Stay tuned to meet a woman
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that's so committed
to health and wellness
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she started a
health-focused TV Network.
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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
Dr. Debbie Wallace,
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Founder and CEO
of True Health TV.
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Welcome to Urban
Report Dr. Debbie.
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Thank you.
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Yeah... it's so
good to have you here.
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Let's talk a bit
about your background
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before we talk about True Health
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because I
really want our Viewers
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to get to know your
heart and to know your passion
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so, where were you born?
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I was born in the
islands of Jamaica.
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Oh, Jamaica!
okay... it's beautiful there
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it's a paradise... Yes...
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and so when did you come here?
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So, I came here as a teenager
and went to college here,
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and went on to
Loma Linda University
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where I ended up doing
my degree in Public Health,
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and specialized
in Preventive Care,
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which is very similar
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to Preventive
Medicine but in Research,
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Ph. D. selective
approach to health
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about teaching people how
to be healthy all the time
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and to prevent
getting diseases so, you know,
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love doing that work
and the reason behind it is
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actually because I was
inspired by my grandfather
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who actually
reversed heart disease.
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Oh, so his heart disease
reversed... how did he do it?
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Well, since I was
about six-years-old,
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when he had a heart
attack and they told us
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to take him home and let
him die peacefully at home
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and, you know, just
before he left the hospital
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the doctor said,
"But, by the way, you know,
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there are a couple of
things you probably shouldn't do
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anymore... but having told us
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that he was going to
die he didn't take long...
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telling him
these few little things
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like you know, "You
should probably always eat,
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stay away from meats
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and things like eggs
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because your
arteries are all clogged up,
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and you start to walk every day"
you know... just some general
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simple things that probably took
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two minutes to
sing... then he was gone.
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But my
grandfather took it to heart
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and he went home and
he started to get better,
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and he practiced
this different lifestyle
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and just kept
living year after year,
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and he went back to his home
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and ten years
later, he was still living.
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So they sent him
home... essentially...
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sent him home to die.
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Yes, they said,
"He will not live... "
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they actually were
building a coffin for him
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and as a child,
about six years old,
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that was like, "Wow!" I'd
never seen a coffin before
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and I loved at my grandfather
and kept seeing it and going,
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"I don't want him to be in
that" and it was just amazing
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that I think God knew
how my heart was just pained
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to be... for him to
die and allowed him to live
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and because he practiced...
just these simple things
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that the doctor told him to
do, he reversed heart disease,
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he actually never
died from a heart attack
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and he actually lived 20 years
longer than he should have.
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You know, it's so
amazing to me, Dr. Debbie,
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in the way God has
created these bodies of ours
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that if we give
the body what it needs,
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it can heal... Absolutely...
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Situations are reversed,
diabetes, hypertension,
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all these things
are reversed Yes.
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so as a child at
six... you thought,
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"Wow! my granddad's still here"
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Yes, and I treasured
every day that he was there
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so much so that I would actually
buy things for him every day
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because I believed, you know,
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I didn't know that he was
going to reverse heart disease
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I thought he was
going to die soon
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I saw the coffin
built, it was still there,
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and ten years
later my grandmother died
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and was buried in that coffin
because he was still living
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and the beauty
of it all is that...
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later he came to live
with me and together...
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just the two of us alone
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living for
several years together
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I got to know so much about him
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and bonded with
him and he inspired me
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it's like... this is
what people are missing out on
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they don't have
grandparents around
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because they're not
making these simple changes
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that my grandfather did
and so that inspired me to say,
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"I need to teach people this,
this is really not that hard,
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people really can
live a much longer life
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even when you're to
the point of almost dying
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even then it's not too late.
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And that's so
tremendous to me because
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so often, people, I think,
don't think about prevention
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once you get into
the "System" so to speak,
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you're hospitalized
or you're really sick
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it's harder then... to
come back... out of it...
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you can, obviously,
your grandfather did
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but it's so hard,
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why not prevent
that in the first place?
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Yes, yes... And
that's what you did
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you decided you wanted to
teach people how to do that.
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Exactly, exactly...
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So, tell us how... how did
this True Health come about,
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tell us about True Health TV.
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That's just an
amazing story Yvonne,
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I just cannot believe
how God blessed us with this
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because I tell
people, I never dreamed...
