What do you do when you
have a world-wide ministry
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and your physician tells you
that you have multiple sclerosis
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stay tuned to find
out... My name is Yvonne Lewis
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and you're
watching Urban Report...
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Hello, and
welcome to Urban Report...
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My guest today is
Atonte Myers, Vice President of
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Power of the Lamb Ministries,
and co-host of Battles of Faith
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with her husband,
Pastor Ivor Myers...
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Welcome to
Urban Report Atonte...
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Thank you Yvonne,
thanks for having me.
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Yeah, I am so glad you're
here.. It's so good to have you.
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Great... I am very
happy to be here...
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Now you are
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part of this
really powerful ministry
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with your husband,
Power of the Lamb ministries,
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and co-host of Battles
of Faith, and you're a mom,
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tell us about what led up
to the diagnosis that you're
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going to share with us today...
Well, it was in December,
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right before Christmas,
and we had just returned from
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one of the youth conferences
that we had just attended,
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and I got really sick
with the flu... actually a few
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of the kids got sick
with the flu as well...
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and so we were a pretty sick
household... at that time...
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and so I was really just lying
in bed for most of the week
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because I just felt so
horrible, and during that time,
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I just noticed that my
right leg was tingling...
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all the way down to my toes,
and you know, the first day,
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I just thought, "That's weird,"
on the second day, it's not good
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third day, this is really weird.
By the fourth day, I told my
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husband about it and he said,
"Well, it's probably because
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you've been lying in the
bed all week," and I thought,
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that's probably not it, so
I decided to go to the doctor
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actually, I went to the
ER doctor, I think it was
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the weekend and it just
really made me very scared
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that the tingling just
kept getting worse and then
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there was numbness with it as
well so I went to an ER doctor
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because I couldn't wait until
Monday, I was really scared,
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I didn't know what it was,
and that doctor did a lot of
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blood tests and he said,
"You know what, your blood work
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looks great, you are a very
healthy person, but I am going
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to refer you to a Neurologist,
that you need to call on Monday
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because the only thing
that I can think it could be
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is multiple sclerosis...
So, I just had heard that name
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before but I had no idea
what it was, so when I went...
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I made the appointment on
Monday with the Neurologist,
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and he did his test
where they poke you, you know,
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they try to see...
they poke your legs and your
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face just to see what
kind of sensation or feeling
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that you have, and I
definitely did not have the same
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sensations on both sides
when he would poke me on my left
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side or my right side...
he had me walk in a line,
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and I was able to walk straight
and different the things like
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that but he was still concerned,
so they did two MRI's on my
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brain and on my spine and they
found what they call lesions
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which are marks from the MS,
from what it does to the cells,
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and so he went ahead and
did a spinal tap and after
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the spinal tap was the
final conclusion where he said,
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you definitely have
multiple sclerosis...
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My! so what was going through
your mind when he told you this?
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Well, I was praying that it
would not be multiple sclerosis,
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because it took a few weeks
for them to finally come to that
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conclusion but once it was
a sure thing, I don't know,
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I just thought, "You know God
you don't allow things to happen
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that you don't prepare us for,"
and even though I never saw
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this coming, I just
felt like I can do all things
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through Christ... so I
never really got too terribly
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discouraged at the beginning,
I wanted to be strong,
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for my husband and for
our children because we have
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four children and I just
didn't want them to get scared
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that something was
going to happen to mommy...
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so I really just kind of...
God really just kept me very
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strong when I first
heard of the diagnosis.
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That's wonderful, that's where
our faith in God and knowing
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that as you said... He
basically He doesn't give us
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more than we can
handle, and He will support us
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throughout every trial,
so knowing that and having
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tested that and having
found that God is faithful,
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you knew that He would
bring you through this...
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and that's
amazing... I did... to be honest
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I was scared because
it was the unknown...
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but I just was having blind
faith that He could do it...
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that He could
bring me through this...
