Stay tuned to meet
a woman whose passion
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for children's health
can change your child's life.
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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 Charmaine Vierra,
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Health Evangelist and
Author of "Eat More Rainbows. "
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Welcome to Urban
Report Charmaine.
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Thank you
Yvonne, glad to be here.
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What a blessing
it is to have you.
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I'm very blessed.
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You have a really
interesting journey,
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let's talk a little
bit about your journey
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before we get into
your current ministry.
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Tell us about where you grew up.
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Well, my father
was in the service
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so I had the
privilege and opportunity
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to live all around the world.
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So I've lived on
other parts of this universe
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in Europe, in Asia,
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in different parts
of the United States
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so it was quite a
wonderful experience
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and challenging as well,
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and I believe that God
has used that whole experience
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to bring me where I am today.
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Did you grow up
in a Christian home?
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Well, I would say, not really
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because my parents
weren't consistently
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practicing their
faith, but enough to where
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I knew truth from going to
church when we did attend church
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and I feel very blessed
that when I was fourteen
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I met a lady by the
name of Margaret Davis
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who wrote a book,
"What Must I Do to Be saved?"
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and she visited our
church and explained
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righteousness by faith, Oh...
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and at that point,
I really understood
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our message of salvation
and the three angels' message
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and I'm very thankful for that.
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So you grew up in
the Adventist Church?
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Yeah, Adventist Church. Okay.
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Had a knowledge of
the Adventist Faith
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since a little girl
and eating clean foods and
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health principles.
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All right, and so that...
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you carried into
adulthood with you
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or did you kind of lose sight
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of the health
principles for a while?
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I think I need to tell
you that I've had Cancer.
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Okay.
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Yeah and maybe that's a
good starting point for me
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because I did imbibe
many of the health principles
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but got derailed
and I was practicing
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some lifestyle things
that were really compromising
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my health and my
immunity and at the age of 37
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I was diagnosed
with Breast Cancer
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and I was very surprised
because I was working as a
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Certified
Fitness Trainer at a Gym
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and it was the
furthest thing from my mind,
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I have no familial history of it
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so when I was diagnosed,
it was really shocking to me
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and since then I've
really come to know that
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our attitudes can
affect our health.
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You know that's such
a good point, Charmaine,
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because it's not
just what we eat,
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it's also our mental
state, you know, our attitudes,
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all of that, all of those things
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come into play, so
we can't just stress,
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stress is huge,
and we can't just say,
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"Well, I didn't eat
right so I got Cancer"
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you know, because there are
a lot of people who eat well
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but they still get
Cancer, so you have to say,
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there are... you have
to look at the totality
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of it and say, well there's...
there's more than just one thing
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that can cause Cancer.
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That's right and in
looking at the whole person
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in my situation,
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there were things that
were happening in my life,
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and had happened in my life
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that had really taken
its toll on my vital force,
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my immunity, I
think of that quote,
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"Nine-tenths of all
diseases start in the mind"
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looking back in my
childhood and things,
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there were issues
that hurt me, affected me,
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and brought upon
me, many bad decisions
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and a compromised immune system
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so it wasn't surprising
for me that at the age of 37
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and working several jobs
and going to school full time
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that... and
being a single mother,
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that I was
diagnosed with Cancer.
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So you had... and
that's another thing that
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people who are
watching or listening,
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should know that
Cancer is multi-faceted,
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it wasn't just...
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it took a long
time to get there,
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so it didn't
just happen overnight,
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it happened
from... it could be...
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even from your teen
years, the stress and
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some of the bad decisions
that you're talking about,
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Cancer just
doesn't happen overnight.
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Right. It develops...
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It developed and I
think too, I want to comment
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on my ethnicity is
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I'm half Black
and I'm half White
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and I grew up in
some... Biracial...
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yes, and I grew up
in some Communities
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that were predominantly White
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and I had experienced at
different times... racism,
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so I had some
self-hatred going on
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and that really
takes a toll on your health
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and your autoimmune system
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and I believe that
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that had something
to do with it as well.
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Isn't it sad that
oftentimes we live in places...