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I never planned...
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it was never in my
list of things to do
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to be a part of TV
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or let alone... own a TV Station
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that was just not
one of those things
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that I had
planned, but all of a sudden
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I met this person who
said, "You know, I'm into TV"
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what was miraculous about it was
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I actually went to an
ASI Meeting in Orlando
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and as I walked into the
room, there were no seats
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everybody was
seated already because
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I had taken a bit longer
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because my family
wanted to eat at home
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and I wanted to
go and join the crowd
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so, I went in and
everyone was seated
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and I said a prayer
just before I walked in
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I said, "Lord,
lead me to the person
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that you want me to work with"
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because I knew that
I was going to be there
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so busy with my exhibit stall
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and was not going to
have time to meet everybody
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and so I said a prayer,
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I really believed that God
was going to let me meet someone
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that I was going to work with
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probably in
Education or something
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and I kept walking
and right to the top
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I saw one seat
only at this table
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just one seat and I sat there
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and I asked if
that seat was available
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and they said,
"Yes" so I went and sat
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and as I talked to this man
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and he told me that
he had a TV Station,
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I remember
saying, "Really God, TV...
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couldn't you just
let me meet someone
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even TV Assistant?"
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and so to like... to
just play Devil's Advocate
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and I said, "Okay, so, if
somebody wanted to do TV...
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you know... like...
how easy would that be?
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I mean, how can you
replicate something like this?"
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and he said, "That's
exactly why I'm here...
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that is exactly why
I'm here" and I'm like,
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"Okay Lord, you're joking no...
this is not really happening"
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Now, what were you doing
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that brought you to
ASI in the first place?
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Right... because we have
our Non-profit Organization
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"The Health
Institute for Preventive Care"
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we established that from 2001
so we've had training programs
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like a
"Certified Lifestyle Coach"
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and we were there to tell people
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about those things
that we were doing...
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all the educational
things we were doing,
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and here I go, sitting
by somebody about TV...
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I'm like, "this is not
even part of this equation"
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so, I walked away from
there and I said, "Okay"
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I mentioned it to
my husband and he said,
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"Debbie, let's focus,
we're here to do education"
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"And don't get off on this... "
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and so I had told the man
that I would meet him later
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in his booth and
talk to him some more
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but I never did,
I literally just...
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we just forgot about it,
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that was the one and only
time that I met him in my life
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and a year later
he called me and said,
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"Debbie, here's a...
there's a great opportunity
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for you to have the
TV Station for free. "
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I said, "You
know... Lord... really?"
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I felt like we had laid
this thing... to bed here.
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So, it was a year
later, you hadn't even...
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you hadn't thought
about talking to him again?
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Well, I did call him one time
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to talk to him a
little bit more about it
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because I kept
being impressed about that
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you know, God
has a way of saying,
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"You know, I did let you
sit beside him for a reason"
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I mean... you know,
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"Yeah... yeah...
yeah but you know Lord,
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but we can't do
this" but I said,
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"Okay, let me kind of talk
a little bit more about it"
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and he had explained to me
that it takes so much money
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and so on... and so I said,
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"Well, that's
not going to happen
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so... we don't have all
that money to invest in TV
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so, we'll just forget it"
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and so I didn't
talk to him any further
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so a year later, he's like,
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"Do you still have
any interest at all?"
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I said, "Yeah, but you know,
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we really don't
have that kind of funding
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to put together" and he said,
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"You actually
have an opportunity now
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to have this station for free"
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I said, "Really?" he said, "Yes"
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and so as he explained,
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as soon as I got
off the phone with him
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I said, "You know
Lord, this is amazing,
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you really want me to do this?"
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I mean, I don't
know anything about TV
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and this man says I'm
going to have an office
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and about eight
hours a day and FCC
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I don't know about all this,
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the Lord impressed on me
to actually go back and tell
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a friend that I
had known about it
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so I actually was going
home when I got this news
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and I turned the car around,
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and went back and shared it...
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it turns out that as I
shared with her the news,
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she said, "Do you know what
I did for a living in London?"
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and I said, "No, I have no idea"
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I know you're an author"
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She said, "Debbie, I'm a trained
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BBC Executive
Producer and Director"
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I was like,
"Are you kidding me?"
