Stay tuned to our broadcast
where I'll give you something
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to chew on... My
name is Yvonne Lewis
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today is Pr. GW Chew
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a gourmet vegan chef and pastor.
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Welcome to Urban
Report Pastor Chew...
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Hello, how are you doing?
Doing great, praise the Lord,
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how are you doing?
I'm doing excellent...
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that's great... I'm
so glad to have you here
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thank you so much for
taking the time to do this.
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It is definitely a
pleasure for me as well...
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Thank you... thank
you... so, "Chew"... "Chew"
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where did that name come from?
how did you get the name "Chew"
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that's your real name isn't it?
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That's my real
last name, exactly...
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Wow, did you get teased a lot?
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You know, I got teased
more on my first name...
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growing up... and
then as I get older,
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I get more teased
on my last name...
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Now, your first name is...?
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It's really GW...
it's just two letters...
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No... it doesn't stand
for anything... it's GW
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That's my real
name... exactly...
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GW Chew... GW
Chew... and actually
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my father's name was
Grandwell Waymond Chew
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and I got the "G" from
Grandwell and "W" from Waymand
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and that's how I
got the name GW...
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so, that's my real name...
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All right... all right...
and so, when did you find
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how did you get the name... give
us a little history about that
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Yeah no problem... it's really
an interesting story for me
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you know, I'm a chef
and so I go by... Chef Chew
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and so... believe it or not...
when I was three weeks old
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the Lord allowed me to get
adopted into a wonderful family
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and so, I was
actually adopted into a family
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that had this last name Chew...
and I'm African American family
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and it's just been a blessing...
they actually led me to the Lord
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you know, through my
family, my uncles and my aunts
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and it's just
been a... kind of...
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the name has kind
of given me my destiny,
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it's kind of
amazing... and being adopted...
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Isn't that
interesting how your name...
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your name is tied
in with what you do...
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Exactly...
exactly... That is tremendous
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and so when did you decide
that you wanted to go into...
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being a chef...
how did that happen?
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Well, it kind of
started... you know...
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I believe that my father...
he actually really loved to cook
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he would always do
barbecue grills and, you know,
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just do all kinds of this
interesting cuisines at home...
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and so... growing up... I
just got a lot from my family
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you know, from cooking...
my aunts and my uncles
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would always have cookouts...
and Thanksgivings would be this
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I mean, everything
that you can imagine,
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but when I got to my early 20s
I learned about healthy cooking
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learned about eating a
vegetarian lifestyle...
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and I just kind of had
an intriguing desire...
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to want to use this food as
a way to minister to people.
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So, you started in your 20s,
you loved watching your dad cook
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and I think... people
need to know that men cook...
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there's nothing intrinsically
"female" about cooking
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Yeah, yeah,
definitely... Right...
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Yeah... So, you
watched your dad cook
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and from him, you kind of
got a love for the kitchen...
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Is that it? Exactly... I mean,
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from watching him in
the kitchen being creative
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I mean, he made stuff
that was just creative...
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I mean, the stuff you
would never think about...
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when I was a young
boy, we had an ice storm...
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believe it or not... and
all of our electricity went out
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and so, we had a
woodstove growing up...
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and so, my father
actually made a Lasagna dish
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on the woodstove...
and he was just so excited
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I mean, to see this was
creative and using just whatever
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he had... to just kind
of make things really tasty
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so it was pretty cool...
That is so neat, that is so neat
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so, parents that are
watching, I mean, dads,
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take your kids in the kitchen
and do some fun things...
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Exactly... Right...
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Exactly... exactly... Do
you do that with your kids?
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Well, my son is only 9-
months-old right now, so
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and hopefully soon, I
will be able to take him
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in the kitchen... but, you know,
that's a prayer coming as he
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gets older... definitely...
Yes, that would be kind of
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hard to do... right...
taking your 9-month-old
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to the kitchen
right now, Yeah...
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But... so that
would be so, so good
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and just kind of carry
on the "Chew Tradition"
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Exactly... give him
something to chew on...
