Stay tuned to see
how people are utilizing
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their God given gifts to be
a tremendous witness for Him.
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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 had the
pleasure of attending
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the Adventist-Laymen's Services
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and Industries
convention in Orlando, Florida.
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While there, I had a chance
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to get some
amazing ministry updates.
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Let's take a look.
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I am here for a
ministry update with Chef Chew,
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from Something Better Foods.
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We're at ASI.
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And, man, I'm so excited
about what you've got going on.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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You know, we talked to you
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at the last ASI
as a matter of fact,
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and you were telling
us about the ministry.
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Give us a little
ministry update, man.
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What do you have going on?
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I mean, right now, man,
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since we last
spoke last year at ASI,
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our food company has actually
taken to a whole another level.
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Right now, we actually have
a vegan restaurant in Oakland,
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it's been going really amazing,
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it's actually been
a center of influence
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where we actually are doing
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cooking classes
in the community,
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we've been
helping the young adults,
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the young
people actually to know
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how to cook healthy
mentorship programs.
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I mean, it's
making a big difference.
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We got a bunch of awards
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for our
community work in Oakland.
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It's amazing,
amazing, amazing. Wow.
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Right, okay, so
you've got the restaurant
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and it's
impacting the community.
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Impacting the
community, exactly.
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And what we believe
like, you know, again,
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if we're Christian,
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we should make an
influence, you know?
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So we have a
campaign, we are calling,
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"Love is Oakland
and Oakland is love."
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Okay.
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So we want to show
Oakland what love looks like.
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Okay.
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And so we're doing that
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through our vegan
restaurant in Oakland.
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Again, it's
ministering to people
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with healthy food
that's affordable.
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Again, you live in urban areas,
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lot of times we have
what you call food deserts,
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they don't have
access to healthy foods,
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or even was not affordable,
it might not be, you know,
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a food store that
carries those type of products.
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So right in Oakland,
we're bringing healthy food,
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education, love
to the community,
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and it's just making a
big impact on our neighbors.
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You know, and I think that's
something that is so crucial
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because if, you know,
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if you're not doing
the healthy food thing,
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you're spending that
money at the hospital,
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and that bills
can be a lot higher
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than going down
to your restaurant.
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Exactly.
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And you hear about that in here,
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I think that people
need to understand that
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by eating healthy again,
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you're saving
the chronic disease.
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I lost my dad three
years ago from four cancers,
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he had stage four cancer,
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four different
places in his body,
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most of my family members
die before the age of 62,
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and again, it was
because of our lifestyle,
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excessive, eating a lot of meat,
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you know, a lot of these things
that wasn't healthy eating
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and they caused
disease in our family.
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So we are here in a
mission, man, to change lives,
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one, two, at a time.
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One, two, at a time.
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Now is that what fueled
the passion for this movement
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that you have going on?
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Personally, yes.
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I mean, again,
seeing death in your family,
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seeing family
members on dialysis,
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and seeing this, the diabetes
and what it does to the body,
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seeing family
members have aneurisms,
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seeing cancer just
devastate our family,
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my cousins who now
don't have their family,
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the mothers or dads,
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you know, this is
a devastating thing,
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and a lot of that is
preventable diseases.
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Yeah.
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And so for me, it's
like we are changing lives,
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we are saving lives as a
result of bringing a solution.
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And so again, we've created
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these one of
amazing vegan food products,
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you know, are
better Chew chicken,
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better Chew steak, all
these things with the intention
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to get meat
eaters who are eating,
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you know, honestly at Papa's
or somebody's different places,
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you know,
whatever, on a regular basis,
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and some of these
things are causing
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a lot of these
issues with some of them.
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So we want to bring in
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a better
solution to individuals.
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Got you.
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Now we have
something here, right?
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We've got
something sitting here on...
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What would you
call this, a flat top?
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Yeah, man, we are
doing some samples here,
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we got our Philly cheese steak
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because they look like
steak, tastes like steak,
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but guess what,
it ain't a steak.
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Okay.
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Well, let me tell you
this. I love the samples.
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I am gonna sample this
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while you tell us
a little bit more...
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I'm going to tell
you, let me get a bite.
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You got barbechew sauce
going on, barbechew sauce.
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How about I mess this up?
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Oh, oh, I'm losing it.
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Go ahead now.
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What do you think about that?
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Come on, man.
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It's actually
taste... That's right?
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Yes, sir?