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Oh! And she knows so much about
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television and had been
trained for so many years at BBC
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that it just blew
me away and then she...
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Which is the British
Broadcasting Corporation.
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Right... and she said to me,
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"Do you know... I've
been praying for a TV Station"
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and I said, "Wow! okay... well,
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let me change what I
came in here and said,
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I'm a Messenger then,
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because I know I didn't
pray for no TV Station so...
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I'm just here to tell you
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that God has given
you your TV station"
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because this is amazing,
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I knew then... that
it was not coincidence
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I knew that God had really
lined it up for us to do this
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so I went back
home now, and I said,
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"Okay darling, I
have an Executive Producer
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or Director already...
this is all going to be fine"
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and he looked at me and he said,
"Debbie, you're still crazy,
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it takes more than
a Producer/Director...
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you need to have
equipment, you need a studio,
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you need lights,
you need cameras,
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you don't have anything"
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and I said, "You're
right, but if it's God's will,
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He will give them to us"
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and so, I prayed
about it and then...
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this one day, we were
supposed to be meeting
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on the phone to discuss
getting this TV station,
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but there was
one caveat to this,
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we had to start the
TV Station in one month,
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one month... Now when was this?
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This was in
August, end of August,
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that I got the news, and
he wanted us to basically
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get up and running, you
know, in September, October,
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I'm like, "This is crazy, I
don't know if I can do this"
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and so I got up that
morning and I was praying,
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I said, "Lord, you know, if
you really want me to do this
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and I know this is
not coming from me,
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I know this is you,
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everything that's
lining up is too perfect...
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and I don't have
anything to do with it,
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so, if you really
want me to do this,
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then, you know, for it to
happen in another few weeks,
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you're going to have to give
me the camera, the equipment,
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the studio, the
office, everything...
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and if you don't do it
today Lord, I'm walking away
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because it's crazy,
if my husband's right,
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this is not... so, I'm sorry,
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I know I'm not
supposed to put you in a box
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but it has to happen
today or I'm done, I'm done"
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and literally,
that same afternoon
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God answered my
prayer, He gave me the Studio,
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the office, the
equipment, everything,
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and I just was amazed...
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The same day? The same day...
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Wow! I said,
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"Wow, do you
really want me to do this
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really... really?"
00:12:15.33\00:12:16.93
"I'm thinking of something
else I can ask you to do
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because I really,
didn't want to do this"
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It's like you were trying
to give some Jewish challenge
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to God it's like... "What?"
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Like really? "Like really,
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do you really think
that's hard for me?"
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So, that day, you got
everything you asked for
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Everything... the
Studio, the equipment,
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Yes... the
lights, all of that...
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everything was there,
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we could
actually start right away.
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Wow!
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And the TV Engineer,
whom we had known before,
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but I knew he was in
TV but I had no idea...
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he is another part of the
story because he was retired,
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sold his home and his
wife had moved to Florida
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he was living in Stone Mountain,
but for some reason, he said,
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he didn't know why
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he was just
lingering on in Atlanta
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until the day I
walked in and he knew that
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he was supposed to be
here to help me start this.
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There's no way I
could have done it
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without him and without
our Producer/Director, you know
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because that's just not my area,
I'm health... I'm not TV...
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Right... right...
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And so, God gave me all
the people that I needed
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to actually make this
happen, to be able to do it,
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and so, I make a joke,
his name is Antonio Campbell
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our Engineer and our CTO
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and our
Producer/Director, Zaidie Crowe
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so God gave me everything
I needed from A to Z...
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A to Z... how cute...
I love it... I love it.
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That's right... that's right...
I have everything I need.
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You know, what's
interesting to me, Debbie,
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is that God
orchestrates things, Absolutely
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All you have to
do is be available.
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You're right... He wants someone
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to be available,
He handpicked you
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to do this work,
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it so reminds me of
the story behind 3ABN,
00:14:00.57\00:14:05.64
and how Danny Shelton
was, you know, kind of chosen
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not kind of... he was
chosen to be the Founder of 3ABN
00:14:09.84\00:14:14.25
because he said... he
didn't know about television,
00:14:14.32\00:14:18.49
he was a carpenter,
00:14:18.52\00:14:19.85
but God doesn't
care what you were doing,
00:14:19.89\00:14:23.19
you are a doctor, you
weren't in television,
00:14:23.22\00:14:26.59
but He gave you what you
needed to do your assignment
00:14:26.63\00:14:32.23
and I think that everybody
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that is within the
sound of our voices
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needs to understand
that God has an assignment
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for each and every one
of us... That's right...