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there are places
that are more accepting
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of interracial relationships
and biracial children
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and then there are other places
that aren't that accepting
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and isn't it sad that
people don't just look at you
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as being just a beautiful
person... a beautiful woman,
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physically and
emotionally and spiritually,
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and instead, it's
like... you're biracial...
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that defines you.
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That defines you and it's sad...
it is the way of this world,
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it isn't the way
of God's world No.
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and I'm very
thankful to the Word of God
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from which I have
gained my identity.
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So I hear
pain... Hmmm... hmmm...
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pain in your
journey, Hmmm... hmmm...
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tell us a bit
about what happened.
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Well, I think for me that
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I lacked a
relationship with my father
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Your biological
father? hmmm... hmmm...
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and I think it's important
for women... for girls...
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to have that strength of
their father's relationship
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Tremendously...
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and to know their
identity and feel confident
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so they don't allow themselves
to get into situations
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that are toxic and
abusive to themselves.
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So from... as a result of your
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not having a
relationship with your dad,
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did you get into an
abusive relationship?
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I did. Okay.
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And it's kind of been my journey
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that even though I
was very much into health
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from a little girl, you know,
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I haven't drunk a
cup of coffee in my life,
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but I made some
choices in relationship and...
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Can you share a little
bit about that with us?
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It's difficult but I
can, I would define myself
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and my journey as co-dependent
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Okay. and just involving myself
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in toxic relationships, I
got married at the age of 18
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and I married in the church,
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and I married somebody that
was extremely abusive physically
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and mentally
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and from there I moved into
another abusive relationship
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and these things...
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I didn't
understand it at the time
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that it was my wrong thinking,
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it was my false understanding
of true submission in Christ
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how many times I've heard that
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"Wives submit
yourselves to your husband"
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I can't even
count how many times
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but what does that mean?
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Does that mean that I
stay in a relationship
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that is abusive
physically to me,
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and mentally to
me? and I had to learn,
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I had to grow and understand
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that God places
a high value on me
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Hmmm... hmmm...
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and then He has a journey for me
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That's right.
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He has a calling
for me and a plan for me
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and I'm not calling
women out of marriages
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but I'm calling women to
know who they are in Christ.
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Yes, and not to allow
themselves to be in a situation
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where their "temples" are abused
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even though we're
not calling them out
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to get divorced, per se,
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but we're calling
them out from abuse.
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And we're calling them out to be
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who God created
them to be. Absolutely.
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And women don't know,
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it's a message that the enemy
wishes to keep away from us
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that we don't know
who we are in Christ
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or our high value and we
esteem ourselves so little
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that we allow this
to go on and on and on
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and it will only stop
until someone makes a choice
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to make it stop and
usually it's the victim.
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And so that is
what happened with you?
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That's what happened with me.
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Come one, tell
us how you stopped
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because we're going
to get into this book
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but I do want
people to understand
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how you came to this
point, how did you get here,
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so how did you stop the abuse?
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I had to take a look at myself
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as a Christian woman,
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as somebody who has
given her heart to God
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why am I
repeating these choices?
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Hmmm... good question...
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Why? am I allowing this?
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Why have I lost who
I am in a relationship?
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Why don't I know my identity?
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I've become a
mirror image of mortal man,
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which is
idolatry and image worship
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and so I had to take a good
look and dear Brother and Sister
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who now work for the
GC, Jerry and Janet Page
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had a ministry,
a prayer ministry,
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in Central California Conference
and they came to my church
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and when he made an
appeal for healing Sister,
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I marched down the
aisle and asked for anointing
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for emotional healing,
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I wanted to know
why I was that way,
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and I wanted to be healed and
freed from them... those desires
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to have someone
affirm and validate me so bad
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that I would stay in a
situation that was toxic
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and see... God
had to turn my eyes
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from the humanly to the heavenly
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Come on now...
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and that's what
He's done for me,
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He's redeemed me and
He gives me that intimacy
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Isaiah 54:5, "The Lord
thy maker is thy husband"
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That's right. and
it doesn't in any way
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disparage or demean our
husbands but He tells us
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there is a higher
calling upon our bodies.
