Have you ever heard the saying
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that "Youth is
wasted on the young?"
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Well, my guest
fiercely disproved that.
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Stay tuned to see why.
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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 guests today are
Ezra and Monet St. Juste
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I'm going to mess up
your names, I know it,
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you guys, welcome to the Program
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you are Health
Evangelists with Eden Lifestyle.
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Thank you so much
for being with us.
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Thank you very much.
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Okay, say your names again
because we practiced this before
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and I want to make
sure I have it right.
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My name is Monet
and Ezra St. Juste.
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St. Juste... I totally butchered
your name in the beginning.
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That's okay.
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I'm sure you get
that a lot right?
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Yes, we get that a lot.
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Well, I'd be calling
you by your first names only
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so I don't have to
worry about that anymore.
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So, tell us
about Eden Lifestyle,
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first of all, what is it?
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Well, Eden Lifestyle
is a family ministry.
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It's actually a family of nine,
it's my brothers, my sister,
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my mom and dad
and my wife as well
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and we have all
dedicated our lives
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to do full-time
ministry for the Lord.
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So, Eden Lifestyle as
well, we are full time in
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lines of Gospel
Medical Missionary Work
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so, we go and we help
individuals with health
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and I guess later on we'll
be talking more in lines of
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what exactly we do as well.
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Right, so, if this is a ministry
of health and well-being
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that your family...
it's a family ministry...
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Right, it's
actually a family ministry,
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and not only that,
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we actually are
doing this full time
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so that's all we do.
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Wow! so how did
you get into this?
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Okay, well, originally,
we were actually raised
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in Saint Lucia
just to start off.
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Saint Lucia, okay,
tell us where that is
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for those
people who have no idea
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where Saint
Lucia is where is that?
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Saint Lucia is in the Caribbean
and it's right next to Barbados
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if anyone knows
where Barbados is,
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it's directly to the left. Okay.
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So they call it
"The Helen of the West"
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Okay, okay.
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Yes, so we were
raised in Saint Lucia
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and I mean, we were raised,
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my dad was backslidden from
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and at first, my mom
was also a Roman Catholic
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but then, I guess, my
dad being Adventist before,
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what he'll do, he
would drop us off at church
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every Sabbath
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Wait, wait,wait,
so your dad was...
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he wasn't going to church
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but he was making sure
you guys went to church.
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That's correct, that is correct.
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And your mom was Catholic.
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My mom was Catholic.
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My father would drop us off
but my mom would get us ready.
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Well, it's good that
your mom would let you go
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right, but you were missing the
whole family being in church.
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Yes. So what happened?
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So, what happened was that
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we kept inviting our
parents over and over
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even if they were dropping us,
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they still
wouldn't come to the church
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but we kept inviting
them and inviting them until
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my dad started coming and
there was this Health Seminar
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oh sorry, Music Seminar that was
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taking place in
our church at that time
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and it was so perfect because
my dad was in the Music Industry
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we all grew up basically
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attending a lot of
different dance activities
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growing up... I'm not sure
if you're familiar with Calypso
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Oh yeah. which
is one of the main
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types of music down there
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Right. and Soca
and many other things
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and so the Music
Seminar was perfect
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to be able to captivate my dad
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and also us, and
for this, our family
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began attending it regularly.
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So your mom came with your dad?
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My mom showed up
a couple of times,
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but to the end
of the Music Seminar
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our entire family
except for my mom,
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decided that we
would get baptized.
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Including your dad?
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Including my dad,
so even at that time
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I remember having
the Week Seminar, right,
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the Music Seminar,
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and at the Music Seminar
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my brothers and my dad
decided to get baptized
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but for me... I
didn't want to get baptized
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because I was
concerned about my friends
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and music and
different things like that
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so, I was very involved
in a lot of different things
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so I remember that
morning, that Sabbath morning
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I woke up and I'm like,
"Dad, I'm ready to get baptized
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I'm ready to give
my life to the Lord"
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so at that time, in the morning,
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my mother, always
makes a little bit of jokes
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when we were
growing up, she says,
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"You know when
you're get baptized,
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do you know what the
Pastor is going to say?
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He's going to
hold you by the head,
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as he's going to put
you down in the water,
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and lift you back up
and say, 'Do you see God?'