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and when we do it,
there's nothing better.
00:14:44.01\00:14:47.72
It's amazing... It's amazing...
00:14:47.75\00:14:49.08
You see the puzzle,
00:14:49.12\00:14:50.45
there are so
many pieces of things
00:14:50.49\00:14:52.09
that didn't make
sense before Yes...
00:14:52.12\00:14:53.92
that suddenly
just falls into place
00:14:53.96\00:14:55.32
That's right... You're like,
00:14:55.36\00:14:56.83
"Wow! well that makes sense now"
00:14:56.89\00:14:58.23
That's right...
It's just like...
00:14:58.26\00:14:59.59
"all this time you were
planning all of this for me
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you never gave me a
clue... " I mean like...
00:15:01.50\00:15:03.50
I had no idea that
you were planning this...
00:15:03.57\00:15:05.50
I mean... you're doing
this, this and going on... "
00:15:05.53\00:15:07.57
that didn't
make any sense but...
00:15:07.64\00:15:09.57
suddenly
everything that we had done
00:15:09.64\00:15:11.57
worked out... even
with the Organization
00:15:11.61\00:15:14.18
made so much sense
that He'd built it up
00:15:14.21\00:15:16.61
that He'd... for instance...
had us training people
00:15:16.64\00:15:19.18
to be certified Lifestyle
Coaches all over the world
00:15:19.21\00:15:21.85
so we actually have
people in all these countries
00:15:21.88\00:15:24.69
that understand our
mission, and what we want to do
00:15:24.72\00:15:27.46
and when we need to help
people, not just in America
00:15:27.49\00:15:30.16
but we want to help
people all over the world
00:15:30.23\00:15:32.49
that they're ready,
so he did that work first
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in preparation for
this, we just didn't know
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Yes! we just
didn't have a clue...
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I really wish He
would have clued me in.
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I didn't have a
clue but when he did,
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it was the perfect timing
and that's how God is, you know,
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He does things in
His own perfect time.
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That's right... in
His way... in His time...
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Yes... And so, where is
00:15:53.58\00:15:55.98
True Health TV located?
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It's located in Atlanta, Georgia
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we are very excited
that we are actually...
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our Tower is actually on
the I-20 right Downtown Atlanta
00:16:04.86\00:16:08.06
and we have such a huge reach,
00:16:08.10\00:16:10.60
we are reaching all
across metro Atlanta and beyond.
00:16:10.67\00:16:13.64
I'm amazed all the time
that people are calling us
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beyond where the signal
is supposed to be reaching
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and saying, "I'm
out in Douglasville,
00:16:19.37\00:16:21.21
or I'm up in Lawrenceville,
I'm getting your...
00:16:21.24\00:16:23.21
your station is
coming crystal clear,
00:16:23.24\00:16:25.78
it's better than any
of the other Stations
00:16:25.81\00:16:27.65
and I'm going, "Wow!"
yeah... it just amazes me
00:16:27.68\00:16:31.65
God is like that... you know...
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He can take a little
thing and just make it...
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I mean... there are
people who are telling me,
00:16:34.99\00:16:36.83
"That's the quality of
your pictures is so amazing,
00:16:36.86\00:16:39.56
I don't want to watch
none of the other Stations
00:16:39.59\00:16:42.26
because yours is just coming in"
00:16:42.30\00:16:43.87
I'm like...
"That's just all God...
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that has nothing to do
with us it's just all God
00:16:45.43\00:16:48.57
and He just allows
people that He wants to use
00:16:48.60\00:16:52.07
to actually just turn
on the TV and find us,
00:16:52.11\00:16:55.58
and that's the
amazing part of it
00:16:55.61\00:16:57.91
because they don't
even know who we are,
00:16:57.95\00:16:59.68
they've never
heard of Adventists
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then there are
people... literally...
