Stay tuned to meet some people
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who are doing
great things for God.
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My name is Jason Bradley
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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Recently, I was at ASI
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and connected with some people
that you need to know about.
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My guests today are Renoir
and Kalina in the first segment.
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Let's take a look.
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I'm here in Phoenix, Arizona,
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with two young people
that are on fire for the Lord
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and a part of the
Medical Missionary work.
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We have Renoir... welcome
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and Kalina... welcome.
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So, tell us a little
bit about your background,
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where are you from, Renoir?
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Yes, well, actually, I'm coming
from the island of Saint Lucia.
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I was born and raised there
for about 17 years of my life
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and I first moved to
Florida about seven years ago,
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started... well to
pursue an education
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in Miami, Florida out there
and I've been here ever since,
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about seven
years now in the U.S.
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Wow, wow, seven years...
now, what about you, Kalina?
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I was born and raised in Florida
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and I was also
attending the same University...
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a private, very expensive
university in South Florida,
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but that's where the
Lord called me out, yes.
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Now, were you guys
raised as Adventists?
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Well, actually we were...
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I would say, we were
introduced to Adventism
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because my dad was
raised as an Adventist
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but my dad was a
backslidden Adventist so...
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he would... more
like... drop us to church
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but he wouldn't attend church
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because he knew he'd
been raised as a child
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in the way that he should grow
and he will never depart from it
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so, he dropped us to church even
though he didn't go to church.
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Jason: Okay.
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So we were raised...
going to church on Sabbath
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but then when we got home it
was a totally different story.
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It was a different life.
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So, go to church
and then come home
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and then it was
a different life.
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Yeah, watching TV...
you know, yeah, so...
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Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
hmmm... Now, what about you?
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Oh well, Jason, I was
born and raised Pentecostal
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up until
four-and-half-years ago or so
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when I accepted the
Adventist Faith, yeah.
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Oh, and how did you come
to accept the Adventist faith?
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Well, it is a
very interesting story,
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I was at the University
where we attended together
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and I met his
brother which I'm married to,
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his older brother, René.
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Jason: So, this is
your sister-in-law.
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Kalina: That's
my brother-in-law.
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Renoir: So I've know her as long
as my brother has known her yeah
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And so, I was
the RA of the dorms
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and I had to
meet all the students,
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and he was one of the
students and I met him
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and I find him interesting,
leaving every day Saturday...
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and I said, "Where do
you go every day Saturday?"
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And he said to me,
"Well, I go to church... "
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and he blew me
off... just like that...
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later on in our friendship,
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he got more open
with his Christianity
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and I was wondering why he's
so ashamed of his Christianity,
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he was an Adventist and I
started digging in his faith
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and I was like,
"Where... where do you go?"
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He said, "I'm an Adventist
and study the Sabbath day
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but, you have the
Mark of the Beast. "
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And I said...
Jason: That's crazy...
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Kalina: Yeah... so...
that began a whole adventure.
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Jason: How did that conversation
well... you got married now...
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but I mean... how
did that conversation go?
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Well, that started a
big strike in my heart
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and fast forward a
little... fast forward a lot...
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we started going at
it with the Bible...
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basically was challenging
my faith and he would ask me,
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"Well, show me what you
believe in the Bible... "
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I said, "I'm not
going to show you
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because I don't have
to prove anything to you,"
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really, I didn't know...
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but I told him, "It's my faith
and you can't question my faith
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I have 100 percent faith
and you can't question it... "
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and I would ask him,
"Well, let me... you show me"
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and he said, "Okay, give
me two days and I'll show you"
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and he didn't know
where to find anything
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so he went back to do his study
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and in him studying... he got...
he drew closer to the Lord,
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and I grew closer to the Lord
in studying together with him.
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What a blessing, now
let's talk about health, right?
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Because you guys
are deeply involved
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in the Medical Missionary work,
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we've had you two... you
came to the Studio before
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but let's talk
about how you got involved
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in Medical Missionary work.
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Well, actually it's a long
story but I'll keep it short,
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we... actually the first
thing that we got interested in
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was the gospel, I mean,
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even while my brother met
her just challenging us...
