Participants: Yvonne Lewis (Host), The Holmes Sisters
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000225A
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00:01 Wanna hear about some yummy recipes
00:03 and some good music. 00:04 Well, stay tuned to meet some sisters 00:06 whose journey will inspire you. 00:08 My name is Yvonne Lewis 00:10 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:36 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:38 My guests today are the Holmes Sisters, 00:40 Kimberly, Taisha, and Genneath. 00:42 They sing and they cook. 00:44 We had some super yummy meals while they were here. 00:47 I had the opportunity to talk to them 00:49 on the set of the new D2D program, 00:52 Creative Cooking, 00:53 for which they were the season's hosts. 00:55 Take a look. 00:59 I have the privilege of being 01:01 on the set of Dare to Dream's newest cooking program, 01:05 Creative Cooking, 01:06 and I'm so excited 01:08 because our hosts for this season 01:11 are the Holmes Sisters. 01:16 Okay, so tell us your names. 01:18 Let's start with sister number one. 01:20 I'm Kimberly. 01:22 I'm Taisha. 01:23 And I am Genneath. 01:25 Oh, and how long have I known you? 01:28 Oh, my goodness. 01:29 All our lives. 01:32 I think Mark was probably... 01:34 He was about four or five. About four or five. 01:36 Yes, many, many years ago. 01:38 So we're about maybe four years older to him, maybe six... 01:40 Eight. Oh, yeah. 01:42 All our lives. 01:44 And I've watched you grow into wonderful women of God 01:47 and I know that your mom and your dad would be and was, 01:53 so proud of you. 01:55 So we're just, I'm so excited that you're here. 01:58 We're excited to be here. 01:59 I'm so excited about Creative Cooking. 02:01 Okay, so tell our Dare to Dream viewers 02:04 what they can look for with Creative Cooking 02:06 and then we're gonna get into your background. 02:08 But let's talk a bit about the program. 02:10 Tell us about Creative Cooking. 02:11 What... 02:13 How is it structured, like what is it? 02:16 Okay, well, Creative Cooking, we just love the name 02:19 because we have so, I mean, the world of food is so vast 02:23 and diverse that we can be so creative. 02:25 So what... 02:27 What God has given us is the idea to present 02:30 to the world creative cooking of eating the foods, 02:34 how to be creative to... 02:35 Juice the foods. 02:37 And wear the foods. 02:38 And what does that mean? 02:39 What are we gonna do, 02:41 in every segment, just a little... 02:42 Well, in every segment, we've just shown you 02:44 how you can take the foods and creatively cook them. 02:46 In simple practical ways. Right. 02:48 And then creatively make different types of juices 02:50 from detox to zinger, smoothies... 02:52 A lot of smoothies. Yeah. 02:54 That's juicing it. 02:55 And then, wearing it is the mask. 02:58 That's the fun part. 02:59 All of you have gorgeous skin. 03:03 Do you use these masks yourselves? 03:05 Yes, we do. 03:06 Kim actually uses more. Not as much as Kim. 03:07 But not as much as Kim. 03:09 Tell us about Kim, with the mask. 03:12 Oh, Kim comes up with everything. 03:15 You name it and this is how this whole thought came about 03:18 because she will walk into the kitchen... 03:20 While you're cooking. 03:22 And if she sees it, she'll grab it 03:24 and she's gonna make some kind of mixture. 03:26 She comes up with a mixture to put on her face. 03:29 Not just her face, sometimes her hands, her arms, 03:32 and the funniest thing, 03:33 she has two boys and they wear it also. 03:35 They wear it. 03:36 Oh. This is real. 03:39 Kimberly, I'm sorry, but we're letting it all out. 03:42 Then try it, let it out. 03:43 John, John will have his oatmeal mask. 03:46 Yes. 03:47 Only because I grew up watching my dad do that. 03:50 My dad was a handsome, very striking man 03:53 and he took very good care of his skin. 03:55 Yeah, he did with natural foods. 03:58 That's what, with natural foods. 03:59 And we're living in a world 04:01 that's emphasizing skin care not just for the women 04:03 but for the men as well. 04:04 Yes. Absolutely. 04:06 There's nothing wrong with that. 04:08 Tightening up those pores. Right. 04:11 So like Gen says, when you're going to visit Kim, 04:13 she's got a cough, 04:15 she don't know how she'll show up at the door. 04:18 I'm beet today. I'm carrot today. 04:20 Or molasses. 04:21 But you can also wear it in your hair. 04:23 Yeah. 04:24 Right, but it's not practical to do it on the set. 04:26 Right. With your hair. 04:28 So we're just keeping it to the skin. 04:29 Focus on the skin, right. 