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Give him something to chew on...
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well you have been
here to Dare to Dream
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and you've been on
the Taste of Paradise
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with Nyse Collins and
we had a chance to taste
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some of that delicious
food, it is so great...
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what made you decide
that you wanted to do the
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vegan cooking versus
just general cooking?
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Well, you know, as
you look in the Scripture
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you look in the book of
Genesis and it talks about...
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God gave us a diet of
eating pretty much plant foods
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from the very
onset... meat wasn't allowed
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until after the flood...
and then through much research
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we find that
eating a plant-based diet
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is pretty much an optimal diet
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and so, I just kind of
figured usually growing up...
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I used to eat vegetarian
food but it wasn't always
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the greatest... and I
just had a desire to say,
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"Can we make healthy food
that actually tastes good... "
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and so that was kind of
like a challenge for me...
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to figure out how to
make things that we love
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pizzas and wraps
and stir fries...
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and even mock
chicken and stuff like that
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to make it taste actually
good, so people will say,
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"Man, I can't believe this
isn't actually chicken... "
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so, I have a little
statement that says,
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"Looks like
chicken, tastes like chicken,
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but, guess what,
it's not chicken...
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crispy on the outside
and white in the middle
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oh, it's delicious...
" and so, I make it fun,
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that's one of the
things... you got to make it fun
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and people will eat
something if it looks like it
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and it tastes like it
and it's actually good
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but it's healthy... they'll go
for it... every single time...
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Absolutely, one of the
things that I know to be true
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is that... when
you're working with people
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and let's say
they've been traditionally
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making really bad choices
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food choices and
lifestyle choices and stuff,
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you can't take
away... their favorite foods
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and not give
them something better
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exactly... that's the
critical thing... I mean,
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most of the
clients that we work with
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here in Fayetteville,
Arkansas most of them again...
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I live in the city... I
live about 10 miles away
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from the Tyson Food Headquarters
so, I'm in a place where
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there are a lot of chicken
farms and a lot of cow breeding
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and... so people love
their meat and potatoes
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and so when you talk
about giving somebody
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something that's
plant-based, you know,
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not any meat nor
dairy it has to be
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something that
actually tastes good
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something they're going
to be attracted to eat...
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so, yes, you have
to be progressive...
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you can't take everything
away at once but it should be
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definitely something
that gets them excited
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and you kind of want
to intrigue that interest
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and that's the
most important thing...
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get them excited
about it... Yes, yes...
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so tell us how
you're doing that...
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first of all, tell us
about your food ministry
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because you're a pastor
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and we're going
to talk about that
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you also have this
restaurant and all...
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so tell us about that
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Yeah, definitely, the Lord
allowed me... some years back
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back in 2008, I had a
desire to start a restaurant...
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and we actually started
with a group of young men
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it was pretty
awesome... it was young men...
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and we actually...
pretty much turned into Chefs
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we had a ministry
where we trained young men
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taught them vocational
skills and one of the skills
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that we taught
them was how to cook...
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and so, we just had a
dream, we kept talking about it
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and so we opened up a
little restaurant in the city
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in Prince Frederick, Maryland...
it's about 30 minutes
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south of Washington,
D.C. and so, about 2008
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we started cooking healthy food
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and we started a
little restaurant...
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called "Eating to
Live" at that time frame...
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and at that time, I was learning
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the restaurant
business and we started on
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just learning different
recipes, and as we realized
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as we were feeding our
customers we started realizing
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that people get excited... when
you meet their physical needs
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because they start
seeing the connection of,
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"Hey, you're meeting
my physical needs... "
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and one thing that
we did as Christians
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we always would want to
lead them to this source...
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that gives power
and that gives help...
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so, in the restaurant setting
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we were always able to
say, "Hey, we do this because
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we're Christians... we're
trying to lead people to Jesus
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we're trying to let them
know that God's plan of health
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is the best plan of
health... and so, back then,
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again about 5 or 6
years ago, I started in the
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Health Food Restaurant
Ministry at that time frame...