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we had to go home and
study, I remember going online
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and looked at
Amazing Facts Bible Study,
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she'll be like,
"Oh, what about Hell
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and what about burning
forever?" and we'd be like...
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"You know what... Hell is
something that is not real... "
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and we would go
back and study at home,
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we'd put together a study,
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we'd come back the next day
and give a study on Hellfire
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and different things like
that and that drew us closer
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and getting closer
to God and the gospel...
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studies in the
Bible for ourselves,
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a passion just grew out
for sharing Bible Studies
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with young people,
going... our AY Programs,
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leading out in AY Programs...
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and when we saw a
soul being drawn to Christ
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and young people
giving their lives to Christ
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through the
ministry that we were doing,
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I remember one time we
just like an... epiphany...
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I was like,
"Man! this is something
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that I would love to do
for the rest of my life. "
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Jason: Wow!
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And by that, learning about our
bodies being the temple of God
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bringing us
closer to God, I'm like,
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"I really have to watch
what I put into my body"
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so then, I started to
learn from Inspiration
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and also the Bible... reading...
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how God wanted us
to treat our bodies,
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and I remember one time a family
they were all into health,
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and they were talking
about a cleanser they were on...
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they were doing... and she said,
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"Oh, I think this cleansed my...
all my illnesses went away"
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and different things like that
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I'm like, "Wow, you
know we're interested,
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we want to do this cleanse... "
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Jason: What kind
of cleanse was that?
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It was called,
"The Master Cleanse"
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it was just some lemon
and some cayenne pepper
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and maple syrup and just...
with no food... for ten days...
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and we went
through this cleanse...
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and I'm telling
you... from that time...
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I've never touched
meats or anything like that
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after that cleanse,
so we just went like...
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kind of... cold turkey...
just changed our whole lifestyle
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and it was...
it's been about five...
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going on to six years now since
we've been fully plant-based
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and it's
tremendous... the Lord just...
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Now, what kind of
difference do you notice
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being fully plant-based,
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do you have more energy or
what... what's the difference?
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Well, actually I have a...
the time when I made the change,
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it was during my
middle terms or finals...
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I can't
remember which one it was
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but I remember I
had to study for exams
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and when I was on the cleanse,
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I recognized that
when I was memorizing
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for my different
tests... my final exam,
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my brain was just
so much sharper...
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Jason: Really?
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Renoir: I could remember...
I would read something...
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I would just remember
it off the bat like that
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and also I
would... like my exams...
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like... my scores in my
tests, I always aimed for...
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tried to aim
for... like an A student
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but I'm telling you... my
grades increased tremendously
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I had four-hour classes,
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I would pay
attention for the whole class,
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you know, just paying
attention... four-hour lectures
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and I was like... "Wow! I
can actually see the difference"
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energy... my memorization...
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my cognitive powers...
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they just increased
just being... on this diet.
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Wow, wow... wow...
now, so what about you...
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what brought you into
Medical Missionary work?
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I remember attending the
church before I got baptized
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and there was an Evangelist who
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presented
everything to his crusade
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and he talked on one of
the subjects of health reform
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and health message and
growing up in a Spanish home,
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we'd had no idea
of what health means,
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what... how to
shop... how to read labels...
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what's good for your
body... none of that...
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we had no
education on that at all...
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you know, generations and
generations teach one another
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but we had nothing
like that and so...
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and so... going
to that Evangelist
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the meetings by
that Evangelist...
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is when I first heard
it and I got so intrigued
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and I just wanted to
learn more and learn more
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and right from
the... right off the bat...
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one thing I know about
young people and especially...
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because we're
young... is that...
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when you read
something... we run with it...
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and just to experience
that experience... it's amazing
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and so when I started
applying it in my life,
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I said, "This is it, Lord,
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Your Word, Your
Inspiration testifies of it,
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Science declares it,
I'm on it... nothing else"
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and I was the first one,
basically, in my entire family
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for generations who
went plant-based 100 percent
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and by my stance...
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we were able to help more
young people in the church
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and in the Community
and in my family also, yeah.