00:17:01.68\00:17:03.72
we had a man coming
to our office recently
00:17:03.82\00:17:05.59
he said, "I'm
out in Douglasville
00:17:05.62\00:17:07.22
watching your
Station, I'm just so thrilled,
00:17:07.29\00:17:09.59
I want to be a part of this...
00:17:09.62\00:17:10.96
I want to be a part of this,
00:17:10.99\00:17:12.33
I've been working for all
these big Stations and stuff
00:17:12.36\00:17:14.46
but this is the
kind of TV I want to...
00:17:14.50\00:17:16.77
this is inspirational,
this is wonderful,
00:17:16.80\00:17:19.07
he's not even an
Adventist, so God called him
00:17:19.10\00:17:21.37
to be a part of
this, you know...
00:17:21.40\00:17:23.14
and we don't know where
that's going to go but...
00:17:23.17\00:17:24.94
God can call and use
anyone that He pleases
00:17:24.97\00:17:29.68
and it doesn't
matter who you are,
00:17:29.71\00:17:31.58
like you said, "God has
an assignment for you too. "
00:17:31.61\00:17:34.38
Absolutely, so tell
us about the Programming
00:17:34.65\00:17:37.29
that's on True Health TV.
00:17:37.32\00:17:38.92
Well, right now, we are
airing a mixture of Programs,
00:17:38.95\00:17:43.09
including...
we're going to be having
00:17:43.12\00:17:44.56
our Dare to Dream on there...
which is exciting to have,
00:17:44.63\00:17:48.36
and we have Hope
Channel, we have other...
00:17:48.40\00:17:52.80
Amazing Facts and
other Christian Programs
00:17:52.83\00:17:56.97
because we have to start 24/7
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we're a 24/7 TV Station,
00:17:58.94\00:18:01.28
a lot of times
people who hear it go...
00:18:01.31\00:18:02.74
"Oh, I thought
you had a Program"
00:18:02.78\00:18:05.45
no, we have a
full 24/7 TV Station"
00:18:05.48\00:18:07.98
and what's
amazing about that is that
00:18:08.02\00:18:10.45
we don't understand that
at 2:00 a. m. in the morning
00:18:10.52\00:18:13.59
when somebody needs deliverance
from alcohol or something
00:18:13.62\00:18:16.59
and the church is closed
00:18:16.62\00:18:17.96
and our Pastors
are asleep, hopefully,
00:18:17.99\00:18:20.53
that God is able...
through that Ministry
00:18:20.56\00:18:23.20
be able to deliver
people and help people
00:18:23.23\00:18:25.93
and that's the purpose, I
think, it needed to be... 24/7
00:18:25.97\00:18:29.34
so we run a lot of
religious programs,
00:18:29.37\00:18:32.97
especially through the night,
00:18:33.01\00:18:34.34
that when somebody
needs that deliverance
00:18:34.38\00:18:36.04
we wanted them to get it,
00:18:36.08\00:18:37.45
but through the
day we concentrate on
00:18:37.48\00:18:39.15
Health Programs,
00:18:39.18\00:18:40.55
we really want
to reach the world
00:18:40.62\00:18:42.38
through the health message
00:18:42.42\00:18:43.79
that is what we
started out doing,
00:18:43.82\00:18:45.95
is that we
started out with a mission
00:18:45.99\00:18:48.36
that we wanted to
reach those who are
00:18:48.39\00:18:50.73
most in need of health,
00:18:50.76\00:18:52.69
we call it the
most disparic population
00:18:52.73\00:18:55.96
since you have
health disparities,
00:18:56.00\00:18:57.67
because what we know is that
people who are less educated,
00:18:57.70\00:19:00.47
people who have less
means, have the poorest health
00:19:00.50\00:19:02.74
and people who are
more educated and so on...
00:19:02.77\00:19:04.81
have better health,
00:19:04.84\00:19:06.17
but everyone needs
to have good health
00:19:06.21\00:19:08.81
because it does impact us,
00:19:08.84\00:19:10.18
and when one person is unhealthy
00:19:10.21\00:19:12.61
it impacts the whole
system That's right...