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and you have to
answer, 'no Pastor,'
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and he'll put you
back in the water again
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and bring you up and
say, 'Do you see God?'"
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and I remember that afternoon
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we all went to the
beach to get baptized,
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and my mom... she didn't
come to the beach at that time,
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but my uncle invited
her just to come to witness
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the event, and while
we were getting baptized,
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my dad went in the
water, I went into the water,
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my brothers and so on,
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and from afar my
mom saw us on the shore,
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and she saw that when my
father went down into the water,
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that... she saw...
like a light come on to him
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and she saw something that
everybody went up to heaven
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and she's the only
one that's left behind
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and so she ran to
the shore she said,
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"Stop, stop, stop"
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because they were about
to close out the baptism,
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she said, "Stop, I want
to give my life to the Lord"
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Wow! so she gave her life to
the Lord right then and there.
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Yeah, and my entire family
got baptized that same day.
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Praise the Lord
and in fact I read
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in one of your
statements that you sent to me
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that... who was the
pastor that baptized you?
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It was Pastor
Johns, Marquis Johns
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the Host of "The New
Journey" on Dare to Dream
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which is
really... that's incredible.
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So he came over to Saint Lucia,
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did a Seminar, he
did the Week Seminar
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or he did the Revival?
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He did the week
Seminar, I think it was a week.
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And at the end, your
whole family was baptized.
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And even on that
Sabbath, that's the first time
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my whole family went to
church that afternoon together.
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Oh! Yes.
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How beautiful! so
what was the difference
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in your family,
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how was your
family before baptism
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and how was your family after?
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Before baptism, I
mean, we were involved,
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we were into a lot
of things on the side,
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my father was into the
Music Production Industry
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I played in a Band at the time
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so I was really
involved in a lot of music,
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a lot of carnivals and
Calypso and different things.
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I remember, as a boy, 12
years old... 14 years old
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sleeping underneath the stage,
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playing for big
concerts at 12 o'clock at night
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and different things, so,
that was our life before that
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so in order for our
whole family to get baptized,
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we're talking
about my father's career,
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he's the major
provider in the household
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and then all of us,
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our aspirations and everything
had to change at that point.
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Wow! look at...
this is so interesting
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because you come to this place
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and it really,
really involves faith
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Hmmm... hmmm... because your dad
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is the Provider
for the household
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and he has to turn
away from his career
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and ask God, "What
do you want me to do"
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because he can't do
what he was doing before.
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Yeah. So how did that...
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what happened...
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I don't want to
say, "How did it evolve"
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because that sounds
like it happened on its own,
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how did God lead you
from that point of faith
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into full-time ministry?
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Okay, at that time, when
I was about 16 years old,
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17 years old, I
decided to come to the States
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to go to
University at that time,
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so I went to an Art School,
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you know how
Art Schools could be
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so there were a lot of
things going on in Art School
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and in the class I
was really challenged
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we have a lot of
strange classes in Art School,
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so I was really
challenged in my class
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to go back and study
for myself and the Bible,
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and so that kind of drew
me even closer to the Lord,
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closer to
understanding the Bible
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and at that time, my brother,
my other Brother Renoir,
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he came up to the States as well
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and we started studying together
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and we were
like, "Wow! we never...
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you know we never
actually found out that,
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'wow, this is
actually what we believe
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as Seventh-day
Adventists'" so even then
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at Art School, I met a friend,
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I met a young lady, and
she questioned our faith.
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She was like, "Okay, so,
tell me about the Sabbath"
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I'm like, "Well,
I don't really know
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but I can go back
tonight and find out"
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so I'll go back,
search up some things,
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go pick up some
Bible Study Guides
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and then come back tomorrow
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and study with her.
She would ask me about,
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"Okay, so what about
the state of the dead?"
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I'm like, "Okay,
I don't really know
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how to give you a Bible Study
in that, but I can find out"
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and so I went to
the Bible to find out
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and then in doing that,
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in sharing the
gospel with her like that,
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it draws me even
closer to Christ,
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and draws even
into praying some more,
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even praying for
her that she understands
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the message for this time.