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Wow! so let's about some of the
products that you have available
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well, I'm going to
let you talk about it,
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tell me about your products.
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Well, actually, I will
tell you why we started doing...
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developing different products,
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we actually have a ministry
called, Eden Lifestyle...
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and we do
seminars... we do trainings...
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and we have a special emphasis
on the young people as well
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in urban areas... and we wanted
to start a Lifestyle Center
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where we can...
people can come in
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and be helped with
different illnesses
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and because we're young, one of
the downfalls of young people,
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we don't have
money in the pockets...
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Jason: Yes, yes... yes...
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And you're a young
ministry so it's...
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even harder for people to
support you or donate to you
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because you may go
out and buy some Jordan's
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or something like that...
but... so we were just thinking,
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like, "Lord, how can we support
ourselves as being missionaries"
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and the Lord just impressed
in our hearts so strongly
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and we started
looking the lines of
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manufacturing
different herbal products
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and... because we had some
different ingredients already
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for the products and
we were helping people
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with different illnesses with
those types of products already,
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but we never... it was
never put out in the market
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so, we're like...
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"Let's just package this
and put this on the market"
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we do it... we
have a colon cleanse,
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and right now we just started
doing some activated charcoal,
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we plan to do a
whole cleanse series...
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liver cleanse, kidneys and...
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Now this is a non-invasive
colon cleanse, right?
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One of the great
things about your products
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is that it's non-invasive,
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it's not in enema
form or anything like that,
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it's
actually... like a powder...
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Yes, and this is now... for men,
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men don't like things going
up the... the other end... so...
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Jason: Yeah, yeah... absolutely.
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We only sell in US...
with no-enema-colon cleanse
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so you can take it
internally and it...
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many testimonies...
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people have lost ten pounds
while on this colon cleanse
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and really... the main focus...
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all the funds that we
got from this product is
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to put back into the work,
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actually the last time we
did the interview with you guys,
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we didn't have a
Lifestyle Center as yet,
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we were looking to set up one.
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We were staying in our vehicle
for the whole year... one year.
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Yeah, back and forth...
going from place to place.
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Jason: That's dedication.
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Renoir: Oh yeah and from Florida
we were looking at Florida
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to start up a
Lifestyle Center there...
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but actually this
year... we actually got a place
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in Upstate New York... yes.
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Jason: Wow! I know all
about Upstate New York...
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Renoir: Yes, yes, it's
beautiful we got a place and
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we have been doing some
renovations on the place
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right now... and all the
funds that we've been getting
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from these products...
we have been using it
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to renovate the place,
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painting and
putting down the floors
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and different
things like that, so...
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the Lord has been
blessing tremendously.
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We're really excited because
we get to teach young people
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or anyone... but
mostly young people that...
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you can start off with nothing,
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you can start off nothing but
a willing heart and dedication
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and the Lord will bless...
and many missionaries think that
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"It's hard, you
have to ask for this,
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you have to ask for
that... you have to... "
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no, it's what you have in your
hands and the Lord will bless
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and He surely did...
like Joshua... Team Joshua.
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Absolutely, and you know...
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one of the things that I
love about you guys is that,
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you're a family and missionary
work begins in the home
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and so you had... there are
nine people involved, correct?
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Oh yes, we started off
with nine people in the family,
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we're right now, currently...
who does the ministry,
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there are five of us currently
at the... Upstate New York
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and my parents are
back home right now
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and, I mean, it's
just tremendous seeing...
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a family coming together
and doing ministry together
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and, you know,
specially being young
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and starting off
with nothing at all
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and just seeing
how the Lord blessed
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and I remember one day
when we were getting into
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the Medical Missionary and
changing all our lifestyles
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and just being so
much for mission work,
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I remember
praying for my family,
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because, not all of us
started off in the ministry,
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my younger brother
and my younger sister
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weren't in ministry with us
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but I remember just
praying for them and saying,
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"Lord, please help them to see
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that we have to dedicate
our lives for missionary service
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and to give our youth... give
all the energy that we have,
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give everything to God,"
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I remember just praying for my
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younger siblings
and my parents as well
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and if you had told
me about five years ago
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that we would all be in
ministry together today,
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I'd be like, "No, you're
not speaking the truth... "
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It's amazing... I can't believe
that our time is almost up,
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it's almost up... in
the short maybe 15 seconds,
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what advice
would you have, Kalina,
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for the young person
at home that wants to join
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Medical Missionary
work? 15 seconds...