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Absolutely, and He never
intended for us to be abused
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on any level, we
are to be cherished
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as the weaker
vessel, we are to be loved
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and cherished and the
whole idea of submission is
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not to make oneself a doormat
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but to... you actually
wish to submit to each other
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it's wiser to
submit to each other,
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and we're to...
both submit to the Lord
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That's right. so, God
gave you that question,
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planted that in your spirit,
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and then, you went
up and God anointed
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and that's changed
your life, didn't it?
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Well it wasn't magic,
it didn't happen overnight,
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it has still
been a process Hmmm...
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and Sister, I
still believe I'm on it
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it's a daily thing of
acknowledging who I am
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in Christ, and coming to Him,
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and asking Him to heal me
and reveal those things in me
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Hmmm... and He's doing it.
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Amen. Praise God He's doing it
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and I am able to share my
testimony around the world
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and I have not
only women come forward,
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but I have men
come forward thanking me
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because Sister,
this is happening
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in many of our Christian
homes within our church.
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Yes. There's verbal abuse,
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there's physical
abuse, there's oppression
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and God will not have it so.
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I'm so thankful
that you are a voice
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for women who are
going through this
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and you're also a voice
for children with health,
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how did you get into the whole
children's health movement?
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Well, that will
probably be a whole 'nother show
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I can't tell my whole
story but I can tell you
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it's a leap of
faith, just a leap of faith
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and God's leading and
how He opened the door for me
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to step into health ministry,
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I was working
in Corporate Health
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and through all my trauma
and these toxic relationships
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and raising my kids and
I've made mistakes Sister
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you can imagine these
things have had an affect
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on my children, but
God has blessed... anyway
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He has redeemed the time, Yes.
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He has opened doors for
me to minister years ago,
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to step out in faith
in my church and be funded
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to work full time in
ministry, Health Ministry...
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and I went and I
got a certification
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as a "Food for Life" Instructor
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through Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine
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it's a Secular
Organization in our Nation
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that really
promotes plant-based food
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Hmmm... and cooking classes
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and they have an application
process... I was chosen
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and I went to Washington,
D.C. and they trained me,
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well I've used this
program around the world,
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but it's a secular
program and I thought to myself
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you know, we
have a blessed program
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"in our health
message" Hmmm... yes we do.
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our three angels'
message in that right arm
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and we have a
blessed message of hygiene,
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cleansing on the outside,
cleansing on the inside,
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and so, as my
husband, Danny Vierra,
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and I travel and speak,
with Modern Manna Ministries
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I decided, I
want to put together
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my own program for the children
that really incorporates
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our eight Laws of
Health, those free doctors
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that puts that pioneer
message of natural hygiene
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together in a way that
children that can understand
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as well as our gospel
message and it's green
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because it talks
about conservation
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and how children can be
good stewards of the earth
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so, I just praise God
that He has opened this door
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for me that I am going around
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I just got back from
England where I did it there
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with the children
over there in England
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and it was wonderful to
see the children learning
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and they're
soaking in like a sponge.
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Yes and they can
apply these things,
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this wonderful booklet
or book, "eat more rainbows"
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we have a great
picture of it on your screen
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"eat more rainbows"
where did that title come from?
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I feel like God gave it to me,
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I really don't feel like
it's any of my brilliance,
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He put a wonderful team together
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I call the "Green
Team" in the back of the book
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that you can see, but
God just gave it to me,
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He put it in my mind,
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I was thinking of
the acronym, "Newstart,"
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and how can I transform
that, eight laws of health,
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how can I transform that
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into something that
children can really remember?
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and God gave me "rainbows"
so, rest, activity, in control,
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nutrition, belief,
oxygen, water, sunshine.
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I love it, so
rainbows is an acronym.
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It's an acronym and
not only do we play on
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eating your
rainbows, but we can talk about
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incorporating the eight
laws of health as a rainbow,
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and then, of course,
I want people to know
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the rainbow is
around the throne of God.
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It's a blessed promise that
when we come to God in faith
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and we're
repentant, that He accepts us
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through the blood of the Lamb.