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But look at what God did,
because you weren't prepared
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but you were available,
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you made
yourself available to Him
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and He used you,
and in so doing...
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watered your spirit
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at the same time. That's right.
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So you went
back, and you studied
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right, and you came back to her
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and you were able, though
the power of the Holy Spirit,
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to give her a Bible Study
and that strengthened you too.
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Yes, and even at
that time it was...
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at that time it was my
brothers, Monet and Renoir,
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who were up in South Florida
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but then myself, my
sister and also my parents,
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who were in Saint Lucia,
so they'd be sharing with us
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different things that
they were studying and learning
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and we basically attended a
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a Roman Catholic
School, High School,
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so, I'll go back to
school and I'll start doing
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Bible Studies with
some of the students
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I'd start teaching
them about the Sabbath,
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I'd start teaching them about
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the "Mark of the Beast"
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and all those things
that we were starting to learn
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so, I mean, I'm
at a Catholic School,
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oh yeah, so, I mean, it was...
something was starting to be
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revived within us,
and not so long after
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I graduated from
High School at 16
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but not too long
after, our entire family
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we all came up to South Florida
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so now we're all
united again as one,
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now upon being reunited,
we started doing our devotions
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especially from the
book, "Adventist Home"
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and that book has been a
huge blessing to our family
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really allowing us to be
drawn closer to each other,
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closer to Christ, and
we began to study more
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as to how families ought to
be able to carry out their lives
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upon earth, and how it was to be
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a replication of
families in heaven also
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I began seeing more and more
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how the Lord wanted families
to be effective ministers
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to their neighbors
and to their surroundings,
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so we did... we
took it at its word
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we took
"Adventist Home" and we said,
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"You know what, let's
start going door to door
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and let's start
ministering to our neighbors
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and to those around us"
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so we started doing
canvassing work at first
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and we started
going in the homes
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and we started
doing Bible Studies
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and that even
gave us opportunities
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to minister to
people physically as well
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because, at that point in time,
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we just began
learning more about health and
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learning more
about the health message
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that the Lord has given us
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and we're like, "You know what,
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let's just put what
we know into practice"
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so even one time, I
remember knocking on this door
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and this lady coming out to us
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and we started canvassing some
books and she mentioned to us
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she had diabetes and a
host of other problems,
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taking over ten
different medications
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so we said, "You know what...
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we do consultations with people"
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and we sat with her
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we put her on a
full lifestyle program
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simple things like
exercising and water
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those simple things
and her blood sugar was
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about 250 something,
and in less than two weeks
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we saw the Lord was
able to bring it down
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next to the normal range,
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so, at first this
was like... Two weeks?
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big blessings I said,
like, "Wow! it worked. "
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It kind of
reinforced it for you right?
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it's like, "wait
a minute this is...
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I'm reading it here but
now I'm seeing it in action"
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you gave me so many things to...
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as you were
talking, I'm thinking,
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"Whoa, these are great
places to ask questions"
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number one, I want to go back
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to the Catholic
School and the Bible Studies,
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did you get in
trouble for teaching that?
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Well, certain times I
would get in trouble because
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there were
Religious Knowledge Teachers
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RK... we call
them... "RK Teachers"
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who would come to the school,
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and they would also teach
us the "Catholic Doctrines"
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so, certain times,
I'd stand up in class and
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I'll object and say,
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"Well, that's not
what the Bible teaches"
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and then I'd get in a
little bit of trouble but
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a lot of the
students they understood that
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what I was saying was
supported by the Bible
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so, a lot of my
friends were really open
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to what I was saying as well.
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That's good and
so, you ended up...
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did you graduate from there?
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Yes I did. Okay, and
so, your whole family
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began to really
study the "Adventist Home"
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and not only study it, but
implementing the principles
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in that book.
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That's right, because we're
doing devotions in the morning
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and in the afternoon,
we were going to apply
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the same thing we
learned in the morning
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and go out into the Communities
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and share with
other people as well.
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So, by this time,
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this is how your dad
is making his living in
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full-time
ministry at this point?
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At that point was in Saint Lucia
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it just so happened
that the Lord took away jobs
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where my dad... he
no longer was working
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where he used to be working at,
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and this allowed
everyone to be able to move up
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to South Florida,
so when he moved up
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he basically came up
without any jobs at this time
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no one was
really working per se,
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but at that point
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where we all began
to engage in ministry.