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That's good
stuff. It ain't bad, huh?
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Yes, sir.
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Yeah, so we
manufactured this protein, man.
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We actually make it
from non-GMO soybeans,
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these other ingredients
like garbanzo beans, brown rice.
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We actually have an amazing
texturization process that gets
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plant based ingredients
tasting like real meat,
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you know, it is
pretty amazing, man.
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That is amazing.
Yeah, pretty amazing.
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And we were getting into
the whole foods too, right?
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Yeah, we got...
It's amazing, man.
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Right now, we are
getting distribution
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in the whole foods market.
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We have also other
distributors partnering with us
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to get it at stores near you,
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you know, whether it be
in, you know, in Florida,
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whether it be in the
Midwest, I'm on the West Coast,
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we're working on a
distribution system
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to be able to get it
across the country right now.
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Nice. Yes, sir.
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And you're also
ministering to people
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as they're coming
in the restaurant.
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That's it. I
mean, it's full circle.
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You got Bible
studies and stuff going on?
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Absolutely.
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So we've got young adults
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that come in every single month,
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we do Bible
studies in our restaurant.
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We do young adult programs.
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We focus on millennials
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kind of focusing our restaurant.
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It is focusing on procreating
safe places, safe spaces
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where people who
might not go to church
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can come to an
environment as more relaxed,
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you know, it doesn't
have the suit and the tie on,
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they can come and be themselves.
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Okay.
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Our people coming in
with all walks of life,
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they're coming through
with different type of issues.
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And so we want to make a space
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where we can have
those conversations about God
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in a way that's again,
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don't feel like
we're preaching to them
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but it's just a
natural like conversation
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like you and I
have actually right now.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
That's so beautiful, man.
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Definitely appreciate
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everything you're
doing in the field,
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and in the ministry,
leading people to Christ,
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helping them with a
healthier lifestyles
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with this delicious food,
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and just want to thank you
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for what you're doing
for the cause of Christ, man.
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Thank you so much.
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I was definitely happy that
I was able to get a taste test,
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and it's exciting to see
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what Chef Chew is
doing in his community.
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Let's check in
with Monet and Ezra
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and see what they're up to.
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I'm so excited to be
here with these two brothers
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for another ministry up there.
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You know, I've
interviewed them last ASI
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and it's exciting to see
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what God is doing
in their ministry.
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I have Monet with me and Ezra
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and they are no
stranger to the D2D family.
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Give us a little update, Monet,
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what's been going
on with your ministry?
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Well, actually, a few days ago,
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something just
remarkable happened.
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We actually had
the grand opening
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of the first health food store
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that the Lord
actually allowed us
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to be able to get in New York.
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Wow. Yes.
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And that health food store
is the same health food store
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that I used to go to as a kid.
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Oh, you are, really? Yes, yes.
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Oh, wow.
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So tell us about
the grand opening.
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Well, the grand
opening went excellent.
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I mean, we were
not even expecting
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a grand opening of
a health food store,
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or a health food store per se,
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but the Lord
actually let through
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a sanitarium
for wellness center,
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and in front of the
wellness center now,
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we have it branch it
into a health food store,
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and now we can actually
be out in the community,
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be out in the urban centers
more actively to rich people
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because time is very short.
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And so your role
within the ministry is what?
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So basically we
have to facilitate.
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Right now, we play in
all different hats right now.
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We are playing in all
different types of hats
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because it's growing,
it's growing very quickly
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and there's so many other places
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that we need to
be able to be there
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to fulfill different
tasks and different goals.
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And, Ezra, what's
your role at the ministry?
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You're still wearing
all the different hats too?
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I mean, very similar as well
since we're really pioneering
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a lot of the different
aspects of what we believe
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it is a systematic grouping work
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that God wants to be done.
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We just really
happen to facilitate
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planning our trading
systems that more missionaries
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could be able to get involved
into the work in New York
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and hopefully being able to
duplicate it in other places
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as well in different states.
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Amen. Yeah.
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Why is health so
important to you?
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I mean, health is very essential
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because especially right now,
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not only as a means
of helping us, you know,
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physically to be able to
present the gospel even better,
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present it to individuals,
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and you know, to
the end for our life
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where we can actually
be a more powerful witness
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but it's also an
end-to-end voyage.
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Just like the health food store
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is not just
another health food store.
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Okay. But guess what?
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It's a city mission.