04:30 And the smoothies as well. 04:32 We juice a lot and we make a lot of the smoothies, 04:34 so we thought it would be great 04:36 to just share the different ways 04:37 that we can juice and make food. 04:38 Yeah. 04:40 And I think that the viewers are gonna love that 04:41 because this is a whole different 04:44 kind of cooking program. 04:46 One of the things I love about it 04:47 is it's so authentic, 04:49 it's so real, you know, 04:50 like it might spill a little something in the kitchen. 04:54 But that's what we do. That's what we do. 04:56 Cooking, right? That's what you do. 04:57 So we didn't take that out. 04:59 We left it in, so we have fun moments, you know, 05:03 in the kitchen, and then Jason joins you. 05:05 Yeah. And that's fun. 05:07 So I just think it's gonna be such a great program. 05:10 When you did the Eat it Segments, you know, 05:12 you grew up knowing how to eat 05:16 'cause your mom and dad were big 05:19 or really proponents of eating healthily and all that. 05:23 Tell us a bit about how you grew up 05:25 with healthy food? 05:27 Wow! 05:29 Oatmeal burgers, eggplant sandwiches, 05:31 the things that are considered gourmet meals today. 05:35 Well, that was our school lunch. 05:36 And we were actually the only ones. 05:39 So we would peep into our sandwich 05:40 and, mind you, our bread was homemade, 05:43 so we'd have thick slices of homemade delicious bread. 05:46 With almond butter. 05:48 We appreciate it now, but then it's like, 05:49 "Okay, what, oh, what's inside that?" 05:50 We know it was delicious. 05:52 Almond butter was a... 05:53 Delicious with almond butter, we taste. 05:54 Cucumber sandwich and mayonnaise with tomatoes. 05:56 Cucumber sandwiches, eggplant sandwiches, 05:58 and oatmeal burgers. 05:59 And everyone would tease us in school 06:00 because they were like, "Ew! 06:02 You have roach sandwich." 06:03 'Cause, you know, dates, they have that, you know, 06:05 long, you know, cockroaches. 06:08 But it was so good, but I was like, 06:09 "Mom, why are they teasing me about this sandwich? 06:12 Can we like, maybe..." 06:13 So she would make us date spreads, you know. 06:15 And she was so creative and the food was so appealing. 06:17 She would take... 06:18 We would have potato salad. 06:21 She would make vegetarian chicken out of glue 06:25 but then we couldn't buy the gluten flour, 06:26 so you had to wash. 06:28 You need to wash it... 06:29 With the flour... 06:30 And make a tofu... 06:32 And strain it, boil the, roast the seed to make the... 06:35 The Soy bean. The soy bean. 06:37 No, that was to make the soy coffee. 06:38 Oh, right. 06:40 Roast the beans 'cause sometimes, sometimes, 06:41 she was always at work and sometimes, 06:42 she would fall asleep and the beans would burn. 06:44 But, you know, so you just know that. 06:46 Because everything was from scratch, 06:48 you know and that was like cooking. 06:51 Everything from scratch. 06:52 And we grew up, you know. 06:54 She put us in the kitchen from young. 06:56 I'll never, I'll always remember 06:58 our first thanksgiving and we were so proud 07:00 and that's the only picture we have of our first time, 07:02 but we were cooking from before. 07:03 But mother allowed us to go in the kitchen... 07:06 When we cooked. 07:08 Wait, wait, wait now. 07:09 There's a little joke about... 07:11 There's a family dynamic here, 07:12 there's a little family dynamic here. 07:14 Okay, so you all have to let us in. 07:16 Had the skill and then and there 07:17 she's bragging about that we cooked. 07:19 But we all cooked. 07:22 I get the feeling there was a little twist for fortunate... 07:25 You all did a little bit more than she did. 07:26 I'll taste, put a little more onion probably in that. 07:28 What we would do is, 07:29 we would throw parties before we moved away, 07:32 you know, got married, 07:33 and I would organize everything, 07:35 so I organized a thanksgiving dinner 07:36 and I had to cook and do my thing in there, 07:38 then, you know, they just love cooking together, 07:40 we would all do... 07:41 I got you. 07:43 And I would put my diet and say, yes, we all cooked. 07:44 We let her along in the kitchen. 07:46 No, we all started out in the kitchen as a joke but... 07:50 We ended up. We were the last man standing. 07:53 And then I could come back 07:54 and make sure and overview, taste, 07:56 and make sure everything was good. 07:57 She's like, "How is everything going?" 