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and so, till
today, I'm still doing it
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and it's alive and working...
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That is great, you
know, you said something that
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is so true... like
you get people excited...
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about their...
when you meet their
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physical needs
and it's with food...
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there's something
about just breaking bread
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having some good
food being able to sit
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and talk and eat... and
eat your favorite foods...
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but in a form...
that's healthy for you...
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Exactly,
exactly... ... so, like I know
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like on the Taste of Paradise,
you came on and you did
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like a healthy form of...
I don't remember which recipe
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you did... oh, the beef-style
meat which was delicious
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We did some meat
balls and chicken
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and I think we did
some sausage patties
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and different
things like that...
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Yes, I mean... and you had
us all... we were salivating...
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I love doing the
Taste of Paradise
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because we get to eat all
the food that's left there
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when everybody
presents it... right... so...
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that was so, so,
good... so your saying that
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when you are at this restaurant
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when you were
starting your ministry...
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you realized... early on...
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that just giving
people really good food is
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kind of the place to start.
Exactly, because, you know,
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we think about sharing
Christ Christ's ministry was...
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what did He do? He
went about teaching,
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He went about preaching,
but He also went about healing,
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and so, you know,
today, most diseases are
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are as a result of
our diet... our lifestyle
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so when you can actually
help somebody to eat better
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and they start
losing some pounds
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their cholesterol begins to drop
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their blood
pressure begins to drop
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you have now met their need
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and by doing that, the
confidence has been won
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and now, they become
your friend... I mean,
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it's not like, "Hey customers"
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it's like, "Hey Judy,
hey Jim, hey Tom," you know,
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it's more like they become
my friends now... and then,
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we can... they may come to
my house and have dinner, I mean
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it really becomes some
real serious relationships
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as a result of
meeting people's needs...
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and that's what I've been
seeing that's very consistent
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with this kind of
ministry... Praise the Lord...
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that is so, so,
interesting and so important
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I was reading a book...
last night... in fact...
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about hypertension
and clearing the arteries
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and it was saying... if you
make better nutritional choices,
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cut back on the
salt, drop 10 pounds,
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you know...
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and these are you
can actually impact
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your blood pressure...
now, I'm not telling anybody
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to stop taking their
meds or I'm not saying that,
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but I'm saying that...
there are ways to deal with it
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naturally and of course
you do it with your physician
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but there are ways to
impact your blood pressure
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and all these chronic
diseases that you mentioned
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have a lifestyle
component. Exactly, exactly...
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So if you change
the way you're eating...
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you change your rest
habits you reduce your stress
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you drop some pounds,
as you're eating better
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this is a great way to minister
it really is Pastor Chew
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I can see how it
could be really effective
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because you are
making a difference
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people are like,
"Whoa, wait, my blood pressure
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is better... my
cholesterol is better...
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and all I've done... is
change the way I'm eating
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and I like what I'm eating,
That's it... that's it...
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Right? I did a project one time
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where we actually on
African American Community
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with two doctors,
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Dr. Samuel Deshay,
outside of Washington, D.C.
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Oh yeah...
pretty awesome fellow,
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he's a great guy,
great guy, he's in his 70s
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but he has a book
that they wrote called,
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"Fifteen Days to
Reduce High Blood Pressure
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and Cholesterol"
and what happened
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they had me come on and
work with them on this project
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where we actually
made all the meals
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for all these individuals...
we had about 60 people
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that went on a
completely plant-based diet
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it was for 15 days...
literally within 15 days
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the average
cholesterol dropping was about
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15 to 25
points... we also saw that
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within those people
the average weight loss
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was about 7 pounds... and so...
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and that was just in 15 days...
we did the blood work before
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and the blood work afterwards
and we were able to have
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quantitative and
qualitative results...
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to show that this
is actually legit...
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and so I've seen with my
own eyes... in just 15 days
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what kind of results you
can get by eating healthy...
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and it really
works... That is so great...