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It is a sense of influence
where we can be able to reach
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more people in
our local community
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and ensuring
that gospel reach them
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before it's too late.
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Nice.
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And you know that the theme
of ASI this year is unusual,
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Business Unusual.
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So this is basically
unusual business of evangelism.
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I'm loving it.
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Yeah, and God is just
using this practical ways
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of establishment to
meet people every single day
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and have contact with
them, and then as a result,
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leading them to Christ
in a very systematic way.
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Amen.
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And then so take us
to the wellness center
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or the sanitarium.
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What takes place there?
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Somebody was
baptized, weren't they?
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Yes, actually, a few days ago,
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we had the grand
opening of the lifestyle center.
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And it was just, we
had a previous health guest
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that expressed his
to give his life to God.
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He wants to
give his life to God.
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And as a result of
going through the program,
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he decided to
give his heart to God.
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And so he was baptized
at the dedication service
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that we had for the
ministry, Upstate New York.
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Yeah, so basically sanitariums
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don't just make sick people well
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but it leads people to Christ.
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And that was the
most powerful thing
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we have ever
witnessed on the campus,
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to see a soul
give his life to God.
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Amen. Yes.
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And who's involved in the
team? This is a family thing.
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Who is involved in the team?
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Right now, initially,
we really started as family
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but then it's
growing beyond just family.
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So we do have our individuals
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who are now
coming on to the team
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and are still
praying for more as well
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because we need a lot
more labors in many aspects
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as it is growing in many
different aspects of the team
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to allow it to be
done more effectively
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and allow it to be done
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in a more
efficient manner as well.
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Amen. Yes.
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Yeah, man, you guys
are doing amazing things
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for the cause of Christ.
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And you also have
several products too.
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I mean, what are
some of the products
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that you have there?
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We have several products
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when it comes
to health products.
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I mean, different cleanses,
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you know, colon detox,
blood detoc, blood purifying,
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and all of different
types of natural products.
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And also we're getting into
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the health food
products too as well.
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To help our health food store
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so we can
provide a cost efficient,
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good quality food
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that we can actually
control the quality of the food
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that people are
actually getting.
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Avoid the GMOs
and all that stuff.
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We want people
to access healthy.
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So it's not just
a rich man's thing
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or an expensive endeavor,
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but simple people
and simple communities
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can live a healthier lifestyle.
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And that's what
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health food
store is all about too.
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Which is huge because I
mean, there's such an issue of
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if you're not paying
for it, you know, upfront,
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you're making it
affordable which is excellent.
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And, you know, a
lot of people will spend
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a lot of money at the hospital
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as opposed to taking
that preventative care.
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Eventually that
is the important.
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Absolutely.
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Well, I just want to thank
you guys for what you're doing,
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what you're allowing
the Lord to do through you.
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Keep doing it,
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and I'm looking
forward to hearing more,
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our viewers and me
are looking forward
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to hearing more about
what you've got going on.
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Thank you for what you're
doing for the cause of Christ.
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Praise God.
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Wow.
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God has blessed their
ministry tremendously,
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and they are continuing to grow.
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You know, I've interviewed
them before on Urban Report,
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and it's like, you know,
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when they've prayed
about different things,
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areas where they wanted to grow,
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we've been able to see
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where God has
blessed their ministry
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and helped them to flourish.
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Let's check in
with Felicia Datus
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and see what she has going on.
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I am excited to
learn about this ministry,
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the Center for
Online Evangelism.
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I'm here with Felicia Datus,
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and she's going to
tell us a little bit about
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what they do and who they are.
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Yeah, Jason, thanks so much.
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Well, we are at the
Center of Online Evangelism,
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and what happens is that
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a lot of times someone
hears about Adventists,
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or they hear the
name Ellen White,
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and the first thing
that they're going to do
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especially in this day and
age is pull up their phone,
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and they're going to
Google who are Adventists.
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Unfortunately,
many of the content
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that comes up is
not always positive.
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So we have
others who are actually
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telling the Adventist's story.
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Some of the content shows up
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and says that either were a cult
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or that Ellen
White is a false prophet.
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Some of the information is not
what we want to have out there.
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And so we know
that 60% of people
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who start attending
church or evangelistic series,
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for example, stop attending
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because of this negative content
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of what they are seeing.
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What percentage? Sixty percent.
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Sixty percent? Yes.