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Amen. So it's a gospel message,
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a three angels' message
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that's packed in
these little pages here.
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And this is powerful, I
was looking through this
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when I got it in the mail,
I thought, "This is wonderful"
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it's got puzzles and
activities and recipes
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and all these great things,
and it teaches about the Sabbath
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this is a wonderful witnessing
tool for young people who...
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little children who
don't know about the Lord,
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this is a great way to
introduce them to Jesus.
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Amen. And then
they have, you know,
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like when kids are
bored in church or something,
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they can do this while,
maybe I shouldn't say that
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because pastors might
not like that too much,
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but this is so... quiet time...
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let's forget doing it in church,
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let's do it at
quiet times at home
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and when you
are trying to impart
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certain lessons
to your children,
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this is a
marvelous tool for that
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so what a
blessing, what a blessing.
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And I'm hoping that
parents are going to read it
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and be blessed by it too.
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Oh yes, well,
let's put up an address
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where they can order it
because we really want them
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to be able to order this book,
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Eat More Rainbows, PO
Box 822, Victor, CA 95253
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or you can call,
area code 209-482-1631
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or go to the
website: eatmorerainbows. com
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let's go through
this one more time.
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PO Box 822, Victor, CA 95253
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or call area code 209-482-1631
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or just go to the
website: eatmorerainbows. com
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and you can order
this wonderful book
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and get this book
from Chef Charmaine.
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So, are you...
you're traveling around
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and tell us some
of the experiences
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that you've been having as
you travel with this ministry.
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Well, I'm excited to tell
you when I was in England,
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many of the
children coming from the area
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were so excited just
to be encouraged by some
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"real-life living"
kind of recipes that I did
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when I was over there,
they were excited about the
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Carob Mousse made of avocados,
and the Rainbow Living Pizza,
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so what I like
to do with children
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is not focus so
much on the negatives
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but really, to
uplift the positive
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of eating your
colors and incorporating
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as many raw and living colors
into your food as possible.
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Tell our Viewers
why that is important
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why eating your colors,
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why is eating
your colors important?
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I'd like to tell you my little
narrator in the book is Joe Cell
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now Joe Cell will take you
on a journey through the book
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and he talks about
how these are things
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affect him on a cellular level
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so how the phytochemicals,
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those things in the
food that give color
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protect him from diseases
such as Cancer and Heart Disease
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and so it's important for
us to eat our colors because
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God has put those things in
the plant to protect the plant
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and when we eat
them, they protect us
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so if we can get these
foods in a fun, colorful way
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before our children
while they're young,
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how much better, as we
teach them these things,
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that they will continue
with them throughout a lifetime
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and that is my
goal to get to them
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while their hearts are soft
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so that they will
really be impressed
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and want to carry those
things through a lifetime
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because Jesus is coming Amen.
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and we want clear
minds and clean bodies
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so that we can hear God's
voice and have Him sanctify us.
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Yes, and we want to
start with our children
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we don't want them to
wait until they're teenagers
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or beyond, to impart
these lessons to them
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because then... their
health habits have been
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pretty much entrenched
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so you really want to
get them while they're young
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and teach them,
"Train up children
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in the way they should go,
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so when they're old, they
will not depart from it. "
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Train them up with
good health principles
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and that's what this book does.
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What's the age group
covered by this book?
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Well this book, I
would say would be
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from about seven
to twelve, maybe...
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second through fifth
grade but the idea was this...
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was that it's a curriculum
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Hmmm... and I
want leaders to use it
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and in fact I have this
little logo here, "More"
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M O R E, it's an acronym for
"Mom's Organized for Raw Eating"
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and my logo is a
rainbow with a bite out of it,
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and so, I want
moms to collectively
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whether it's our
Women's Departments
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in our churches or
women's groups in the Community,
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meet-up groups,
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but moms have a special
influence on our children
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God has called us to
influence our children
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in ways of eating and
meal planning and these things
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and so I really want
mothers to get out there
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and get these kids
together, and use this as a tool
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and walk them
through these principles
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introduce the recipes to
them, and get them involved
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so that they will imbibe
these habits over a lifetime.