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Yes, yes, tell us a little bit
about MS... do they know where
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it comes from, what are the
symptoms... tell us a little bit
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about the condition itself.
Well, that's a good question,
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and well there are two different
schools of thought when it
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comes to auto-immune
diseases but specifically MS...
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they believe that...
one school of thought is
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they believe that your immune
system is just very, very hyper,
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overly active... and
so it's attacking the
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myelin sheath around your cells,
which is the fatty tissue around
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your cells, and when
that happens, it's very...
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the communication from the brain
to the cells gets messed up
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and so you can find that
people have a difficult time
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walking... or they can go
blind because the myelin sheath
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around the nerve cells
in your eyes are getting
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so eaten away and so the
communication is just not there
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and so you can go blind...
so many different things
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can happen... as you know,
if your cells get messed up,
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or if there's not
good communication...
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Another school of
thought, you know, agrees that's
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what's happening, but
they just don't believe
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that it's because the
immune system is too hyper
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they believe that it's a
virus within the system and so
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the immune system is trying
to actually kill that virus,
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that is in the body, and
so again there's two different
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schools of thought and so it
just depends on who you believe.
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Yeah, yeah, one thing that I
noticed when I used to practice
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Natural Medicine in Dallas,
and one thing that I noticed
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is that a couple of patients
with MS and there was an
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emotional component...
something had happened,
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maybe in the past or
there was some unresolved issue
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that kind of precipitated
the condition and I find that
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in many cases, there
are certain we are just...
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we're not isolated beings,
all of our systems are kind of
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interdependent... so the
emotional, spiritual, physical
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we're holistic basically
and so sometimes there are also
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things that, you know, from the
past or issues that we haven't
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resolved that can also
lead to that... in any disease,
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not just MS... but Cancer,
I found it in Cancer patients,
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because again we're
holistic beings and again,
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this is where our faith in
God comes in... this is where
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our dependence upon Him to
resolve whatever the issue,
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whether it's physical,
emotional or spiritual...
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whatever the issue is, it
becomes like a cooperative thing
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where we cooperate
with God to resolve it...
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So how did you balance
as mom and vice president of
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Power of the Lamb ministries,
and wife and all that...
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how did you balance all of
this, once you found this out?
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Well by God's grace, He
gave me strength everyday
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to be able to still do all of
the many things that I was doing
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I was diagnosed in
2009 and I think we probably
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traveled more that year than
any other year before that time,
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doing ministry and my husband
is also a pastor of a church so
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we can't leave that out either.
So you are a first lady as well.
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That's right, so God just
gave me a lot of strength,
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but I have to say,
when I was diagnosed,
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you know, they immediately
wanted to put me on a
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large dose of steroids
and you know, I just really,
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really prayed
about it and I mean...
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I really prayed about it and
I just felt like the Holy Spirit
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God was telling me...
that's not the course I want
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YOU to take, and so, I
didn't do that... and so
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I immediately took the natural
course and I started researching
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and other people who had MS
and were getting the victory,
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and living above the symptoms,
and I started implementing
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into my diet, into my life
some of the things that they
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were doing... and I was
actually feeling really good...
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I started to feel a little
bit better than I did before,
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I had it as far as
energy and things like that,
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That's the other big thing with
MS is that your energy level...
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you have chronic fatigue...
so that's like the biggest thing
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that I am always trying
to fight or keep at bay...
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What are some of the
other symptoms Atonte of MS?
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Besides fatigue and numbness
and tingling, you can have some
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memory loss... just confusion,
you know, I haven't had
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things like where I can't walk,
or I can't get out of bed but,
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people do have those things, a
lot of people are in wheelchairs
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or they walk with a cane,
because they are just so wobbly
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or they just don't strength
in their legs, or in their arms,
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to be able to carry
things or to carry themselves,
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to get from one place to the
next-so those are some symptoms.