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So we had an evangelistic
over 20-year period,
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every time
someone stopped attending,
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he would go and he would
interview them and ask them,
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"Hey, why did you
just stopped attending?"
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You know, many of these persons,
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they accept Sabbath, they
accept these Bible truths.
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But then they tell...
For example, their parents.
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"Yeah, I'm visiting
an Adventist church,"
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and then they go
on Google they say,
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"You're part of a
cult," for example.
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And so many of these
people stopped attending
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because of that.
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So at the Center
for Online Evangelism,
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we realized that
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there is a mission field online,
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and we need to start
creating more content,
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more positive
content, more biblical truth,
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putting that online so
that when people are searching
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and they want to
know who is Jesus Christ,
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or questions about the Bible,
finding out about the Sabbath,
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that they are
finding positive content
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and also about Adventists.
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And truthful content
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because all the other
stuff that they're putting out
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with that negative
connotation is false.
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It's falsehood. Right.
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And so with our organization,
it's a four-fold work.
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First thing, we do
search engine optimization,
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and those who
are in marketing...
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SEO. Digital maketing,
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SEO, they may be
familiar with that.
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So we're taking
these very same concepts
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and applying
that into evangelism.
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And we also want to
train others out there.
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So whatever ministry you have,
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you can apply the same
thing in the online field.
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Wow. So this is universal.
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It's across the
board. Precisely.
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So whether, for example,
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if you have a Bible
study at your church,
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maybe about 50
people would turn up.
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But if you incorporate
an online aspect of value,
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you can have persons
from all over the world
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who are right there joining
you for that online Bible study.
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We also have a course coming up.
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It's digital marketing course.
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We are teaching
people how to apply
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those very same
principles into evangelism.
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You have a
digital marketing course?
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We have that
coming up in the fall.
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Yeah, I might want
to sign up for that.
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Yeah, most definitely. I
need to ask you about that.
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I need to learn
about that. Yeah.
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So we're asking
churches and pastors, you know,
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you can send someone to
learn about online evangelism
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and take that right
back into the church,
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and teach them
how to fish for men
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rather than us doing it
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or a certain
organization doing it.
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So those are some of the
main components of our ministry.
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Which is
beautiful because you know,
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where as you know,
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we're living in a
digital age, you know?
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So everybody, like you said,
pulling out that smartphone
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and going and
googling everything.
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Precisely. Absolutely.
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While we are here
at ASI, this is what,
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the second day or
the third day of ASI,
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we've had so many people
come by our booth, Jason,
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and they said this
ministry is so important
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because I had a
son-in-law, I had a daughter,
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or I know of someone who
started attending church,
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persons who were attending
faithfully for a whole year,
00:14:55.72\00:14:57.89
and then they decided to
google and they were like,
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"This content is just too much,"
00:15:00.16\00:15:01.50
so Pastor Google's
voice actually seems to be
00:15:01.53\00:15:05.13
louder than our own voice.
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People are
trusting Pastor Google
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more than they're trusting us.
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Pastor Google.
Pastor Google. Any...
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Listen, if
someone had a headache,
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what do they do?
00:15:13.48\00:15:14.81
They go and
google it. That's true.
00:15:14.84\00:15:16.18
So if someone has a
question about the Bible,
00:15:16.21\00:15:17.55
they're going to google it,
00:15:17.58\00:15:18.91
and they're going
to trust Google more.
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So if we're now
having that positive content,
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it makes a big difference.
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Wow.
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So you're making a
difference in evangelism
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in the digital space.
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Precisely.
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And then we are
teaching churches how to do it.
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We're teaching pastors.
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Listen, it's not just
about getting up there
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and preaching
on Sabbath morning,
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that same sermon
you can take it out,
00:15:36.33\00:15:37.87
you can turn
that into a podcast,
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you can have a YouTube channel,
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get the members of your church
involved in online evangelism.
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So have you seen how...
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Has it helped
with member retention?
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Most definitely
because one thing
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when members realize
00:15:51.25\00:15:52.81
or when people from
the community realize,
00:15:52.85\00:15:54.45
you know, the
church is not just about
00:15:54.48\00:15:55.88
Bible study and prayer,
while that is very important,
00:15:55.92\00:15:58.49
but if I'm
struggling with mental health,
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I can go to our church's website
00:16:00.36\00:16:01.86
because they have
a whole video series
00:16:01.89\00:16:03.29
about mental health.