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in my mind I'm thinking,
I need to have you come here
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and help... I don't
have... praise the Lord
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I don't have
hypertension and all that stuff
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and I'm
thankful for all of that,
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but when you want to do
some things differently,
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it's good to get some other
input so I'm thinking to myself
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"Hmmm... I need to have
Pr. Chew's whole system here. "
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There you go... there you
go... But I love that idea
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that people came
away from what they do
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what people don't realize
Pr. Chew and I'm sure you
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agree with this is that,
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whatever it is... you're
doing is what got you into
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that health state
in the first place...
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Exactly...
exactly... So you have to change
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what you're doing... to
get a different outcome...
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That's it... and
that's the science
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it's pretty much
how, and the thing is...
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you have to inspire
change... because you know
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as people... we are
ruts.. I mean... I should say
00:14:14.95\00:14:17.85
not really ruts but we
live in a "rut mentality"
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we eat this type of food,
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we eat it almost
4 or 5 times a week
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you know, and it was
good... it was good...
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it was easy... it was
convenient... it's very easy
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to go out to the fast food
restaurant and get a burger
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or get some French fries
or some of these things...
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but, you know, it takes a
new desire to want to change
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to eat more fruit,
to eat more vegetables
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and eat some more
grains and things like that...
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and so... it takes
a desire and I believe
00:14:42.61\00:14:45.57
that it can only be
inspired by the Holy Spirit
00:14:45.60\00:14:47.42
we have to pray... for change...
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and I think the Lord is
willing to work with us...
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He says, "Beloved I wish above
all things that thou mayest
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prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth. "
00:14:54.85\00:14:57.61
so, I believe this much...
if we believe in the Lord
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He can give us the strength
and the help to change as well,
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and that's the key... I
believe. You know, in whole...
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you are just really
speaking the truth...
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because I know
when I used to practice
00:15:08.28\00:15:10.40
alternative medicine in
Dallas, and I'd get people
00:15:10.44\00:15:13.38
that would come to me to
find out how to get healthier
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and I would put them
on a healthier diet...
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the resistance to
change is so strong...
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we have cultural things
that... ways that we eat...
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that has gotten us into this
sickness in the first place,
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and African Americans are
the forerunners of disease
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in this country... Yes... yes...
00:15:33.49\00:15:34.95
so... chronic disease...
so we got to do something
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different in order to be
well. That's it... that's it...
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what you are
doing... is just tremendous...
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so now, okay, so
that's how you started...
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now, what are you
doing now, where are you now?
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Right now, I'm
actually... I am living in
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Fayetteville,
Arkansas, we have a church here
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in Arkansas...
right now actually
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I'm not running a
restaurant currently...
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but we're running
a... we have a factory...
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a food factory believe it or not
we have, pretty much, a factory
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where we produce
delicious food products...
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we make... we
have a product called
00:16:05.07\00:16:07.29
"Better than Meat"
it looks like meat,
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tastes like meat
but is not meat...
00:16:09.16\00:16:10.90
and so we have different
types that we actually produce
00:16:10.93\00:16:14.48
everything from mock
chicken wings to meat balls to
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we have something
called "Fryless chicken"
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we have a steak... you
know... and so these products
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have become a favorite
of many in our community...
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and I'm refining that again...
our product... we always say...
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it kind of has a texture and a
taste and feel like real meat...
00:16:29.72\00:16:33.05
so it makes people
who love to eat meat
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it gives them a good
transition to want to change...
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and that's what we're
finding... so we're producing
00:16:38.16\00:16:40.55
these healthy
food products right now
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we actually also are
running a program called...
00:16:42.29\00:16:46.02
"Chew for Change"
which is actually a community
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initiative where we do
a 60-day meal challenge
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in the community...
Okay... tell us about that...
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Yeah... yeah... yeah...
right now I have one gentleman
00:16:54.80\00:16:57.56
an African American
young man, 29-years-old...
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he is literally above 400 pounds
and he just lost his father
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pretty much to diabetes
00:17:04.62\00:17:07.18
and other health conditions
00:17:07.21\00:17:08.78
and so forth... but he
is at a point in his life...