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And so, prior to your beginning
these natural remedies,
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what symptoms did you
specifically have... besides the
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numbness and tingling in
the right leg, did you have
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other symptoms as well? I
did start to have the fatigue,
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pretty badly before I really
got into my routine of what
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started to heal me... and
so I did have chronic fatigue
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where I could sleep all
night and then go to bed early
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and wake up
extremely tired or I was...
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prior to my diagnosis,
I was running at the gym
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like three miles on the
treadmill and then I remember
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going back to the gym,
and I couldn't do that,
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the tingling and the
numbness were just too much...
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I just didn't have
the energy to do it...
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Yeah, I'm thinking as I'm
listening to some of these
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symptoms, I'm thinking...
I might need to go and have a
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little test myself, I am
tired all the time too...
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so it's very important, I
think, for our viewers to know
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that if you are having certain
symptoms, you need to have
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them checked out... go and
get a diagnosis and find out
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just what's going on with
you, because how do you know
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if you don't go and check... so
many times we neglect ourselves
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we say, "Awww, I'll deal with
it later," or "I'm not going to
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worry about it now," but
the longer you let it go,
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the worse it can get... so
you took charge of your health
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and that's another
important point Atonte,
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because so many times, people
just kind of let things go,
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they listen to maybe one doctor
or not get more than one opinion
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and then they don't take
charge of their own health,
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it is your body, it is your
temple, it is what God has given
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and trusted you with and
so we have to take charge of
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our own health... in
fact, statistics bear out that
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the patients that get the
best results are those that take
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charge of their own health.
So you took charge, you say that
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you did natural remedies,
you started looking into
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natural remedies...
tell us about that...
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That's right, it's
very interesting because my
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neurologist, off the
record, you know, he said,
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after he officially gave me
the diagnosis, I started talking
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to him about some of
the research I had done,
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and he told me, off the record,
he said, "You know, if I... "
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actually he said, "The patients
that I diagnosed with MS,
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that do go the natural route,
actually tend to do a lot better
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because they are taking charge
of their health, and so that was
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just like a validation.
I felt... from someone who
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studies medicine... he
was, you know, encouraging me
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to do all that I could
do, to help my body, and so
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I took the school of thought
that's out there about MS,
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that it's a virus and I
had another doctor test me for
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a certain virus that some
natural practitioners believe
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that MS is, and that test came
back positive and so what I do
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basically is... I treat my body
like I have a virus because I do
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so I don't eat refined
sugars, I'm actually gluten free
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I found that whatever, and
that gluten itself is not bad
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I don't know if it's all
those chemicals that they use
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to process food, I'm
not sure exactly what it is,
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but when I take or eat
gluten and put it in my body,
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it definitely stirs up the
virus or the MS and it becomes
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very active and very
much so, prevalent in my body
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and all those symptoms start
to come back. I think one of the
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most important things is...
I have found that as soon as
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I stress out, as soon as
I stress out, or get angry,
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the tingling and the
numbness come back instantly!
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Isn't that interesting! Yeah...
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That's the emotional component
of the disorder... Atonte: Yes
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you know there's an
emotional component,
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so you're saying that
that's one of the triggers,
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stress or anger...
That's definitely one of the
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triggers... definitely,
stress, anger, it's like
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"Hey, I just need to allow
God to live in me and be holy,"
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because, when I get upset,
it's just like... that's it...
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MS is there, so there are
a lot of spiritual lessons
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I have learned through this
but... again I just try to eat
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things in their most natural
state, and believe it or not,
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I'm trying to increase my
immune system to fight the
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virus even more effectively
so I can keep the symptoms
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at bay... so that's how God
has led me... I'm not a doctor
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so I'm not telling
anybody what they should do,
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but I just felt very impressed
that that's what I should do
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and God has blessed me, I mean,
I feel really, really good...