00:16:03.32\00:16:04.66
Or someone who is struggling
with pornography, for example,
00:16:04.69\00:16:07.70
they know that their
church has a YouTube channel
00:16:07.73\00:16:10.03
dealing specifically with that.
00:16:10.07\00:16:11.97
So the church is actually
00:16:12.00\00:16:13.57
catering to
needs of people online.
00:16:13.60\00:16:15.50
So it points you
in the right direction
00:16:15.54\00:16:17.57
where you can
get biblical truth.
00:16:17.61\00:16:18.94
Precisely.
00:16:18.97\00:16:20.31
Thank you so much
for what you're doing
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for the cause of Christ
00:16:21.71\00:16:23.04
and this just goes to show that
there're so many different ways
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that you can get
involved in ministry.
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Yes. Thank you so much.
00:16:27.52\00:16:28.85
Yes. God bless you.
00:16:28.88\00:16:30.22
So they can visit our
website and subscribe.
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Thanks.
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There are many
different facets in ministry,
00:16:34.22\00:16:36.46
and it's awesome to see
that Felicia is having an impact
00:16:36.49\00:16:39.49
in the digital space.
00:16:39.53\00:16:41.00
Let's go see
what Taylor has to say
00:16:41.03\00:16:43.00
about the Fruition Lab.
00:16:43.03\00:16:44.57
I'm excited to learn
more about the Fruition Lab,
00:16:46.84\00:16:51.57
the school ministry that's doing
00:16:51.61\00:16:53.48
an amazing thing for Christ.
00:16:53.51\00:16:54.84
I'm here with one
of the co-founders
00:16:54.88\00:16:56.81
Taylor Paris.
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Taylor, tell us all
about the Fruition Lab.
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What is it? What do you guys do?
00:17:00.85\00:17:02.42
Yeah, so Fruition Lab
00:17:02.45\00:17:03.79
is a community faith
driven entrepreneurs.
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We have
conferences, booth camps,
00:17:06.79\00:17:09.16
and coaching program
that can help people to build
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and grow their businesses.
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Wow. And which is much needed.
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Yeah.
00:17:15.93\00:17:17.40
You guys seem to be
like one of the only ones
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that are in that space
that's doing that at the time.
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Is that correct? Yeah.
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You know, we are one of the few.
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But we're just
excited because you know,
00:17:26.68\00:17:28.71
there's so many people
that want to start something,
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they don't know how.
00:17:31.48\00:17:32.81
So it just kind of gives
them the tools, the tips,
00:17:32.85\00:17:35.52
and the community to
empower them because, you know,
00:17:35.55\00:17:38.09
entrepreneurship
can be very lonely,
00:17:38.12\00:17:40.69
starting
certainly can be lonely.
00:17:40.72\00:17:42.49
So we're really excited
to give people a community
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to really to launch things.
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Absolutely.
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Why is that so important?
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Well, we feel
it's really important
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because business,
more than anything else,
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has an impact on community.
00:17:56.64\00:17:59.01
So on your
employees, your customers,
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and all the
people that you impact,
00:18:02.48\00:18:05.31
business does
that in a bigger way
00:18:05.35\00:18:06.75
and you can do it by yourself.
00:18:06.78\00:18:08.42
So that's why we really
feel that empowering ministries,
00:18:08.45\00:18:11.75
businesses to grow
that are faith-driven
00:18:11.79\00:18:15.09
can have a huge
impact on our world
00:18:15.12\00:18:18.06
and our faith community.
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Absolutely. That's exciting.
00:18:19.59\00:18:20.93
We're actually at ASI
00:18:20.96\00:18:22.50
and the theme is
Business Unusual.
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And so you guys are
empowering these businesses
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to reach their community,
00:18:28.37\00:18:29.97
to have a positive
impact on their community,
00:18:30.01\00:18:32.11
and lead people to Christ.
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That's awesome.
00:18:33.51\00:18:34.84
So what are some of
the resources or tools
00:18:34.88\00:18:36.95
that you guys provide?
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Yeah.
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So we have a conference
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that we're hosting
this year in November,
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November 3-3-5,
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and we also have an
online coaching program,
00:18:44.15\00:18:48.62
and so weekly
accountability program
00:18:48.66\00:18:50.16
that you can go through.
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Okay. It goes for a year.
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And then the other thing
is a business booth camp.
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One week for profits,
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one for nonprofits
in the spring next year.
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Nice. Yeah.