00:19:12.65\00:19:14.38
and so, it really
makes a difference
00:19:14.42\00:19:16.48
and we need to help
everyone to be equally healthy
00:19:16.52\00:19:20.02
and so one of our goals
has been to reach those people
00:19:20.09\00:19:23.49
who are poor, who
don't have the means
00:19:23.56\00:19:26.43
and sure enough... because
this station is the way it is,
00:19:26.46\00:19:30.27
it's just free to air,
people who don't even have cable
00:19:30.30\00:19:34.14
or anything can pick
us up and get our Programs
00:19:34.17\00:19:37.01
and we were so surprised
that some of the people...
00:19:37.04\00:19:39.77
that when we went downtown
for the Martin Luther King walk,
00:19:39.81\00:19:42.54
we were only on
the air for two months
00:19:42.58\00:19:44.25
and I was handing out
flyers as I walked there
00:19:44.28\00:19:47.12
and I was so amazed
that people said to me,
00:19:47.15\00:19:49.85
"I watch that TV Station"
00:19:49.88\00:19:52.49
I was amazed and I was like,
00:19:52.52\00:19:55.02
"I'm not sure
they're telling the truth"
00:19:55.06\00:19:56.49
and, you know, it just started
00:19:56.52\00:19:58.43
and then one person says,
"I love your 'Amazing Facts'"
00:19:58.46\00:20:01.40
oh... another one... "I
love your cooking shows"
00:20:01.43\00:20:03.63
so I'm like... "So you
really are watching it"
00:20:03.67\00:20:06.50
wow! and, you know,
it's just simple people
00:20:06.53\00:20:09.24
and they're just
enjoying it and learning
00:20:09.27\00:20:11.71
and God is going to use that.
00:20:11.74\00:20:13.11
Absolutely, see if the health
outcomes in the inner city
00:20:13.14\00:20:19.21
is just so... the
outcome is often so bleak
00:20:19.25\00:20:22.85
because that's where you find
00:20:22.88\00:20:25.29
such a high rate
of chronic disease
00:20:25.32\00:20:28.06
like Diabetes, Hypertension,
Cancer, all these things so...
00:20:28.09\00:20:32.66
if we can by
television reshape the values
00:20:32.73\00:20:39.87
and the viewing
habits and the eating habits
00:20:39.90\00:20:47.01
of our Viewers and Listeners,
that's what it's all about.
00:20:47.04\00:20:51.75
In fact, that is why we created
our first real Program...
00:20:51.78\00:20:55.38
of what we call
our Flagship Program
00:20:55.42\00:20:57.05
of True Health TV's
Biggest Winner Challenge.
00:20:57.12\00:20:59.39
Okay, tell us about it.
00:20:59.42\00:21:00.86
The Biggest Winner Challenge
is meant for just regular people
00:21:00.89\00:21:04.06
to be at home and
basically get a class...
00:21:04.13\00:21:07.20
an intervention... in
which they're walking through
00:21:07.23\00:21:09.86
the program... just
like you go to a class
00:21:09.90\00:21:11.80
and conduct a ten-week
two-hour Program with something,
00:21:11.83\00:21:15.17
we are trying to do
that with the TV Station
00:21:15.20\00:21:18.11
so we are
actually telling people,
00:21:18.17\00:21:19.91
"We want you to get up
right now and exercise with us
00:21:19.94\00:21:23.08
we want you to do
this... we want you to...
00:21:23.11\00:21:25.45
and getting people
engaged in the process
00:21:25.48\00:21:28.08
it's just
amazing... some of the things
00:21:28.12\00:21:30.65
that we're
already hearing from that,
00:21:30.69\00:21:32.62
and we know that
as people do this,
00:21:32.65\00:21:34.56
and make it a part of them,
00:21:34.59\00:21:35.96
for instance,
watching it with your children,
00:21:35.99\00:21:38.63
you're going to
instill values in them
00:21:38.66\00:21:40.60
and say, "Yes,
this is healthy for you,
00:21:40.66\00:21:42.36
this is the way
to properly exercise
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.23
you don't have to go to a Gym
00:21:44.27\00:21:45.73
you don't have to have the money
to afford a Personal Trainer,
00:21:45.77\00:21:48.94
we're providing that
to you on this Station
00:21:48.97\00:21:51.54
and so, we love this Program
00:21:51.57\00:21:53.41
we think that it's just
going to make a big difference
00:21:53.44\00:21:55.94
and in conjunction with this,
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.55
the participants get a
Certified Lifestyle Coach
00:21:58.58\00:22:01.82
to help them to
actually reach their goal
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.62
of say... reversing Diabetes
or losing a lot of weight,
00:22:05.65\00:22:08.92
we have clients that have
to lose a 100 pounds or more
00:22:08.99\00:22:12.23
that we are taking
through this Program
00:22:12.26\00:22:13.93
and we want to show the
world that right on the TV
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.50
you don't have
to leave your home
00:22:16.53\00:22:17.87
and go to some Camp
somewhere or you don't have to
00:22:17.90\00:22:20.80
be able to afford to get
a babysitter or whatever,
00:22:20.84\00:22:24.31
but right at home you can
actually make those changes
00:22:24.34\00:22:27.78
and become healthier.