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Well, okay... one thing
is to start where you are...
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start where you are...
prayer... and the Lord will see
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the seed that's inside
of you and it will grow...
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and the downfall
of young people is:
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continuation,
dedication, persistence,
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no matter what is
in the way, continue...
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and that's the
hardest thing to do,
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doing the same thing over
and over until you see results.
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Excellent advice...
and what's the website
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where people can
check your products out?
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You can check it out
on: www. edenlifestyle. org
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also, www. easeyseries. com
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Okay so www. edenlifestyle. org
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and www.
easeyseries. com Kalina: Yes.
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Well, thank you guys
so much for joining us...
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Both: Thank you for having us.
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For coming on and continue...
continue the great work...
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I'm so proud of
what God is doing...
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working on you, in
you, and through you.
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Kalina: Amen...
amen... thank you.
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Jason: Thank you.
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Our next interview
is going to be with
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Helen Eager and Jim
Rennie, check it out.
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I'm here in Phoenix, Arizona,
with another great ministry
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at ASI Asian Aid,
I'd like to welcome
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Jim and Helen, how
are you guys doing today?
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Doing good thanks.
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Good, good, tell
us about Asian Aid...
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I walked by the booth
and I wanted to know more
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and I definitely wanted
to have you on this program.
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Okay, well, the key
activity that Asian Aid does is
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child sponsorship, we
take children based on need
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and we put them
in Adventist Schools,
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we give them a full education,
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we have about three and
half thousand children in India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh and recently
we've even entered Myanmar
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which is the old Burma
and also with the church
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we fully fund four orphanages,
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a blind school and a
deaf school in India,
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and in recent times, as
we'll talk about shortly,
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we've become involved
in Operation Child Rescue
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which is
obviously rescuing children
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from
trafficking and slave labor,
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so, that's Asian Aid
in a... in a capsule...
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Wow! wow! and
Helen, tell us about you...
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Oh well, I ran Asian
Aid for quite a few years
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so, I'm very familiar with
India, Nepal and Bangladesh,
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I haven't been to Myanmar
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but we have sponsored
many thousands of children
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and for me the best thing is
to see... those young people now
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really doing something
special for their lives
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and actually
helping to run churches
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and some of them, of
course, have gone abroad...
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but there are many of them
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that are really doing
a special work for God
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and for me, that's
the most important thing
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and with the trafficking...
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I've been
involved with that... a lot
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and in India and
Nepal it's a huge problem.
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I know it is worldwide but, I
think India and maybe Nepal...
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maybe two of the worst places
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because of the open
border between India and Nepal.
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Wow! and what is Asian
Aid doing about this...
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this human trafficking
and child trafficking problem?
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Well, if I may just first...
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Helen is selling
herself very short...
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Helen was the
Co-founder of Asian Aid...
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so about 30 or 40 years ago,
in Australia where it started...
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Helen started it and
since then, over 50,000 children
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have been given an
Adventist Education.
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Jason: 50,000
children... Jim: 50,000 children
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in Nepal, we've done
a lot of women's health
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and prolapse operations
and that issue in itself...
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when they have the operation
changes the woman's real life
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over 11,000 prolapse
operations have been done
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and I estimate... in that period
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$60 to $80 million have gone
into schools and orphanages.
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Jason: Wow!
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Jim: And all from the momentum
that this lady gave Asian Aid
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and that was 50 years
ago... it started in Australia
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and here in America we've
been going about 12 years.
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Jason: Wow!
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Jim: So, I just... sorry to
interrupt but I had to tell you
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about the momentum that
this lady has given Asian Aid.
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Yes, yes, she wasn't
going to tell us that, see...
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she was holding on to that,
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we're so happy that
you've allowed God to use you
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to be able to
do all those things
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and so, getting back to
the human trafficking...
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and child trafficking issue...