00:17:08.81\00:17:10.65
we had a talk with him,
I think, two weeks ago...
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he's at a point
right now where he says,
00:17:13.51\00:17:15.26
"I want to make a real change"
and so, we have people like him
00:17:15.29\00:17:18.29
who is going on the
60-day challenge hunt
00:17:18.32\00:17:20.96
we're feeding him all
the meals for 60 days...
00:17:20.99\00:17:23.08
while they're on this
program we're going to be
00:17:23.12\00:17:25.21
actually teaching
them how to cook healthy...
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so we're going to be
doing cooking classes with them,
00:17:27.30\00:17:29.54
we're going to be giving
them personal coaching...
00:17:29.57\00:17:31.77
and just
encouraging them to go for walks
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and do basic exercise...
and the concept is that...
00:17:33.83\00:17:36.91
in 60 days... they're
going to drop 600 points...
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and the points is
where... when they lose a pound
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they get a point... when
their cholesterol goes down
00:17:42.67\00:17:44.88
they get a point...
when they walk a mile...
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they get a point...
when they drink water
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they get a point... so,
the goal is that as they
00:17:48.54\00:17:51.15
actually are
living this lifestyle...
00:17:51.18\00:17:53.25
they are going to
actually pick up habits
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that can be for a lifetime...
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and so it's really
a complete program...
00:17:56.68\00:17:58.95
and the last thing I'll says is
00:17:58.98\00:18:00.28
it's really amazing
because were able to get on
00:18:00.31\00:18:02.61
the Fox News
Network... in our Community...
00:18:02.64\00:18:04.94
and I was able to get
it into papers and articles
00:18:04.98\00:18:07.90
and newspaper and
so, the Community is
00:18:07.94\00:18:10.51
embracing the
project and I'm hoping that
00:18:10.54\00:18:13.05
it's going to be a
really great witness, you know,
00:18:13.08\00:18:15.49
for those in our Community,
showing them that we can
00:18:15.52\00:18:17.89
chew for change...
That's... Oh man! that's so
00:18:17.93\00:18:21.00
exciting... that is so exciting
because what you're saying is
00:18:21.03\00:18:25.69
you're giving people
the tools that they need
00:18:25.73\00:18:28.93
to get well and to
stay well... Exactly...
00:18:28.96\00:18:32.10
...to stay well... you got
it... you got it... exactly...
00:18:32.13\00:18:35.27
and they feel good about
themselves because really...
00:18:35.31\00:18:38.41
when you're
carrying all that weight...
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you know, they had... I've
seen it over and over again
00:18:40.26\00:18:43.66
you've seen people who put
on those really fat suits...
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and they put clothes over them
00:18:47.10\00:18:48.59
and they go out
into the Community...
00:18:48.63\00:18:50.63
and it shows how
people treat you...
00:18:50.66\00:18:52.60
when you're obese
versus when you're not...
00:18:52.63\00:18:55.41
and invariably... everybody
I've seen that has put on
00:18:55.45\00:19:01.37
that fat suit has
ended up crying about how
00:19:01.40\00:19:04.66
they were treated... Exactly...
00:19:04.69\00:19:06.59
so, not only do you feel
bad... but you feel badly about
00:19:06.63\00:19:10.80
the way you look and
so... you just interact
00:19:10.83\00:19:13.80
that way... Exactly...
00:19:13.83\00:19:15.50
So, you're saying
that you're giving people
00:19:15.53\00:19:18.38
with this 60-day challenge...
the tools that they need
00:19:18.41\00:19:22.42
you're cooking for
them, you're teaching them
00:19:22.45\00:19:24.65
how to keep this up themselves.
Exactly... exactly...
00:19:24.68\00:19:28.38
That is so amazing...
... it's amazing because
00:19:28.42\00:19:30.76
the great thing about
it is... we can really have
00:19:30.80\00:19:33.11
tangible impact
on people's lives...
00:19:33.14\00:19:35.27
you know, it's not
like I'm just saying...