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And the Lord was providing for
you at every step of the way.
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At every step of the
way, because even then
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as my father... my parents,
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my father really
wasn't working at the time
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we actually got involved
in doing canvassing work
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Okay. and doing canvassing work
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we were able to get
funds that would come in
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you know, bit by bit,
to help support the family
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we were living in a
little room in an apartment
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in South Florida at the time,
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and then afterwards, we
moved up to Northern Florida
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with no money, you
know, zero dollars,
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nothing in the pocket, no
jobs, into a new territory,
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and we got to a
point where we were asking,
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"Lord," we said, "Father,
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what would you have
us to do in this area,
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what would you want us to do?"
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So we recognized the
importance of being able to
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sustain ourselves,
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while we actually
do the work as well. "
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This is such a journey of faith,
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you know, some people would say,
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"Well, wow, they
gave up their jobs,
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what is wrong with them?"
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But you were
actually proving God,
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you know, God says he
will provide for us and He did,
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He certainly provided
for you so how did you move
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from there into
full-time... well, let's go back
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you have several different...
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under the umbrella
of "Eden Lifestyle"
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you have several different
ministries, tell us about that.
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So at that time
when we actually moved up
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to Northern Florida, we
were praying and asking God
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we said,
"Father, we need to know
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how can we support ourselves
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and continue this work because
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we have a lot of people
to feed in the household,"
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there's a
mother, there's a father,
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and there are a
lot of children Right.
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so we were praying
and as we began to study
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the writings from
the Spirit of Prophecy
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and the Bible itself,
God was actually teaching us
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to be more
industrious, to be more...
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remember like Paul,
he was doing tent making?
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Right...
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So we started a
lawn-care service
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so we started
providing lawn care
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in the Jacksonville area
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and while we were in lawn care,
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we were knocking on
doors, doing canvassing work,
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knocking on doors,
sharing the gospel with others
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and then as we
were knocking on doors
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then we ask the
person at the end,
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and said, "Do you
have any grass to cut?"
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Then we'll take the
funds that we make from that
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and put it back
into the ministry
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to get some more
books and go back out again
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and then share the gospel again.
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Wow! that is tremendous,
so tell us some of the stories
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that you have from
working in the field,
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canvassing, by the way, is
what we call "Colporteuring"
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or Literature Evangelism,
selling books and information
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to people about the
Lord, so tell us about
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some of the
experiences you had in the field
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and while you were canvassing.
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Okay, well the testimony...
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the lady was one
who I was canvassing
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but I'll give
another one as well.
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I remember, one time,
I was knocking on doors
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I came up to a man,
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I had a book
called, "Bible Answers"
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and I was
canvassing "Bible Answers"
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so, I mentioned in the canvas
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"it also speaks about
the state of the dead"
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and he was like, "The dead?"
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so, automatically I was like...
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"Do you understand
the state of the dead?"
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and he said, "No" so I'm like,
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"Okay well, can
we do a Bible Study?"
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then he was like,
"Hold on one second"
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so he went back into his house
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and a few seconds later he
came back out and he told me,
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"Come in" and I was
like, "Oh man! I just asked him
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for the Bible Studies and... "
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I was just praying, I
said, "Lord, you know...
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bring back some Bible
texts to my memory because... "
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but then, I went into the
home and sat down with him
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and I began... the
Lord just kept bringing back
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text after
text, link after link,
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and I believe it
was about 30 minutes,
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I did a full study
with him and at the end...
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praying with him, and
he was just like, so amazed
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and, to him, it was like...
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he has never seen
something like this before
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and it's just a
blessing just to see...
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just to see souls
that are out there
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that are dying for
something that we have
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and really sharing it with them
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and seeing the impact that
it's having on their lives.
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Yes, and we have some
pictures of you in the field and
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we're going to show them,
and tell us what we're seeing.
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Okay. What's that?
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This one here is a
picture of our entire family
00:18:12.25\00:18:15.59
and my parents,
myself, my brother, his wife
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and also my sister. Nice.
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Let's show another one.