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Nice, nice.
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So one for profit,
one for non-profit,
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which is awesome
because there is a difference,
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there are some different ways
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that you have to
go about doing things.
00:19:08.71\00:19:10.05
Yeah, exactly.
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You also have the social media
marketing thing going as well.
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How important
is the social media
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in the age we're in today?
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Yeah, I know
it's really important
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obviously to build your brand,
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to grow your
brand, and to be relevant.
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So we're trying to
focus on doing that
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and to having an
impact wherever people are.
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Nice, nice.
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And you also
have an event at what,
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Mount Rubidoux coming up?
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Yeah. Nice.
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Now what's that
going to look like?
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Yes. So our event has...
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You have TED Talk presentations,
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a pitch competitions so
you can bring your idea,
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and whatever it is.
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You're watching something.
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You can pitch it to
the judges, it'll be there.
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You'll be able
to win some money.
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Oh, nice.
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But more than that,
more than money you can win,
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you can also
build relationships.
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Because judges and
different people in the audience
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can invest in your idea,
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and this happened
in our previous events.
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People will come with ideas
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and they walked
away with relationships
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that have helped
them launch their ideas.
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So it's an excellent
networking opportunity.
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There's been a lot of buzz
about the Fruition Lab, man.
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I've been hearing about it.
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I've been wanting to
attend one of the events.
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Well, you
should. I would love to.
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I just got to find the
time where I can make it.
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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So I would love to go.
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What's a typical
day for you look like?
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So for me, I
have my own business,
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real estate business that I run
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and I help with
Fruition Lab as well.
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So it's meetings going out
and taking care of business,
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so email and working on,
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you know,
connecting people that,
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you know, with
their different ideas
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or with people
that can help them.
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And so what are...
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Excuse me for
using the word, leads,
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what are one of the way
that you develop your leads,
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you know, to come
to the Fruition Lab?
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How do you find your people?
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Yeah. So of course, here it is.
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It's one way of doing that.
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And then, also online
through social media marketing,
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talking about it,
and through our website,
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and then through
different connections with me.
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And what is your website?
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FruitionLab.org FruitionLab.org.
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Okay, yeah.
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People definitely
need to check that out.
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Yeah, absolutely.
00:21:21.14\00:21:22.48
But yeah, man, if I can
make one of these things,
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I think that it's so important
what you guys are doing,
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empowering the
community as well.
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What advice,
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in the quick two
seconds, would you have,
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why should
somebody start a business?
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They should start a business
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because of the impact
they can make in the community
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and because of
what it means to them
00:21:41.20\00:21:44.70
as an individual
to grow in Christ.
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Amen.
00:21:46.60\00:21:47.94
Well, thank you so
much for what you're doing
00:21:47.97\00:21:49.30
for the cause of Christ.
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God bless you. Yeah, thank you.
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.04
Entrepreneurship is
extremely important,
00:21:52.71\00:21:55.24
and it's awesome
to see a ministry
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that helps ministries grow
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and expand their
reach for Christ.
00:21:58.81\00:22:01.08
Let's check in with Eric
00:22:01.12\00:22:02.45
and see what
SALT has been up to.
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I'm excited because the person
that I'm interviewing today
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is no stranger to
the Dare to Dream family.
00:22:11.36\00:22:13.76
You know, we're going
to get a ministry update
00:22:13.80\00:22:15.56
from the president of SALT,
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which stands for what, Eric?
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Service And Love
Together. All right.
00:22:19.57\00:22:21.24
Eric Camarillo? That's right.
00:22:21.27\00:22:22.97
Yeah. All right.
00:22:23.00\00:22:24.34
Service And Love Together.
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Eric, you've come to
3ABN, we've interviewed you,
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you've talked about
what you wanted to do
00:22:29.58\00:22:32.01
by the grace of God,
00:22:32.05\00:22:33.38
and God has truly blessed
and it's coming into fruition.
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We're seeing things
happen in your ministry.
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That's absolutely amazing.
00:22:39.35\00:22:41.29
What are we standing
in front of right now?
00:22:41.32\00:22:43.26
Well, we are
standing in front of
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the first shower
trailer of Central Florida
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for the homeless of downtown.
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Wow.
00:22:49.86\00:22:51.20
We have four
bathrooms in it. There are...
00:22:51.23\00:22:54.30
Each bathroom has a
toilet sink and a shower.
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Okay.