00:19:35.30\00:19:37.15
you know, I do a lot of
classes around the Country
00:19:37.18\00:19:39.27
we can go into a place and say,
"You should just eat healthy. "
00:19:39.31\00:19:42.15
But when I go in there and say,
00:19:42.18\00:19:43.73
"Listen, I'm not only going
to say to you... to eat health,
00:19:43.77\00:19:47.09
but I'm going to teach
you how to make a change"
00:19:47.13\00:19:49.39
and I think
that's the personal...
00:19:49.42\00:19:51.77
the personal contact
that our Savior, Christ,
00:19:51.81\00:19:54.72
you know... He
had personal contact
00:19:54.75\00:19:56.63
with people... and
He had tangible results
00:19:56.66\00:19:58.79
because He worked with them...
00:19:58.83\00:20:00.07
and so this motto is
really... is designed to have it
00:20:00.11\00:20:02.77
so we can have tangible
impact on people's lives...
00:20:02.80\00:20:05.43
and so, it's really
special... really special...
00:20:05.46\00:20:07.16
That is so great... so
now, how can somebody like me
00:20:07.20\00:20:11.42
who is not in your Community...
00:20:11.45\00:20:13.01
take part in
this 60-day challenge
00:20:13.04\00:20:15.31
let's say... a viewer who is
watching this program right now
00:20:15.35\00:20:18.49
wants to change their
lives... what can they do?
00:20:18.53\00:20:23.78
Well, you know, we
always say that sometimes...
00:20:23.82\00:20:27.97
especially if you don't
have all the resources...
00:20:28.01\00:20:30.23
in the sense that... you
don't have all the education
00:20:30.26\00:20:32.23
we always like to
say, "Take baby steps"
00:20:32.26\00:20:34.15
you know, you can start out...
we always like to advocate
00:20:34.18\00:20:37.33
the meatless Monday concept
or you take more than 2 days
00:20:37.37\00:20:39.92
out of the week... you say,
"I'm going to go for a walk,
00:20:39.95\00:20:42.47
and I'm going to eat a
plant-based meal this day. "
00:20:42.50\00:20:45.16
and so, I always
say, "Take small steps...
00:20:45.20\00:20:48.69
and those small steps
will become bigger steps,
00:20:48.73\00:20:51.17
and those bigger steps can
then become a lifestyle... "
00:20:51.20\00:20:53.60
and so, we always say,
00:20:53.64\00:20:54.97
"A lot of times if you
don't have all of the help
00:20:55.01\00:20:57.73
in your area, the key
is... that you start out
00:20:57.77\00:21:00.09
with what you can... "
if you do have that help
00:21:00.13\00:21:02.38
and you can find some
people that can maybe help you
00:21:02.42\00:21:04.32
with eating
healthy... go ahead and get them
00:21:04.35\00:21:06.19
to help you to maybe
transitioning your lifestyle...
00:21:06.22\00:21:08.97
but the key is this...
pray for a desire, number one,
00:21:09.00\00:21:11.71
and then as you
pray for that desire,
00:21:11.75\00:21:13.56
God will then
become your teacher...
00:21:13.60\00:21:15.38
He will teach us how to
cook healthy... He says...
00:21:15.42\00:21:18.02
He wants us to
prosper and be in health...
00:21:18.06\00:21:20.11
and so... if we
pray... God is able to do
00:21:20.15\00:21:23.55
the impossible and so...
00:21:23.59\00:21:24.97
if you love to eat
things that are fried...
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.70
and things that
have a lot of fat...
00:21:26.73\00:21:28.28
God can help us to
love to eat things that are
00:21:28.31\00:21:30.32
made with olive oil
and sautéed rather than
00:21:30.35\00:21:32.73
having all of that cholesterol
and all of that extra
00:21:32.77\00:21:34.86
added saturated fat...
so it can be done in a way
00:21:34.89\00:21:37.66
that's healthy...
but we have to pray
00:21:37.70\00:21:39.31
and ask the Holy
Spirit to inspire us...