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And this is
actually at a Flea Market
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what we did once...
we said, "You know what,
00:18:27.40\00:18:29.84
let's go to our
nearby Flea Market
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and let's try to
canvas some books
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and try to meet some people
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that is within the
market," so this was me here...
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speaking to
someone who was passing by
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and canvassing one of our books.
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Nice. And this
is actually when we
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actually started
the Lawn Care Service
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and we started
cleaning out different lawns
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and different yards,
and that's how we made funds
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to go back into the ministry.
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We call this, "Gospel Industry"
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Okay, all right, nice.
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And this here is
actually our first Field School,
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the graduates from our first
Field School that we conducted.
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Now what's a "Field School?"
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A Field School... at
Field Schools we go over
00:19:10.75\00:19:14.12
the Gospel
Medical Missionary Work
00:19:14.15\00:19:15.58
so we cover different topics
like Bible, health, evangelism,
00:19:15.62\00:19:21.22
we cover topics in
lines of studying the Bible
00:19:21.26\00:19:25.36
we go over God's
pharmacy which is
00:19:25.39\00:19:28.40
different natural remedies
00:19:28.46\00:19:29.80
and teach people
hydrotherapy, we teach people...
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it involves...
basically training people to
00:19:32.47\00:19:35.57
be able to carry out
gospel medical missionary
00:19:35.60\00:19:37.14
in their church, and
also at their homes as well.
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Oh, and that was your first...
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let's go back to
the other picture please
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that was your
first graduating class?
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Yes, that was our
first graduating class,
00:19:49.55\00:19:52.65
I believe it was 12
students at that time and
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that one, I believe that lasted
00:19:55.82\00:19:57.93
somewhere about two months.
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Well, we do have different
Field Schools that are:
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one, one week... two
weeks or three weeks as well.
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Okay, oh you guys are busy,
okay, let's go to the next one.
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The next one is
actually our youngest graduate
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from one of our training,
00:20:13.51\00:20:14.84
and I think she
is either 11 or 12
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I'm not 100
percent sure, but 11 or 12.
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Wow! that's incredible.
00:20:20.92\00:20:23.75
And this was actually
when we actually conducted
00:20:23.79\00:20:27.49
a Seminar at a
Camp Meeting as well
00:20:27.52\00:20:30.56
so we got involved
a lot into Seminars
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and also Training.
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That's your
wife? That's my wife.
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All right, which...
you guys look so young
00:20:36.26\00:20:38.23
and I was like,
"what in the world!"
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okay... baby faces.
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And this... what
you're looking at here
00:20:42.67\00:20:44.21
is a website that we
developed for Online Evangelism
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Hmmm... it's
called bibleanswer. org
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and it's kind of
funny how this developed
00:20:48.88\00:20:50.61
because one day we
were thinking about
00:20:50.65\00:20:52.38
how to do evangelism online
00:20:52.41\00:20:53.88
and then we went to Craigslist
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.28
and posted about free
Bible Studies on Craigslist
00:20:55.32\00:20:57.69
and in posting free
Bible Studies on Craigslist,
00:20:57.72\00:21:00.06
a lady contacted us,
00:21:00.09\00:21:02.42
and as she contacted
us, we went to her home
00:21:02.46\00:21:06.09
it was really strange because
we'd never met her before
00:21:06.13\00:21:08.43
we called her,
went into her home,
00:21:08.46\00:21:10.07
and also started
doing Bible Studies,
00:21:10.10\00:21:11.63
she requested that she wanted
to do the Free Bible Studies
00:21:11.67\00:21:13.90
and she wanted to
study the Bible some more
00:21:13.94\00:21:15.44
and being at her home and
being able to study with her
00:21:15.47\00:21:17.87
she said that... we told her,
00:21:17.91\00:21:19.24
"How did you hear about the Ad?"
00:21:19.27\00:21:20.61
she said, "Well, I don't
normally go on Craigslist but...
00:21:20.64\00:21:22.48
but actually when I
went on this website,
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.71
I actually... on this website...
00:21:24.75\00:21:28.05
I saw free Bible Studies,
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I'm like... 'what?
free Bible Studies?'"