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what is Asian Aid
doing to help in that area?
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Well, we're very excited
that we're just launching
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a brand called:
Operation Child Rescue
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and Operation Child Rescue
is targeting the issues with
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boys and girls in
the trafficking area,
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so we're covering four areas,
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first of all
trafficking in the sex industry
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in Bangalore... we've
partnered with a lady,
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we've just committed to three
years' support of a rescue home
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and they go in and raid
brothels from the sex industry,
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we're involved in the
rescue of babies in Bangalore
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and also orphans
and slum children
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so Operation Child Rescue
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which you'll be able
to see on our website
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is a very exciting project
that we've become involved in.
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Wow! now how did you
get involved with Asian Aid?
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Jim: You're asking
me? Jason: Yes Sir.
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Well, I... as you can
tell, I'm not from America,
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I am a New Zealander
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and I came to America because
I married an American lady
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and they asked me
to go on the Board
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and then I took a
six-month contract
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to restructure Asian Aid
00:19:16.28\00:19:18.45
so I'm now seven years
into my six-month contract.
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Jason: Okay... okay... wonderful
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and where did this...
where did this vision start?
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How did this
Organization even come about,
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like where did
the vision come from?
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Well, actually, Asian Aid
was started in the beginning
00:19:32.93\00:19:36.20
just to get cheap freight
for warm clothing and blankets
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to go to South
Korea after the war
00:19:39.54\00:19:41.18
but the Adventist Church
was running a small orphanage
00:19:41.21\00:19:45.05
in Seoul... and that's where
00:19:45.08\00:19:47.35
the child
sponsorship program started
00:19:47.38\00:19:49.85
and then it went to Vietnam
00:19:49.88\00:19:51.62
and then we went
into India and Bangladesh
00:19:51.65\00:19:54.32
and then... in the beginning...
all the Nepali children
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were actually just
coming into India to study
00:19:57.89\00:20:00.03
so, those were
the three countries
00:20:00.06\00:20:02.00
where it started
fairly early in the piece,
00:20:02.03\00:20:05.23
because Vietnam fell...
long time ago now... yeah, so...
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Okay, now what stories do
you have because I know...
00:20:09.30\00:20:13.27
in doing this great work,
00:20:13.31\00:20:15.58
there are so many
stories that you probably have,
00:20:15.61\00:20:18.51
we'd love to
hear a couple of them.
00:20:18.55\00:20:21.38
Well, Helen, you
try and tell one story
00:20:21.45\00:20:24.45
because it's hard to hold
her at one... tell one story...
00:20:24.49\00:20:28.96
Jason: We've got some time,
00:20:28.99\00:20:30.33
we've got a
little bit of time left
00:20:30.36\00:20:32.09
so you got some time to tell us.
00:20:32.13\00:20:33.80
Well, I guess the stories about
children that are growing up
00:20:33.83\00:20:36.63
in our orphanages
are... sort of a bit special,
00:20:36.67\00:20:39.97
like, there was one young
man where he and his sister...
00:20:40.00\00:20:44.01
the mother had died...
and the father had decided...
00:20:44.04\00:20:47.58
he had already bought
poison to kill the children
00:20:47.61\00:20:51.05
because he
didn't know what to do
00:20:51.08\00:20:52.41
but an Adventist man
knew about our Sunshine Home
00:20:52.45\00:20:55.32
and so those three children
were brought to Sunshine...
00:20:55.35\00:20:58.15
one of the little girls
that was only around 2 or 3...
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she had been trodden
on the leg with a cow
00:21:01.02\00:21:03.79
and that had gotten infected
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.76
and so they had
treated it with cow dung,
00:21:05.79\00:21:07.83
so she had cow dung plastered
all over her... with cow dung...
00:21:07.86\00:21:12.93
see cows are the gods
of the Hindus, you see
00:21:12.97\00:21:15.57
and so, her leg
was badly infected
00:21:15.60\00:21:18.14
and so... they were actually
the first bigger children
00:21:18.17\00:21:22.04
that came to Sunshine Home,
00:21:22.08\00:21:23.41
before that, Dorothy
Watts just had some babies,
00:21:23.45\00:21:26.05
and it's interesting how
she got those babies too,
00:21:26.11\00:21:28.72
she would go into a hospital,
00:21:28.75\00:21:30.19
well, one child,
she told me about...