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.24
So... how does it...
00:22:29.28\00:22:30.65
how does it work?
00:22:30.71\00:22:32.05
It's like a
class... you're saying?
00:22:32.08\00:22:33.78
It's like attending a class,
00:22:33.88\00:22:37.15
a regular class
00:22:37.19\00:22:38.65
but now it's being
done on the TV Station,
00:22:38.69\00:22:41.06
we're teaching you one
particular health law each day,
00:22:41.09\00:22:44.86
helping you with recipes
00:22:44.89\00:22:47.23
and with
exercises and motivation...
00:22:47.30\00:22:50.80
we have a Pastor that
speaks about different topics
00:22:50.83\00:22:53.87
and then at the end we
are following up each client
00:22:53.90\00:22:56.77
with a Certified Lifestyle
Coach to set goals every week
00:22:56.84\00:23:00.28
like I'm going to change
my eating habits this week
00:23:00.31\00:23:03.14
and to make those
goals and to change,
00:23:03.21\00:23:05.58
you know, their lifestyle,
00:23:05.61\00:23:06.95
the next week we're
dealing with exercise
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.28
what are some things
you want to implement
00:23:09.35\00:23:11.79
and exercise and gradually
00:23:11.82\00:23:13.79
just like they
were a part of a class,
00:23:13.86\00:23:15.66
being able to do this,
and being able to participate
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from anywhere,
we have participants
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from all across the
Country as far as California...
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we have participants,
and so this is exciting
00:23:23.67\00:23:26.03
because this is almost...
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this is really delivery of
a class... over a TV Station
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and this has never really been
tested in a research format,
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we're doing that with
Research Interns and everything,
00:23:34.54\00:23:37.45
and we're actually hoping
that we'll be able to publish
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and show people that,
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"Yes, you can
change people's lives"
00:23:41.85\00:23:43.85
because that's
our slogan, we say,
00:23:43.89\00:23:45.79
"Discovering True
Health changes lives"
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.72
we're not just
about entertaining
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although we
want to entertain you
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we want to change lives.
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.36
That is exactly right. Yes.
00:23:52.39\00:23:53.96
That's what it's all
about, changing lives,
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making an impact, and
using Television to do it.
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Television can be used for good
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or for evil
00:24:02.97\00:24:04.34
and we know how
it's being used for evil
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Yes... but the way...
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what you're doing is
you are bringing health
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and classes and
education into the home...
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Yes... right into their home.
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and that's
key... that is so key...
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so, how many of the original
Programs are you doing there,
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are you producing in-house?
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.20
Well, we have just
started, so we are just...
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we have two shows so far,
00:24:30.53\00:24:32.13
we're bringing on board
the "Relationship Program"
00:24:32.17\00:24:34.64
which is...
again... because this Program
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is sort of like "Reality TV"
00:24:37.11\00:24:39.11
but we're going
to have participants
00:24:39.14\00:24:40.68
telling their
story as they go along,
00:24:40.74\00:24:42.64
same thing with
our "Relationship Show"
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.65
we're going to try
to make it... in a...
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.58
like... you know...
Reality Show is the thing today
00:24:46.68\00:24:49.45
people love that... Yeah...