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.04
And this is what we're
going to use to help...
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I guess, it'll be the center
of our back to work program
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for the homeless.
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.01
Wow.
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
So a back to work
program for the homeless.
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.35
And so what does
that program look like?
00:23:08.38\00:23:10.39
So we would have this set up
00:23:10.42\00:23:12.79
along with our clothing trailer,
00:23:12.82\00:23:14.72
and there would be
food, and we have barbers.
00:23:14.76\00:23:16.99
We actually have two outlets
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.36
in the back of
the shower trailer
00:23:18.39\00:23:19.89
that we had put
there intentionally
00:23:19.93\00:23:21.83
for barbers to plug into,
00:23:21.86\00:23:23.53
and also they have
a table for laptops
00:23:23.57\00:23:25.67
for resume building and
applying for jobs online.
00:23:25.70\00:23:28.97
That way, the
homeless can kind of get...
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They go to
shower, get cleaned up,
00:23:31.01\00:23:33.17
they can get brand new
clothes, they can get a haircut,
00:23:33.21\00:23:36.71
they can go and
build their resume,
00:23:36.75\00:23:39.78
you know, apply for jobs.
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.22
I mean, we want
to cover everything.
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.65
Yeah, and see that is
amazing because it's like
00:23:43.69\00:23:46.65
you're teaching
them how to fish.
00:23:46.69\00:23:48.59
You know, so
you're getting them back
00:23:48.62\00:23:51.69
as being productive
citizens in society.
00:23:51.73\00:23:54.43
You said something
about a change trailer.
00:23:54.46\00:23:56.20
Yes.
00:23:56.23\00:23:57.57
So tell us about
the change trailer.
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What is that?
00:23:58.97\00:24:00.30
Well, that was our
first fund raising project.
00:24:00.34\00:24:01.67
It was about
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.04
a tenth of the cost
of the shower trailer.
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.41
Shower trailer is $40,000.
00:24:04.44\00:24:05.77
And thanks to
the viewers of 3ABN,
00:24:05.81\00:24:08.14
largely that has
what helped contribute
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.68
to this becoming a reality.
00:24:10.71\00:24:13.11
But the change trailer,
that was our first project.
00:24:13.15\00:24:16.45
It brings clothing to the
homeless downtown remedial aid.
00:24:16.48\00:24:20.09
So we just want to be able
00:24:20.12\00:24:21.46
bring brand new
clothes for them,
00:24:21.49\00:24:22.82
you know, a lot of
them are in dirty clothing.
00:24:22.86\00:24:24.79
After taking a shower, you know,
00:24:24.83\00:24:27.00
how nice would it be to
put on brand new clothes?
00:24:27.03\00:24:29.70
Fresh, clean clothes. Yes.
00:24:29.73\00:24:32.23
Yeah, that's amazing.
00:24:32.27\00:24:33.60
And so you've got
the resume building,
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.27
you've got the shower
trailer, you have barbers
00:24:36.30\00:24:38.41
that are volunteering their time
00:24:38.44\00:24:39.91
to cut people's hair
to get them cleaned up,
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.88
and then you have
the change trailer
00:24:42.91\00:24:44.45
where they can put on
the clothes and everything,
00:24:44.48\00:24:46.61
feel good about themselves,
and go out and get a job.
00:24:46.65\00:24:49.85
Right. Wow.
00:24:49.88\00:24:51.49
Have you seen
some lives transformed?
00:24:51.52\00:24:53.96
We have a short amount of time.
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.32
But have you seen some
lives transformed as a result of
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.83
what God's doing
through your ministry?
00:24:57.86\00:24:59.56
Well, we have seen
homeless individuals
00:24:59.59\00:25:03.30
go from nothing to
something, you know,
00:25:03.33\00:25:06.43
and we've been limited
because of our resources.
00:25:06.47\00:25:10.11
Now with the shower trailer,
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.47
we are expecting to see
a complete transformation,
00:25:11.51\00:25:15.04
by God's grace, obviously,
00:25:15.08\00:25:16.98
to help us to
really help them get back,
00:25:17.01\00:25:19.68
integrate into
society, but not just that,
00:25:19.71\00:25:22.02
we don't just want
clean homeless people, right?
00:25:22.05\00:25:24.62
We want more
disciples of Christ,
00:25:24.65\00:25:26.99
and so that is the main goal.
00:25:27.02\00:25:29.42
But this is just an avenue
00:25:29.46\00:25:30.79
of which that
will take to get there.