00:21:39.35\00:21:40.89
and I believe that God will
answer that prayer every time...
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.68
Amen... yes He will... He will,
"If any man wills to do His will
00:21:43.72\00:21:48.30
He will know of
the teaching" right?
00:21:48.34\00:21:50.76
Amen... If you want to make it
00:21:50.80\00:21:53.04
to be different... if
you want things to change
00:21:53.08\00:21:55.33
and you seek God
first and ask Him,
00:21:55.37\00:21:57.58
"Lord, please... just
help me to change... "
00:21:57.62\00:21:59.66
He will hear
00:21:59.69\00:22:01.47
and honor that prayer...
00:22:01.51\00:22:02.62
Most
definitely... most definitely...
00:22:02.65\00:22:04.60
So, how did you get into
Ministry... Pastor Chew...
00:22:04.64\00:22:07.87
how did you...? It
was kind of interesting
00:22:07.90\00:22:10.81
my story kind of
started believe it or not
00:22:10.84\00:22:13.71
I kind of like to
go back and say...
00:22:13.75\00:22:15.27
kind of my history... I
started about 12 years ago
00:22:15.30\00:22:18.05
as a young man...
about 18 years old...
00:22:18.09\00:22:19.85
and I had a Track
Scholarship to Howard University
00:22:19.89\00:22:23.03
and I ended up...
believe it or not...
00:22:23.06\00:22:25.08
I ended up breaking my
leg in the track race...
00:22:25.11\00:22:27.24
and it just turned
my whole life around
00:22:27.28\00:22:29.94
and the Lord called
me... to stand for Him...
00:22:29.98\00:22:32.64
and I mean...
00:22:32.68\00:22:33.99
I had some decisions
to make at that time...
00:22:34.02\00:22:35.76
but I gave my heart to Christ
00:22:35.79\00:22:36.87
at that time...
became baptized...
00:22:36.91\00:22:38.33
about a year-and-a-half
later after that...
00:22:38.36\00:22:41.17
I ended up
becoming... doing Colporteuring
00:22:41.21\00:22:43.95
and starting my own Bible work
with a Ministry in Maryland...
00:22:43.98\00:22:47.28
while I was doing
that... believe it or not...
00:22:47.31\00:22:49.36
we became very entrepreneurial
and we actually began
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.00
to make granola... and began...
learning how to bake bread...
00:22:52.04\00:22:54.56
and so, as I was
canvassing and knocking on doors
00:22:54.59\00:22:57.45
selling books and
giving Bible studies...
00:22:57.49\00:22:59.12
we were asking the customers
00:22:59.15\00:23:01.16
I mean... the people
that we were working with
00:23:01.20\00:23:02.90
saying, "Hey, we have
some great, delicious granola"
00:23:02.93\00:23:05.08
we said, we had
"crunchy, brunchy granola...
00:23:05.12\00:23:06.97
we don't box... but we have a
granola that will knock you out"
00:23:07.01\00:23:10.30
and so... we would actually,
00:23:10.34\00:23:11.87
you know, people that we
would meet in the Community
00:23:11.90\00:23:14.34
we would actually sell
them our bread and our granola,
00:23:14.37\00:23:16.77
and so, I began... at that point
00:23:16.81\00:23:19.13
kind of... doing Health Ministry
00:23:19.16\00:23:21.20
along with
again doing Bible Work
00:23:21.24\00:23:23.21
teaching people the Word of God
and I mean, all along the way,
00:23:23.24\00:23:26.76
I was kind of learning
about Ministry and also Health
00:23:26.80\00:23:29.59
to make the long story
short kind of fast forward...
00:23:29.62\00:23:32.53
I ended up moving to
Arkansas, about 3 years ago,
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and my wife was actually,
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even though we were
not married at that time...
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but we ended up
getting married...
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about a month
before I got married...
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I got a call... to
become a Pastor of the Church
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in Fayetteville,
Arkansas, and they asked me
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to come on and consult
with Louisiana Conference
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they called me...
to become a Pastor...