00:24:49.48\00:24:50.99
and so we're trying to do that,
00:24:51.02\00:24:52.45
one of our goals is... we
want to reach young people
00:24:52.49\00:24:54.69
a lot of times it's the older
people that care about health,
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.86
and they're the ones
that we normally reach
00:24:57.89\00:25:00.43
but it's like...
that's... that generation
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well, we need to start younger
00:25:02.80\00:25:04.60
we have to start
with the "Now Generation"
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.34
and what are they being into?
00:25:07.37\00:25:08.70
They're into the computers,
00:25:08.74\00:25:10.11
and iPads and
Texting and... so... yeah...
00:25:10.14\00:25:12.31
all of our Program
is, hashtags and text
00:25:12.34\00:25:14.74
and it's all about
trying to draw them in
00:25:14.78\00:25:17.15
they get prizes
for just... you know,
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.41
responding back to us about...
texting a message and so on
00:25:19.45\00:25:24.29
we're trying to really
get to our younger audience
00:25:24.32\00:25:28.29
very big... and
it's a challenge because
00:25:28.32\00:25:30.93
it's never been planned
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.29
like okay, let's
see if this works...
00:25:32.33\00:25:33.66
and we're putting a
lot of research in that
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.00
because we want to
see and we want to be able
00:25:36.03\00:25:38.80
to... at the end
of the day... say,
00:25:38.87\00:25:40.40
"We have made an impact on
changing the next generation
00:25:40.44\00:25:44.11
not just helping
those who already...
00:25:44.17\00:25:46.14
have the disease to reverse
it but how... " like you said...
00:25:46.17\00:25:48.88
"preventing it in
the first place. "
00:25:48.94\00:25:50.71
And look at what you're
doing, you're able to...
00:25:50.75\00:25:53.38
God is amazing,
you're able to bring
00:25:53.42\00:25:55.52
your experience in
research to this arena
00:25:55.55\00:26:00.19
Amazing... So, is God...
00:26:00.22\00:26:01.99
God is just awesome.
00:26:02.02\00:26:03.49
He's awesome. He's just awesome.
00:26:03.56\00:26:04.89
We're going to have a
little praise time over here.
00:26:04.93\00:26:07.03
He's just awesome,
00:26:07.13\00:26:08.63
I mean, He allowed
people to inspire me
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.50
even with starting this
Non-profit Health Institute
00:26:11.53\00:26:14.64
it was actually a
non-Adventist again
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.34
from the
President Carter Center,
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.94
I was a liaison while I was
working with Emory University
00:26:19.97\00:26:22.81
they sent me to be the
liaison for Carter Center,
00:26:22.84\00:26:25.78
I'm like, "Why did you pick me
00:26:25.81\00:26:27.15
I don't know about anything"
00:26:27.22\00:26:28.55
but they did and
I went over there
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.19
and this man, one day, said,
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.59
"You're a Black
Seventh-day Adventist
00:26:31.62\00:26:33.76
explain to me why a Black
Seventh-day Adventist's health
00:26:33.79\00:26:37.13
is on par with White America
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.76
and why have you not shared this
with your Brothers and Sisters?"
00:26:38.79\00:26:42.13
And that became
an inspiration to us,
00:26:42.16\00:26:44.93
we said, "Yeah,
you know, you're right,
00:26:44.97\00:26:47.67
we really haven't done
a good job of sharing this
00:26:47.70\00:26:50.57
with people that
really need our help
00:26:50.61\00:26:53.54
we've got to
find a way to do that"
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.08
and that is why we started this
00:26:56.11\00:26:58.58
and God has then
given us a TV Station
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.65
to accomplish
it in a bigger way.
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.42
Amen... God is
amazing and He's using you
00:27:02.45\00:27:06.25
in an amazing way. Thank you.
00:27:06.29\00:27:08.66
And God has a plan
and you cannot fail
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.89
as long as you're doing
what God has for you to do.
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.76
Amen... Thank you so much
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.33
for being with us...
Thank you for having me.
00:27:16.36\00:27:17.93
and we look forward...
00:27:17.97\00:27:19.30
we're going to
put your website up
00:27:19.33\00:27:20.67
so that people can watch,
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.44
they can find out
more about TrueHealth. tv
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.78
and they're going to love it.
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.18
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Thank you, thank you.
00:27:29.21\00:27:32.21
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00:27:45.93\00:27:47.30
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00:27:51.40\00:27:54.34
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