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I am able to do...
like I said... I was running
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three miles prior to
my diagnosis... right now,
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my workout is: I do Insanity...
and I don't know if people know
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YOU DO INSANITY? I do
do insanity and I thought
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it was insanity, at first,
but I really actually like it,
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I mean, it's hard, I was
afraid of it but it's not as
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scary as it looks in the
commercials... and I even
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just yesterday actually,
tried a new gym called Crossfit,
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which is a new thing...
which is supposed to be this
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very intensive thing so I
just keep challenging myself,
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because I want my
muscles to stay strong...
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and exercise actually
helps me, when I don't exercise,
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the fatigue sets
in, much, much more...
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so I have to exercise, I have to
keep the eight laws of health,
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that God has given us in
His Word to stay healthy.
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Tell our viewers what
those eight laws are...
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Well, one is
nutrition, exercise, water,
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trust in God, rest...
getting proper rest...
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that's huge-going to bed between
the 9 and 10 o'clock hour
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is best... 10 and 11
is OK but after 11:00,
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I don't get the best rest,
exercise, sunshine, temperance,
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did I hit all of
them... because I'm just going
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one by one... Trust
in God is the last one...
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...and Trust in God...
which is the whole stress part,
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which covers the stress
issue because I only stress
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because I am not trusting
in God when a situation hits...
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I need to just trust in
God, instead of allowing that
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situation to stress
me out... And Water...
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...and Water yes, definitely
water to drink, definitely water
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I have to stay very
hydrated, but the nutrition is
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really, really huge in just
keeping things very basic and
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simple... so I am
a vegan, vegetarian,
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I find that I do much
better on that diet as well.
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And so, what you found is
that, your symptoms initially
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were pretty pronounced
and now, where are they now?
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Where are your symptoms now?
If I keep those 8 laws of health
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and do everything
that I am supposed to do,
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my symptoms are at bay.
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Again, as soon as I don't
get the proper rest, which is,
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you know, it's
difficult sometimes for me...
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my biggest issues are to manage
my life so that I can keep my
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body in that state,
that it needs to be so,
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if I don't get proper rest,
then and I am going to have to
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really stick with the schedule,
make sure the kids are doing
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what they are supposed
to be doing so I can get
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that proper rest and all of
those things... so, you know,
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like today... I mean, I
feel great... I feel great...
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Praise the Lord, we
praise the Lord for that,
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isn't it amazing how
God has given us everything
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we need to be healthy, in
these 8 remedies, you know,
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the nutrition piece is of course
critical because it's a...
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the body is a chemical kind
of organism so the chemicals
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that we put into the body,
they impact the functioning
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of the body... just like the
gas that you put into a car...
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impacts the car. So,
we have to give the body
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the right fuel, so if
we give it what it needs,
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it can do what it needs to
do to heal because we've been
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created that way. So
you... praise the Lord that
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He has given you... has led
you to these 8 laws of health...
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Did something happen
that led you to try this?
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Was there something specific
that led you to try this?
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Well, real quick
before I answer that...
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I think I left out sunshine,
I'm not sure but that's
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one of the 8 laws of health...
No, you said sunshine...
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I did say sunshine...
just wanted to make sure... OK
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but, you know, I come from
a family that's very health
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conscious... I had a great
grandmother who I loved dearly,
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who just died seven years
ago, she lived to be a 101...
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extremely health conscious...
and that kind of just
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went from generation to
generation, so my mom actually
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had been diagnosed
with an auto-immune disease,
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when I was a very little
girl and she dealt with it
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naturally as well and it's
in remission for over 30 years,
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and so when I was diagnosed,
it wasn't that foreign to me
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to think... Okay, let's
see what I can also do...