00:21:30.52\00:21:31.85
and then she clicked on it
00:21:31.89\00:21:33.22
because she was
looking for some furniture,
00:21:33.25\00:21:34.62
some free furniture
to furnish her house,
00:21:34.66\00:21:36.29
and when she looked
at it, she contacted us
00:21:36.32\00:21:37.93
and then we came to her home
and studied the Bible with her
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.20
not knowing that
00:21:40.23\00:21:41.56
she and her whole family we
were studying the Bible with
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.63
with all the
children and everyone else
00:21:43.67\00:21:45.00
and in doing that,
00:21:45.03\00:21:46.77
the whole family got
invited into church as well.
00:21:46.80\00:21:48.57
Praise the Lord, you
guys are busy for the Lord
00:21:48.60\00:21:53.71
busy for Him, I
mean, it's like...
00:21:53.74\00:21:56.38
it's so nice to see young
people that are on fire for God
00:21:56.41\00:22:01.38
and one of your goals,
00:22:01.42\00:22:03.55
I had read on your
sheet that you sent me,
00:22:03.59\00:22:06.22
one of your goals is
to train young people
00:22:06.25\00:22:08.59
tell us about that.
00:22:08.62\00:22:09.96
Yes, and the reason our ministry
really is directed a lot
00:22:09.99\00:22:15.40
with the youth
as well is because
00:22:15.46\00:22:16.90
even when we read in the
book "Messages to Young People"
00:22:16.93\00:22:21.20
page 204, it says that,
there's a great influence that
00:22:21.24\00:22:25.47
youth to youth
have upon each other
00:22:25.54\00:22:27.78
when ministering to each other
00:22:27.81\00:22:29.14
so we focus a lot on
really training the youth
00:22:29.18\00:22:32.31
and even
previously, just a few days ago,
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we also conducted a
Youth Bible and Health Training
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as well and at that ministry
we focus a lot on the youth
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because we
realize that the Lord...
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basically this entire church...
it started off by young people
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and we believe... young
people will also have to
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take up and finish the work
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so we really want to
train and equip young people
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in lines of Gospel
Missionary Medical Work
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and in lines of canvassing
and many other lines of ministry
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to be able to thoroughly go out
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and share the
gospel with others.
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Wow! so, what do you
say to young people that
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say, "What are you
doing, like, I want to party,
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I don't want to
do that, it's boring,
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your life is boring"
what do you say to them?
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What do you say
to a young person
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that says, "It's boring. "
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Well, a lot of
times what we do is
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we basically share with
them why it's not boring
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because we actually get
involved in everyday activity
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doing the work for the Lord,
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and one of the
greatest joys that we get
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is to see a soul being
converted to Jesus Christ,
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you know, it's
such a joy, I'm like,
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"How can you trade
that for anything else?"
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You know and we
give them a rundown
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on what our day looks like
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because since we're young
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we want to be
able to show them that,
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you know, being
young, you can do ministry
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and you can support
yourself while you do ministry
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and it is also
very important that...
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especially a young person,
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using your talents
and means at a young age
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to put into the Lord's business.
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So what does your day look like?
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Well, our day would look like...
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in the morning we
have family worship
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so that's how we
stay together as a family,
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we come together,
we pray and we study,
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we ask God exactly
what He wants us to do
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for that day in particular
or we have plans for the day
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so we would get
up and we would do...
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we would call the different
people we need to call,
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.76
let's say, we do a lot
of phone consultants as well
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working with people
who are ill, who are sick,
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and also in the afternoon time,
we come together as a family
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we prepare lunch,
and different things
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and we study some more,
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if there are any Bible
Studies in the evening,
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we do Bible
Studies in the evening,
00:24:43.41\00:24:45.48
we do Bible Study with friends,
00:24:45.51\00:24:47.58
we do online evangelism,
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it only depends
because sometimes...
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most of the
time, we're on the road
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traveling, doing Seminars,
or maybe in somebody's home
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helping them
with certain illness,
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or something of that sort.
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So when people are ill,
they can call you and say,
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"How can I deal
with this naturally,
00:25:02.96\00:25:06.20
what can I do to
help myself naturally
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and you will talk to them
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and if they're local,
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you'd go to their
homes, how does that work?
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Yeah, so two ways we do it...