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Absolutely, and making
the recipes with your children
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is also... it's
such a great way to
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number one create memories,
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Yes. number two...
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because that's super important
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.81
creating memories
with your children
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number two, giving
them the right nutrition
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that's going to
help them in school,
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that's going to help
them to control themselves,
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because they won't be
jumping off the walls,
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bouncing off the
walls from too much sugar
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so this is
just... this is wonderful.
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Let's talk a little bit about
some of the principles here
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like rest, for example,
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Why is getting enough
rest important for children?
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While I think most children
need about 8 to 10 hours,
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and many of them
aren't getting that
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in fact, I asked
the children in England,
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"How many of you have had
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at least eight hours
of sleep last night?"
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not many of them had,
they'd been up at midnight
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and they're watching TV and
there are many devices out there
00:22:03.02\00:22:06.69
electronic devices to
keep our kids lying in bed,
00:22:06.72\00:22:09.46
and playing games on
their phones and what not
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so our children
aren't getting enough sleep
00:22:12.33\00:22:15.06
but this is important because
00:22:15.10\00:22:16.43
that's when their
growth hormone is released
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and that's when the
body repairs and grows and so
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we really want to
encourage our children
00:22:21.94\00:22:23.77
but better than demanding or
commanding that you go to bed,
00:22:23.81\00:22:27.91
wouldn't it be so
much better to engage them
00:22:27.94\00:22:30.38
in the process of
"why" Hmmm... hmmm...
00:22:30.45\00:22:32.45
so they'll want to go to bed
00:22:32.48\00:22:33.98
because they know
it's really good for them
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and they're going to
grow and they're going to be
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stronger and happier.
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Good, very good,
what about "activity?"
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Activity, that's
a fun one isn't it?
00:22:41.36\00:22:44.06
Yeah, that's a good one.
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Children like to be
active but we're seeing
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.36
a generation
that is more sedentary
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they're on these
iPhones, they're on these iPads,
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.40
they're watching TV,
they're eating fast food
00:22:52.43\00:22:55.00
and sitting at home, and
that's not doing very well.
00:22:55.04\00:22:59.07
In my State 38
percent of the children
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are either overweight or obese
00:23:01.54\00:23:03.24
Hmmm... and so we're seeing some
00:23:03.28\00:23:04.95
really frightening chronic
diseases in little children
00:23:04.98\00:23:09.62
because of these
lifestyle choices
00:23:09.65\00:23:11.19
so it's
important to get them out
00:23:11.22\00:23:12.69
for at least 30
minutes to an hour a day
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.96
moving and getting some exercise
00:23:14.99\00:23:16.86
and getting your heart rate up.
00:23:16.89\00:23:18.73
Exercise is so critical
for so many different things,
00:23:18.76\00:23:23.37
the older I get,
the more I realize
00:23:23.40\00:23:25.67
that you have to keep moving,
00:23:25.73\00:23:28.14
if you slow
down and stop moving,
00:23:28.17\00:23:31.17
everything kind of
rusts, I mean, it's just like...
00:23:31.21\00:23:34.34
so you have to keep
moving but it's so important
00:23:34.38\00:23:37.45
to give our kids
00:23:37.48\00:23:39.15
that sense of the
importance of activity
00:23:39.18\00:23:42.05
of moving...
keep that body moving
00:23:42.08\00:23:44.09
because obesity is
huge in this Society
00:23:44.12\00:23:47.49
in our culture
here, obesity is just huge
00:23:47.52\00:23:50.16
and if we don't get
a handle on it early
00:23:50.19\00:23:53.70
it can just
destroy, so that activity
00:23:53.73\00:23:57.20
is a critical thing, one more,
00:23:57.27\00:23:58.87
what about "being in control?"
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.44
In control, that's
a neat topic in there
00:24:00.47\00:24:03.54
gratitude verses
"battitude" Hmmm...
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.67
and being in
control of your temper
00:24:05.71\00:24:08.24
as well as your eating habits
and your lifestyle choices.
