00:20:12.07
and that vigor...
what happens is that
00:20:12.10\00:20:14.41
individuals want to
experience it themselves...
00:20:14.45\00:20:16.35
Yes... that's what happens
00:20:16.39\00:20:18.87
with us being intentional
about our relationships
00:20:18.90\00:20:21.20
that we're building
with the kids and the parents
00:20:21.23\00:20:23.72
individuals are saying,
"Yes, this is something good,
00:20:23.76\00:20:26.22
this is something real,
this is something different...
00:20:26.25\00:20:27.92
that we've never
experienced before...
00:20:27.95\00:20:29.60
Exactly... this is what makes
Harbor of Hope different...
00:20:29.63\00:20:33.98
Yes... because
it's not just a Church,
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that's open every
Saturday, Hmmm... hmmm...
00:20:36.62\00:20:39.92
this Church is open...
how many days of the week
00:20:39.96\00:20:42.94
do you do your various programs?
00:20:42.97\00:20:45.60
We have a Thursday, a Friday,
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Sabbath of course,
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and then... we have a Sunday...
and then there's visitation
00:20:51.72\00:20:54.57
even throughout the week...
00:20:54.60\00:20:55.78
where we're going into the homes
00:20:55.81\00:20:58.53
even if we're not visiting
the parents, so to speak,
00:20:58.56\00:21:01.55
we're visiting the
kids... and we're saying,
00:21:01.59\00:21:02.75
"Hey, how's your week going,
do you need help with anything?"
00:21:02.78\00:21:04.89
and that's where the
Mentoring Program comes in
00:21:04.92\00:21:06.77
that takes us
outside of just the Sabbath
00:21:06.81\00:21:10.69
and the other
Programs, and it's like,
00:21:10.73\00:21:12.37
"Hey, we're going to
also help you with School...
00:21:12.40\00:21:14.16
we want you to be
successful in School,
00:21:14.19\00:21:15.81
we want you to dream
big, we want you to become
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.86
doctors and lawyers,
and we're going to show you
00:21:17.90\00:21:19.84
how to do that... "
Yes... yes... let's talk a
00:21:19.88\00:21:21.96
little bit about
that Mentoring Program,
00:21:21.99\00:21:25.04
do you have... are
there Church members
00:21:25.07\00:21:27.98
that are
volunteering to do the mentoring
00:21:28.02\00:21:30.94
do you bring in
people from the Community,
00:21:30.98\00:21:33.87
how does that
work? It's a variety,
00:21:33.90\00:21:36.32
we have, of course, we're not
that far from Andrews University
00:21:36.36\00:21:39.63
so, there are individuals...
students from Andrews University
00:21:39.67\00:21:42.91
that come out and help,
they help with the practical...
00:21:42.94\00:21:46.74
because a lot of these
kids are in High School
00:21:46.78\00:21:49.11
and they want to go to College,
00:21:49.15\00:21:50.18
and it's like,
"Okay, if you want to go
00:21:50.21\00:21:51.28
to College, this is
what you need to do... "
00:21:51.31\00:21:52.36
we have Church
members, we have individuals
00:21:52.40\00:21:55.51
from the Community that
are all coming together,
00:21:55.54\00:21:57.94
as a team, as a
family, and we'll say,
00:21:57.98\00:22:00.05
"Okay, if this is what you
want to do... we're going to
00:22:00.09\00:22:02.90
walk along with you and
we're going to help you achieve
00:22:02.94\00:22:05.72
your goals... "
That is wonderful!
00:22:05.75\00:22:08.17
so how many different Programs
00:22:08.20\00:22:11.15
do you have
running... with Harbor of Hope?
00:22:11.18\00:22:13.90
We have
00:22:13.93\00:22:16.70
5 Programs... at the
moment... 5 Programs... yes...
00:22:16.73\00:22:19.90
Wow, would you name them for us?
00:22:19.93\00:22:21.15
That's the T and L...
which is the Open Gym Basketball
00:22:21.19\00:22:25.82
on Thursday nights...
Kids' Zone which is taking
00:22:25.86\00:22:29.24
the Church to the Community
on Friday and Sabbaths...
00:22:29.27\00:22:32.72
then we have the
regular Harbor of Hope Programs,
00:22:32.75\00:22:36.74
we have SOTC and there's
another one that I'm missing
00:22:36.77\00:22:40.72
that I know is
going to come to me
00:22:40.76\00:22:43.05
a little later...
00:22:43.08\00:22:44.92
That's okay...
what's SOTC... what's that?
00:22:44.96\00:22:46.77
That's the mentoring...
that's "Soldiers of the Cross"
00:22:46.81\00:22:49.29
Oh... nice... nice... nice...
00:22:49.32\00:22:52.93
Are you finding that
children and young people
00:22:52.97\00:22:56.07
are open to getting baptized...
00:22:56.10\00:22:58.37
are they excited about it
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.64
are people doing it,
00:23:00.67\00:23:02.83
what's happening
with the baptisms?
00:23:02.87\00:23:04.42
There are baptisms,
it's a little difficult
00:23:04.46\00:23:07.73
because we're
dealing with children...
00:23:07.77\00:23:09.03
but we've had... we
always end... every service
00:23:09.06\00:23:13.91
with an
appeal... there's an appeal
00:23:13.94\00:23:15.49
for individuals to come
forward, even when we go
00:23:15.52\00:23:18.30
to the Community... or
even talking about baptism,
00:23:18.34\00:23:21.09
we're letting kids
know that there is a God
00:23:21.12\00:23:23.63
that loves you...
that created you...