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.62
she went into the hospital
expecting this baby... sick baby
00:21:32.65\00:21:37.19
to be able to be given to her
00:21:37.23\00:21:38.89
and they tried to tell
her the baby wasn't there
00:21:38.96\00:21:40.80
but she knew
that the baby was...
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.43
and Dorothy Watts
doesn't give up easy,
00:21:43.47\00:21:46.37
so eventually,
she just went upstairs
00:21:46.40\00:21:48.80
and she
demanded to see this baby
00:21:48.84\00:21:51.17
and then she took it
and she took it home...
00:21:51.21\00:21:53.81
no... she only had the
scooter, so she's like,
00:21:53.84\00:21:56.48
"How can I carry the
baby and ride the scooter?"
00:21:56.54\00:21:59.55
So she had to take a
taxi home with the baby
00:21:59.58\00:22:01.98
and then come back
and get the scooter.
00:22:02.02\00:22:03.65
Jason: Wow!
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.02
So, that was sort
of how Sunshine Home
00:22:05.05\00:22:07.02
began in Bangalore.
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.82
We've got a young man here today
00:22:08.86\00:22:11.59
who lives in New York
and he's a Physiotherapist,
00:22:11.63\00:22:16.97
he's married with a young baby,
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.90
maybe Helen... tell their story.
00:22:19.93\00:22:22.77
Okay, well, he also
came from Sunshine Home,
00:22:22.80\00:22:25.04
there were four
children in that family
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.84
and the father had
threatened to kill their mother
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.81
and so the mother
kept coming to Sunshine...
00:22:29.84\00:22:32.38
and she said, "I'm going to die,
00:22:32.41\00:22:33.75
I know my
husband's going to kill me,
00:22:33.78\00:22:35.48
I can't do anything about it
00:22:35.52\00:22:36.92
but I want you to
please save my children... "
00:22:36.99\00:22:39.15
but the lady in
charge... she sort of thought,
00:22:39.19\00:22:41.56
"Well, both parents are there,
00:22:41.59\00:22:42.92
they're both alive...
this is an orphanage... "
00:22:42.96\00:22:45.43
and so, the poor mother...
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.00
she kept coming
back and coming back...
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.70
I'm sure it was
at least four times,
00:22:48.76\00:22:50.43
I just forget... but...
eventually Rosette said,
00:22:50.47\00:22:53.94
"Okay, we'll take
the four children"
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.77
and so the four
children came to Sunshine
00:22:55.80\00:22:58.67
and just a few days later,
00:22:58.71\00:23:01.18
the father poured
fuel on the mother
00:23:01.21\00:23:03.28
and then as she was
burning... she grabbed him,
00:23:03.31\00:23:07.02
and so they both
died. Jason: Wow!
00:23:07.05\00:23:09.08
So, those children
have really grown up,
00:23:09.12\00:23:11.59
you know...
really... especially...
00:23:11.62\00:23:13.19
actually two of
them are in the UK
00:23:13.22\00:23:14.99
and two of them are in the US...
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.73
and Bobby John is actually here
with us at ASI at the moment
00:23:16.76\00:23:20.80
and he's the third in the family
00:23:20.86\00:23:23.10
the two girls are both nurses,
they both studied nursing
00:23:23.13\00:23:26.33
and Bobby John is as
he said a Physiotherapist
00:23:26.37\00:23:30.81
and they've done really
well in their lives so...
00:23:30.84\00:23:35.24
those stories are
really special to me.
00:23:35.28\00:23:37.51
Jason: Yes, yes... now
what advice would you have
00:23:37.55\00:23:41.02
to... and this question is
going to go to both of you,
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.52
what advice would you
have for someone at home
00:23:43.55\00:23:46.86
that's watching this program
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.22
that really
wants to get involved
00:23:48.26\00:23:49.59
and really wants
to make a difference
00:23:49.62\00:23:50.96
what advice would you
have for that young person?