00:25:30.83\00:25:32.33
Wow.
00:25:32.36\00:25:33.70
And that is huge, man.
00:25:33.73\00:25:35.40
I really respect and admire
00:25:35.43\00:25:38.17
what you guys are
doing in the community.
00:25:38.20\00:25:41.64
I think that it's
something that's so important.
00:25:41.67\00:25:44.01
I used to think that,
okay, when I get rich,
00:25:44.04\00:25:46.78
I would pick up homeless
people and I'd do exactly that,
00:25:46.81\00:25:50.21
get them cleaned up,
get them rehabilitated,
00:25:50.25\00:25:52.05
get them back in the workforce.
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.28
You guys are doing it now.
00:25:54.32\00:25:56.08
You guys are doing it now,
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.45
and you're
leading them to Christ,
00:25:57.49\00:25:59.15
and that is awesome.
00:25:59.19\00:26:02.02
There's a lot of
moving parts in SALT, correct?
00:26:02.06\00:26:04.36
Yes. Okay.
00:26:04.39\00:26:06.13
So you have an
evangelism side which is Loammi,
00:26:06.16\00:26:10.77
is he the head speaker?
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.13
Yes, the Harvest
Director for SALT.
00:26:12.17\00:26:14.17
So the seeds that are
planted throughout the year,
00:26:14.20\00:26:17.31
we're going to
bring to a harvest event.
00:26:17.34\00:26:19.21
We're actually working
on a monthly harvest event.
00:26:19.24\00:26:21.51
So it's because we have a
goal for 25 additional souls
00:26:21.54\00:26:24.91
by the end of 2019.
00:26:24.95\00:26:26.75
So instead of just having
one evangelistic series a year,
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.48
we're wanting to have
monthly events where we can...
00:26:29.52\00:26:32.55
people can feel
comfortable to bring, you know,
00:26:32.59\00:26:35.56
those that are ready
to make a commitment.
00:26:35.59\00:26:40.33
That is beautiful.
00:26:40.36\00:26:41.70
And what's your website?
00:26:41.73\00:26:43.06
Website is SALTOutreach.org.
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.07
SALTOutreach.org.
00:26:45.10\00:26:47.40
SALT outreach,
O-U-T-R-E-A-C-H dot org.
00:26:47.44\00:26:53.01
So that's how people
can go on and support you,
00:26:53.04\00:26:55.41
support what you're
doing, and all that stuff.
00:26:55.44\00:26:57.01
Exactly, yeah.
00:26:57.05\00:26:58.38
We do have some big
goals still ahead of us.
00:26:58.41\00:27:00.98
Amen.
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.35
Well, thank you so
much for what you're doing
00:27:02.38\00:27:03.72
for the cause
of the Christ, man.
00:27:03.75\00:27:05.09
No, praise God, man. Amen.
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.45
Thank you. Amen.
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.16
SALT is practicing
practical Christianity,
00:27:08.19\00:27:11.06
and they are
making a tremendous impact
00:27:11.09\00:27:13.23
in their community.
00:27:13.26\00:27:14.60
SALT is another ministry
that has been interviewed
00:27:14.63\00:27:16.67
on Dare to Dream before,
00:27:16.70\00:27:18.07
and it's been exciting
to watch their journey.
00:27:18.10\00:27:20.57
It was so inspiring
00:27:20.60\00:27:21.94
to see people of all age
groups and leadership positions
00:27:21.97\00:27:25.17
finding unique ways
to spread the gospel.
00:27:25.21\00:27:28.11
I hope that after
watching this program,
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.88
you are inspired to
get involved in ministry.
00:27:30.91\00:27:33.72
Pray and ask the Lord
what His will is for your life.
00:27:33.75\00:27:37.09
God has a plan and a purpose
for each and every one of us.
00:27:37.12\00:27:40.56
Ask God how you
can best serve Him
00:27:40.59\00:27:42.76
and minister to His people.
00:27:42.79\00:27:44.56
Also please pray for ministries
that are already active.
00:27:44.59\00:27:48.23
Your prayers as well
as your financial support
00:27:48.26\00:27:50.77
are very important
and much appreciated.
00:27:50.80\00:27:53.77
Well, we've reached
the end of another program.
00:27:53.80\00:27:56.10
Join us next time, and remember,
00:27:56.14\00:27:57.67
it just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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