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and I've been pastoring for
the last... almost 3 years now
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and so... it was kind
of a unique circumstance
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but the Lord had His eye
on it all along the way...
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Look at how God just
does... what He does...
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now, you had this scholarship
to Howard University...
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for Track... but you
ended up breaking your leg...
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and so... God had this other
path for you... all along...
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this divine plan... right?
Yeah, exactly... exactly...
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so, you're
thinking that your life
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is just never
going to be the same...
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and it's just a mess now...
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because I can't
do the scholarship
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and then God had you
going into Colporteuring...
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Colporteuring and
building you up in the Faith...
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Exactly... exactly...
Now, at what point did
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you meet your wife...
before you moved to Arkansas, or
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Believe it or
not... we met, actually,
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when we were about
20-years-old... 1920?..
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and we actually colporteured
together... believe it or not...
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and that was some 10 to 11 ago
and so she and I became friends
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we didn't have any
interest at that time
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but about 3 or 4
years ago... the Lord...
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you know how the birds and bees
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they just start
working... and... you know...
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you get a little excited
and as a man... the Bible says,
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"When he finds a good
wife... he finds a good thing"
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and so, I kind of
had that desire with her
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and the Lord led... and she's
a really awesome partner...
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I mean... in ministry with me...
Yes, and I'm so excited because
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you and your lovely wife,
Tina, are going to do a program
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for Dare to Dream for us...
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Exactly... exactly...
we're really excited...
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so, we have to
bring her on next time...
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she couldn't be
with us this time...
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as she's out of town...
but we're going to have to
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bring her on next
time to talk about
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how you guys met...
because she'll give us
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the 411... she'll
give us the girl's point,
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There you go... exactly...
... on how you guys met
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so, now, where do you
see your Ministry going...
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are you looking to
establish restaurants
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or you looking
to do trainings...
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where... where
are you going with it?
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You know, our motto is,
to really work on that facet
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but we do have a
focus, our dream, I would say,
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is to have a Production
Factory that can actually be
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as a source of employment
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to those living
in the inner cities
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we find that... one
of the greatest things
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that we find is... especially
in African American Communities
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are no jobs... you
know... there's not opportunity
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for... especially...
young African Americans
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sometimes to have
opportunities for employment
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careers... and so... one
of our dreams is actually
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to set up a factory
with our food products
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our food products have
been approved to sell in some
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retail outlets
like Whole foods Market
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and other stores... so
the Lord is really opening
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great opportunities...
and then secondly,
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on top of that...
our goal is to actually
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with our factories to
set up almost like a small
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restaurant franchise... is
our other secondary goal...
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you know, with our food
products and so... we hope
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that we can have
little small restaurants
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all around the Country
this is a long-term goal
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but this is a dream...
and that's what we're hoping
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to see accomplished here
in the next 10 to 15 years
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is that God
would open up a factory
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and build small
restaurants that we can actually
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set up... and that can
help people and change lives...
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and that's our prayer...
That sounds so tremendous,
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what a blessing that
would be. Yeah... yeah...
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Thank you so much
for being with us...
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Do you have a parting thought
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that you would like
to give the viewers?
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Well, definitely I would
say that God is the One that
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created us... you
know the Bible says
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that we were
formed in His image...
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and He formed us
with His hands...
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and the Bible
says, "He breathed in man
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the breath of life... "
and I would always like to say,
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when it comes to
health, we were made from dust
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we were made...
from the breath of God
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so that breath... that
breath is what gives us...
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it inspires us... to
do what He wants us to do
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He's the One that
gives us the power,
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the desire... the
desire to change...
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as long as, I would say,
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that if you're
struggling with health
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you may have some
illnesses, you may not see how
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you can change those things...
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just say a simple
prayer... and watch God
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bring the people in your path
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to place
information in your path
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you know, and I know
that God is able to do that
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to do abundantly, exceedingly
above what we can actually think
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Thank you so much Pastor Chew,
and thank you for tuning in...
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Tune in next time... it
just wouldn't be the same...
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without you...
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