00:23:23.67\00:23:25.55
and He wants you to
spend eternity with Him...
00:23:25.58\00:23:28.68
even in the SOTC
Program there are children
00:23:28.72\00:23:31.75
that have been in the Church
00:23:31.78\00:23:32.89
and they've
gone to Bible Studies
00:23:32.92\00:23:34.55
and they've been
baptized so on every front
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.37
there's an opportunity
and there are individuals
00:23:37.41\00:23:39.91
that have
actually have been baptized
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.74
through
interacting with the Program...
00:23:41.78\00:23:43.94
That's great...
what is your vision
00:23:43.98\00:23:46.07
for Harbor of Hope...
what do you hope to achieve
00:23:46.10\00:23:50.37
through this Ministry?
00:23:50.41\00:23:52.10
Excellent question...
and like I said earlier,
00:23:52.13\00:23:55.93
I've been taught to dream
big, I have a friend who says,
00:23:55.97\00:24:00.23
"We serve a big
God... and as a result
00:24:00.27\00:24:02.92
we need to start
asking Him for big things... "
00:24:02.96\00:24:05.13
so, what I look at
in Harbor of Hope is
00:24:05.17\00:24:07.90
I say that... in
the next couple of years
00:24:07.94\00:24:10.60
what we are going to
do is get more acquainted
00:24:10.64\00:24:12.33
with the people
in the Community,
00:24:12.37\00:24:13.57
what individuals are
going to start to see
00:24:13.61\00:24:15.49
because there are
kids that have grown up
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through Harbor of
Hope, that are now...
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on their way to College
and what they're going to see
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is that through this
Program, through this Church
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and through the
other activities,
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the kids come here,
they get motivated...
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they get
encouraged to be great...
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and what's happening
is... they're not just receiving
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the encouragement,
but they are actually
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applying it...
and then the parents
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are also... seeing change
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where they're making
differences in their jobs
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and making
differences in the Schools
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that they go to...
there are a lot of things
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that are happening
right now, what I see is that
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Harbor of Hope is going
to be that "Beacon of Hope"
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for Benton Harbor
that is going to change
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the trajectory of this City...
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Wow... that would
be so wonderful...
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and I say
"Would" but it "Will be"
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because that is the
plan... Yes... yes...
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that is the Divine
Plan... that Harbor of Hope
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is actually a "Harbor of Light"
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in a dark place... Yes...
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and so...
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that is a wonderful thing
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What would you
like our Viewers to know
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about their
circumstances, and the lives
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that they are living
now... what would you tell...
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Viewers that are caught
up in negative lifestyles...
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like you were at 17...
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what would you
say to that Viewer?
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To the Viewer... I would say...
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"I've been where you
are... a lot of times
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you hear
messages from individuals
00:25:39.35\00:25:40.94
and they're telling you
what you should or shouldn't do
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.81
and these
individuals haven't necessarily
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walked in your shoes...
you feel but I've been there...
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and I fully understand
where you're coming from
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I understand how you feel,
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I understand that...
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in those nights
when you are alone...
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and you're in your
room and you're not happy,
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with what you're experiencing,
00:25:56.48\00:25:57.86
and what I want you to
know is that there's a happiness
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for you... and
that happiness is found
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in Jesus Christ... find
someone in your Community
00:26:02.93\00:26:05.83
that's a model... a
model of positive things
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not negative things...
and attach yourself to them...
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attach yourself to the Bible
and start reading the Word,
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find in your Church...
someone who cares about you
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and loves you and
that will help you
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to understand
those things in the Bible
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that don't make sense...
and gradually what will happen
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through your
prayers, through your efforts
00:26:24.32\00:26:26.41
is that God will
start to mold you
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and grow you into the young man
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or young woman that
you would like to be...
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Wow... God has a plan for you...
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and you need to experience it...
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you need to see it
and you'll be happy
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when you do... Amen...
thank you so much Keith,
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tell our Viewers how
they can reach you...
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what's your
contact information...
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My contact information
is... keithhackle@yahoo. com
00:26:46.13\00:26:51.98
or you can send us an e-mail
to harborofhope@gmail. com
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All right... and your website?
00:26:57.87\00:27:00.14
The Website is...
00:27:00.17\00:27:01.89
harborofhopesda. org
00:27:01.93\00:27:08.12
and or dot com
00:27:08.16\00:27:16.46
Okay... that's
great... thank you so much...
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thank you for being with
us, for sharing your vision
00:27:19.49\00:27:23.44
and your Ministry
with us, we so appreciate
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.87
all that you do for
the cause of Christ...
00:27:25.90\00:27:28.23
Harbor of Hope
Ministries is doing great things
00:27:28.26\00:27:32.18
for the Lord...
this is so important
00:27:32.22\00:27:35.23
because... really...
wherever you're planted...
00:27:35.26\00:27:37.97
you can do... great things...
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there is something in
you... that wants more...
00:27:40.18\00:27:44.09
and God has
something better for you...
00:27:44.13\00:27:47.56
so just focus on
Him... and ask Him
00:27:47.60\00:27:50.94
what is His plan for you?
00:27:50.97\00:27:52.58
Well, we've reached
the end of another Program,
00:27:52.62\00:27:55.29
thanks for tuning
in... join us next time...
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because it just
wouldn't be the same...
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without you...
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