00:23:50.99\00:23:52.79
Well, I'll just say
that if they sponsor a child,
00:23:52.83\00:23:54.86
it kind of gives them
someone in their lives
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that can be a bit special,
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some of the
children have really grown up
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and have really... eventually
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some of them have
even met their sponsors
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of course, that
doesn't always happen
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but even just... even if
you can only give a child
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two or three years of education
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it's better than
nothing, isn't it?
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Jason: Yes, absolutely.
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And I just feel that sponsorship
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has just transformed the
lives of so many children
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that you couldn't count.
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Oh, praise the
Lord, what about you Jim?
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Well, Helen and I
see sponsorship as...
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that we all want to be
involved in mission field
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and not everybody can travel
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but with
sponsorship, every morning,
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someone in another country
is waking up depending on you
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and depending on you for school,
depending on you for food
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and if they're an orphan...
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they're depending
on you for everything,
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so you get letters from
them, you get reports from them,
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so you know that you are doing
something in the mission field,
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now, the children
should write to you,
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you should write to them
and you get their school report
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and so, we're very
personal about sponsorship,
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it's got flow and a face...
the parents' esteem is built up
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because their child
is having an education
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so, it has an impact on
the family and the community
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but the other thing is too...
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your money is going
directly to a mission school
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for the children so
we only realized recently
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the impact we're having because
we pay the mission school
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every month... so my tip...
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I think it's
important in life that you find
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where you want to serve
and where you want to help,
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you shouldn't do something
you're not comfortable with
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but Outpatient Sponsorship,
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you can sponsor an
orphan, a blind school,
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just a normal child that
walks to school each day.
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Helen: But I mean donations
are good here and there as well,
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you know... donations...
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If you can't afford
the monthly commitment,
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we have an
Unsponsored-Child Fund,
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because whether a
child's got a sponsor or not,
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we cover them, and so,
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if you can't afford
that monthly commitment
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and you just want
to send a few dollars,
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then the Unsponsored-Child
Fund makes a huge difference.
00:26:10.10\00:26:14.04
So, that's really
nice, what's your website,
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do you have a website?
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Yeah, yes, definitely.
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So tell us your website.
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Okay, so it's www. asianaid.
org one word... asianaid...
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asianaid. org and you
can get all the information,
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you can see our TV Programs,
you can sponsor a child online
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or if you can... take our
phone number and give us a call,
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our ladies would
love to talk to you,
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we're based in
Collegedale, Tennessee
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so we're on eastern time.
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Okay, wonderful,
www. asianaid. org
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that's wonderful...
00:26:52.97\00:26:54.31
I can't believe our
time is just about up,
00:26:54.34\00:26:57.21
this has gone by so
fast, give us that phone number
00:26:57.25\00:27:01.18
in the quick 30
seconds that we have left,
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give us that phone number.
00:27:03.45\00:27:04.79
Well, we would just
prefer you go to the website,
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.66
go to the website
and get the information.
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.66
Helen: The phone
number will be on the website.
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.79
Well, go to the
website... get the number...
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and give them a call
and support these children,
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thank you so much for
allowing God to use you
00:27:17.03\00:27:19.53
and for allowing God to use you
00:27:19.60\00:27:22.00
and thank you for
joining us on our program
00:27:22.04\00:27:23.97
and we hope that our Viewers
00:27:24.01\00:27:25.94
would get out and do something.
00:27:25.97\00:27:29.48
You know, I really
appreciate these two ministries,
00:27:29.51\00:27:33.11
Eden Lifestyle with its
emphasis on healthy living
00:27:33.15\00:27:36.72
and Asian Aid... rescuing people
enslaved by human trafficking,
00:27:36.75\00:27:41.36
they're making a
difference for Christ
00:27:41.39\00:27:43.49
and having a huge impact on
the lives that need it most.
00:27:43.53\00:27:46.76
What difference are you
making in your community?
00:27:46.80\00:27:50.07
What are you doing for Christ?
00:27:50.10\00:27:52.27
Ask God's guidance
and then get to work.
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Well, we've reached
the end of another program,
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join us next time and remember,
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it just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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