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to help beat this disease or be
able to live above the symptoms
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and so when I started
praying and God just led me
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to these answers and
there were so many stories on
00:21:08.13\00:21:11.70
the internet when I
typed in "Natural Cures" or
00:21:11.73\00:21:15.27
"Those who got victory over
MS naturally" there were just
00:21:15.30\00:21:18.61
tons of stories from all
different kinds of people,
00:21:18.64\00:21:21.91
from all around
the world and I thought
00:21:21.94\00:21:25.21
you know, I am a very
strong-willed personality
00:21:25.25\00:21:27.82
just ask my
husband... and so I was thinking
00:21:27.85\00:21:30.69
if other people can do
something I can do it too...
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this is just another
fight on my hands that I can,
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with God's grace,
I can fight this...
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and I want to say, I have two
neurologists and one neurologist
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he told me that, you
know, with African-Americans
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when they get MS, it
usually... hits pretty hard and
00:21:50.37\00:21:54.41
it progresses really quickly...
and just recently, I thought
00:21:54.44\00:21:59.21
about what he said and I
truly just believe that because
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within our culture and within
our communities many times
00:22:04.05\00:22:08.86
eating healthy is not priority,
and I think because of that,
00:22:08.89\00:22:13.43
that is why when African-
Americans get diagnosed with MS
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the disease seems to
just take a life of its own...
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and even seems to be worse
than in people of other races
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with the same disease...
That is such a good point,
00:22:27.44\00:22:31.01
because I think that
too often we don't really,
00:22:31.05\00:22:34.55
as African-Americans...
we don't make the connection
00:22:34.58\00:22:37.79
between nutrition and disease...
you know, which is why we are
00:22:37.82\00:22:42.69
the forerunners for the major
chronic diseases.. hypertension,
00:22:42.72\00:22:46.76
cancer, diabetes, I
mean... we are at the front...
00:22:46.80\00:22:50.13
forerunners for those diseases,
so that is such a good point
00:22:50.17\00:22:54.97
and I think that's why it hits
us harder because the nutrition
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is often so not good
because we tend to do a lot of
00:22:59.77\00:23:03.98
fast foods and fried foods and
lots of meats and all of that
00:23:04.01\00:23:08.75
so actually that's why
we have Dare to Dream...
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a shameless
plug... Praise the Lord,
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.49
because we have programs that,
you know, help to teach people
00:23:14.52\00:23:18.76
how to eat and how to prepare
their foods and how to live more
00:23:18.79\00:23:22.96
healthfully so
that is a great point...
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What advice would you give to
someone, Atonte, that has just
00:23:27.20\00:23:32.57
received a diagnosis
that's frightening... like MS or
00:23:32.61\00:23:37.25
cancer or something like that...
what advice would you give
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as having received that kind of
diagnosis yourself, what would
00:23:41.75\00:23:45.15
you say to that person?
You know, that's a very good
00:23:45.19\00:23:50.29
question.. but the first thing
I would say to that person is
00:23:50.33\00:23:54.73
that they need to pray,
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.20
hopefully, they are a Christian,
but if not, pray to God but also
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to do a lot of research on
the disease and also just listen
00:24:01.37\00:24:08.44
to other people's testimonies
on how they were able to
00:24:08.48\00:24:12.55
live above the disease, and
live a normal, happy life...
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do not become afraid of all
of the stories that you hear
00:24:17.42\00:24:21.22
about how horrible some people
are doing stay away from that
00:24:21.26\00:24:25.36
and focus on those who are
doing better with the disease
00:24:25.39\00:24:29.63
and just don't be discouraged
because there's many of us
00:24:29.66\00:24:33.90
who are living very
well with this disease.
00:24:33.94\00:24:37.11
Thank you, so
you're saying "Pray first"
00:24:37.14\00:24:40.88
you're saying, "Be
positive" because you said,
00:24:40.91\00:24:43.71
"Don't listen to
all the negative stuff"
00:24:43.75\00:24:46.28
you're saying,
"Do a lot of research"
00:24:46.31\00:24:48.78
in other words, "Take
charge of your own health"
00:24:48.82\00:24:50.99
and then just
"Keep moving forward"
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That's right, that's right.