00:24:08.28\00:24:12.01
It is very important to
motivate our children to
00:24:12.05\00:24:14.55
be sanctified, to
allow the Holy Spirit in
00:24:14.58\00:24:17.72
so I talk in there about
the Word of God as affirmation
00:24:17.75\00:24:21.22
to be able to overcome
thoughts that are negative
00:24:21.29\00:24:25.09
as I was telling
you, self-hatred,
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.10
how do we overcome that stuff?
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.73
We overcome it
by the Word of God
00:24:28.76\00:24:30.30
and repeating those
truisms to ourselves
00:24:30.33\00:24:33.30
and out loud that
change our thoughts and
00:24:33.34\00:24:36.27
ultimately our behavior.
00:24:36.30\00:24:37.77
And our thoughts are
connected to our immunity
00:24:37.81\00:24:43.61
That's right.
00:24:43.65\00:24:44.98
and a lot of people...
they don't really know that
00:24:45.01\00:24:47.05
but if we have negative thoughts
00:24:47.08\00:24:49.82
our immune
systems are compromised
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.55
and we have a
tendency to get sick
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.26
Right. so we
keep that immunity up
00:24:55.29\00:24:57.49
and one of the ways to do that
00:24:57.53\00:24:59.43
is with positive thoughts,
that's why the Bible says,
00:24:59.46\00:25:02.63
"Whatsoever things
are pure... " you know,
00:25:02.66\00:25:04.90
"think on these things... "
00:25:04.93\00:25:06.27
because pure thoughts and
00:25:06.33\00:25:08.87
things that are holy and
just and happy thoughts...
00:25:08.90\00:25:12.81
these things can
help us to get well
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.68
and the Lord knew
that because He created us.
00:25:15.71\00:25:17.98
And I have a puzzle in
there for children, in fact,
00:25:18.01\00:25:20.72
that has them figuring out
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.85
the lungs... when
you're sad... they weaken
00:25:22.88\00:25:27.22
so each of the
organs of the body
00:25:27.26\00:25:29.66
and how those
emotions direct those...
00:25:29.69\00:25:32.23
negative emotions directly
affect that organ of the body
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.36
Isn't that amazing?
00:25:35.40\00:25:36.77
so they can learn
that by their attitude,
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.77
they can promote their health
and have healthier bodies.
00:25:39.80\00:25:42.30
Oh, that's great,
this is such a great book
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.14
I encourage you to get this book
00:25:45.17\00:25:49.01
to contact
Charmaine and get this book
00:25:49.04\00:25:52.31
and have it in your
Sabbath School classes
00:25:52.35\00:25:55.62
you can have it
and go through it,
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.55
at the end of
the class, you know,
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.39
they can go through
one of these lessons
00:25:59.45\00:26:01.96
and really work
with the young people
00:26:01.99\00:26:04.46
to teach them, the children,
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to teach them,
because children are neglected
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with their health, we
promote health with adults
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but not so much our children.
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Look into your camera
there and if you would
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say a few words to that
mother, we have like one minute
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to say... to mothers...
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I want to tell you
you have a high calling
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and there is much hope,
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God has given us a
blessed health message
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and He wants us to
be the head not the tail
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so I encourage you
to be of good cheer
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get the resource that
God has blessed me with
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and share it with your children
and your homeschool groups
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and your
communities and your churches
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and allow God to
teach your children
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that their bodies are the
temple of the most High God
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and they have
great value in His sight.
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That is so
great, that is so great,
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I'm so thankful that
God brought you here,
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and I'm thankful
that He gave you the idea,
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the inspiration
to write this book
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Praise God.
because we really need it
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and I thank you for
sharing your journey
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and your transparency with us,
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we really appreciated it,
there's somebody out there
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that needs to hear
what you've been through
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.87
and is indeed going
through what you've been through
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.41
and you already let
them know they have value.
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Thank you my Sister.
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It's been a
privilege and an honor.
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Thank you... for me too,
I'm glad you've been here
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and thank you so
much for joining us,
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don't hesitate to
really look at yourself
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and to say, "I have
value, God has a plan for me,
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I'm not here by happenstance,
I'm here by divine design
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God has called me to
do something special."
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Thank you so
much for joining us,
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join us next time,
because you know what?
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It just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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