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we do consultants so that way
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if someone is unable to allow
us to come into their home,
00:25:19.11\00:25:22.42
we'll send them a
full lifestyle program
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that they can be able to utilize
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which is
specific to their illness,
00:25:26.52\00:25:28.99
and also right now we're mobile
00:25:29.02\00:25:31.43
so we'll go into their
homes and we'll work with people
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we work with people with Cancer,
with High Blood Pressure,
00:25:34.40\00:25:37.27
with Diabetes and
different illnesses as well
00:25:37.30\00:25:39.87
we have different
programs for example, ten days,
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eighteen days or
more if requested.
00:25:42.47\00:25:44.84
Wow! that's amazing and
we have an address for you
00:25:44.87\00:25:47.88
we'll put your
address up on the screen
00:25:47.91\00:25:49.54
Eden Lifestyle Ministry,
00:25:49.58\00:25:51.48
PO Box 305, Live
Oak, Florida 32064
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or you can call
them at 844-433-3654
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or you can go to their
website at: edenlifestyle. org
00:26:03.53\00:26:08.36
or e-mail them at
info@edenlifestyle. org
00:26:08.40\00:26:14.37
so we have the address
up here and it's important
00:26:14.40\00:26:18.61
to get in touch with
them and support this ministry
00:26:18.64\00:26:22.78
this is such a
life-changing ministry
00:26:22.84\00:26:26.75
you have... you
brought with you a
00:26:26.82\00:26:30.65
colon cleanser, tell
us about that real quick
00:26:30.69\00:26:33.29
we have just about a
minute for you to tell us
00:26:33.36\00:26:35.89
but tell us about
that colon cleanser
00:26:35.92\00:26:37.49
that you've manufactured.
00:26:37.53\00:26:39.03
Well, actually...
we actually are trying
00:26:39.06\00:26:40.66
to set up a base in Florida
00:26:40.70\00:26:42.03
an Outpost Center to be
able to train young people
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.07
and also to
engage them in ministry
00:26:44.13\00:26:45.77
so, we're trying to raise funds,
so the Lord inspired us to
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.04
to be able to raise funds
in such an effectively way
00:26:49.07\00:26:51.77
so what we did was, we
developed something called
00:26:51.81\00:26:54.48
"A natural colon cleanser"
00:26:54.51\00:26:56.54
and with this
natural colon cleanser
00:26:56.58\00:26:58.18
we are able to
actually provide the funds
00:26:58.21\00:26:59.85
to be able to start up
this Outpost Center in Florida
00:26:59.88\00:27:03.55
and you want to say
a little bit about it?
00:27:03.59\00:27:06.39
So, what we realized was that
one of the main things for us
00:27:06.42\00:27:11.16
was in terms of
finances in getting that place,
00:27:11.19\00:27:14.30
so the Lord gave us,
00:27:14.33\00:27:15.66
we were just praying
and the Lord inspired us
00:27:15.70\00:27:18.10
to put together
this entire product
00:27:18.13\00:27:20.90
so this product... it's...
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.80
we call it The
New Enema Cleanser
00:27:22.84\00:27:25.31
it's a full herbal
high-fiber cleanser
00:27:25.34\00:27:28.48
and it helps
individuals in cleaning out
00:27:28.51\00:27:31.58
any part-sized mucus and
releasing any fecal matter
00:27:31.61\00:27:34.18
from the intestines.
00:27:34.22\00:27:35.85
That's tremendous and
we know how important it is
00:27:35.88\00:27:39.05
to keep that
colon cleansed because
00:27:39.09\00:27:41.59
if you don't... that's the
seat of our immune system really
00:27:41.62\00:27:45.23
and a lot of
people don't know that
00:27:45.29\00:27:46.63
and that's just super critical.
00:27:46.66\00:27:48.76
Thank you so
much for being with us
00:27:48.80\00:27:51.10
what a
blessing, what a blessing,
00:27:51.13\00:27:53.40
and thank you so
much for being with us.
00:27:53.44\00:27:56.81
We really, really hope that
you're blessed by these programs
00:27:56.84\00:27:59.94
join us next time,
00:27:59.97\00:28:01.31
because it just wouldn't
be the same... without you.
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