Great, great, so tell us now
00:24:57.26\00:25:01.96
about your ministry and
what you're doing and how
00:25:02.00\00:25:06.40
Power of the Lamb ministries
is doing... tell us about that.
00:25:06.43\00:25:09.54
Well, our ministry is, you
know, my husband used to be
00:25:09.57\00:25:17.78
had a rap career... he used
to to be a hip-hop artist and he
00:25:17.81\00:25:22.25
became a Christian and
since then we got married
00:25:22.28\00:25:27.46
and had children but people
always want to hear his story on
00:25:27.49\00:25:32.19
how God was able to
lead him from that industry
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.60
to becoming a pastor and so
we travel all around the world
00:25:34.63\00:25:39.27
sharing that story but
also our passion in our ministry
00:25:39.30\00:25:43.34
is to get people to
study and to go deeper into
00:25:43.37\00:25:46.24
the Word of God so we now have
events... one event is called
00:25:46.27\00:25:51.41
Arme Bible Camp and we teach
people how to arm themselves
00:25:51.45\00:25:56.58
with the Word of God by
studying the deep things of
00:25:56.62\00:26:00.26
God's word and also a
very heavy emphasis on prayer,
00:26:00.29\00:26:04.93
so we do Arme Bible Camps,
we do revivals at churches,
00:26:04.96\00:26:09.53
just really getting the young
people on fire for the Lord,
00:26:09.56\00:26:13.50
showing them that God's
Word is not a boring book
00:26:13.54\00:26:15.90
but an exciting book that
should definitely be a part
00:26:15.94\00:26:19.27
of their lives and really
just introducing them to Jesus.
00:26:19.31\00:26:22.58
That's great. Thank you so much
Atonte for being with us today
00:26:22.61\00:26:28.52
we appreciate your testimony,
your ministry and we look at
00:26:28.55\00:26:34.39
people like you and... I
say people like you meaning
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.99
that you are on the front
lines of the battlefield and we
00:26:37.03\00:26:40.96
look at you and we're
grateful for your service.
00:26:41.00\00:26:43.97
So thank you so
much for all that you do
00:26:44.00\00:26:46.20
for the cause of
Christ. Praise God and thank you
00:26:46.23\00:26:49.00
for having me.
Sure... today you've heard a
00:26:49.04\00:26:52.81
testimony that proves that
the Lord works in various ways
00:26:52.84\00:26:56.54
to accomplish His goals...
He has set laws into place and
00:26:56.58\00:27:00.25
if we follow
them we can be healed.
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.85
Please note that we're not
telling anyone to stop seeing
00:27:02.88\00:27:06.69
their physician or
just drop your medication...
00:27:06.72\00:27:09.26
that would be irresponsible.
But we do suggest that you
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.99
incorporate natural remedies
into your regiment and talk to
00:27:13.03\00:27:16.67
your physician
before making any changes.
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.20
Remember the 8 laws of health
nutrition, exercise, water,
00:27:19.23\00:27:24.51
sunshine, temperance,
fresh air, rest and trust in God
00:27:24.54\00:27:29.78
and also, I have
the "Great Days" theory
00:27:29.81\00:27:32.45
Good nutritious food, rest,
relaxation and stress reduction
00:27:32.48\00:27:36.65
exercise, adequate hydration,
thoughts that are positive,
00:27:36.69\00:27:40.86
detoxification, the
acid-alkaline balance,
00:27:40.89\00:27:44.59
yielding to God and
His plan for your life,
00:27:44.63\00:27:48.30
and supplementation.
These things are critical and
00:27:48.33\00:27:52.87
crucial for good health.
Well, once again, our time has
00:27:52.90\00:27:56.71
slipped away from us.
Thanks so much for tuning in.
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.48
Join us next time. It
just wouldn't be the same
00:28:00.51\00:28:02.91
without you.
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