07:59 Beauty nap. But it was very really good. 08:01 That was our first thanksgiving meal 08:03 that we cooked a complete meal up. 08:04 Our parents were sleeping, we stayed up... 08:06 And they woke up and, voila. Then you surprised them. 08:08 And they woke up to, yeah, they woke up and had a spread. 08:11 Yes. So it was really great. 08:12 How sweet is that? It was a great surprise, yes. 08:14 We learnt this all from my mom. Yeah. 08:15 She just, she thought us a lot 08:17 of just techniques in the kitchen 08:19 and how to make everything from scratch. 08:21 So today, now you can buy, 08:23 you know, your soy milks and your... 08:25 Your gluten flour. Tofu. 08:26 Right. 08:28 So you don't have to, you know, it doesn't take that long, 08:31 but we still have it, you know, it's in us forever. 08:33 And now we teach our children. Yeah. 08:35 You know, we teach our children. 08:37 And, you know, that's such an important point 08:39 because there was a movie called, Soul Food, 08:43 and that movie showed how a legacy is made. 08:49 So every Sunday, the family would come over 08:52 and they would have all this unhealthy food 08:56 and what happened, you know, 08:57 the big mom had hypertension, 09:00 diabetes, cancer, all kinds of diseases, right? 09:03 Right. 09:04 So there's another legacy that's been created here. 09:06 Yes. 09:08 And that legacy is with healthy food. 09:09 Healthy foods. Yeah. 09:11 And you're teaching your children... 09:12 That's right. 09:13 And that's what we want for you, viewer, 09:16 we want you to learn how to create this legacy 09:20 of healthy eating for your kids. 09:23 Yes. 'Cause it's so important. 09:25 It's so important. 09:26 So do your children embrace it or do they go like, "Ew! 09:29 I don't like it?" 09:31 How do they deal with it? They eat it. 09:32 They embrace it. 09:34 Especially Gen's children... 09:35 My daughter is in the kitchen, my son, both of them, 09:38 they both love to cook. 09:39 And John loves to cook as well. Yeah. 09:41 John is seven years old. 09:42 Now we started cooking 09:43 from the ages of five, six, seven, 09:45 that's when we were put in the kitchen 09:46 and we're doing the same thing. 09:47 With our children. 09:49 Repeating that like the same... 09:50 My daughter Sarah will make waffles, wonderful waffles. 09:52 You know, they'll make smoothies. 09:53 And ask you for it, for the smoothies, 09:55 that with the garlic. 09:57 Yeah. 09:59 With the... If it's not green. 10:00 That's right. That's right. What's wrong with my smoothie. 10:01 I need some kind of spin it to a... 10:03 So they've definitely embraced 10:05 the lifestyle of the cooking and everything. 10:06 My daughter will make a full meal, 10:09 she can make macaroni and cheese, corn bread... 10:11 How old is she? 10:12 She's 12 now, she's 12. Wow! 10:14 But she's been cooking for a long time. 10:16 So we always tease her that she is like her aunt TT 10:18 because Tai is the, 10:19 she's the one out of all of us, she is the cook. 10:22 She's gourmet, she's everything. 10:23 She'll lay a spread. 10:25 Tai, she's always loved to cook from day one. 10:26 And my daughter just, she's been really, 10:28 she's been attracted to cooking for so long. 10:30 As so they cook together. 10:32 My son loves to bake 10:33 and she loves to just really cook 10:35 and play around in the kitchen. 10:36 So they, yeah. So all this is vegan cooking? 10:38 This is all vegan cooking. That's right. 10:40 And so your children know 10:42 how to make vegan meals and this is... 10:44 They know to use 10:46 all the different derivates of milk or butters. 10:50 Just different things and nobody even asks, 10:52 like when we go out, take them out to eat, my son, 10:55 he's, Samuel, he's 7 years old now 10:57 and he'll be like, "Is this vegan?" 11:00 Is that what? I'm like, "Samy, shh..." 11:02 Is that what? "Is this vegan?" 11:03 Oh, vegan. 11:06 "Mommy, is there milk in there?" 11:07 He will ask such questions. 11:09 He'll ask questions like, I mean, 11:11 I became an advent label reader after I met my husband 11:16 'cause he used to just juice everything. 11:20 When I met him, his skin was just, I mean, juice it. 11:23 His cart was full with just vegetables and juice 11:26 and, you know, my son, we just, 11:29 you know, "Mommy, you know, just juice," 11:31 you know, juices every morning 11:33 and shakes and all kind of things. 11:35 Wheatgrass smoothies with bananas and milk. 11:38 The kids like wheatgrass? Yeah, but we hide it. 11:43 So when you put a sweet banana 11:45 in with the wheatgrass, it's delicious. 11:47 You know, the palate, 11:49 you know, we want it to not only, 11:50 we want it to taste good, okay? 11:52 So we have to know how to mask it. 11:55 So we put it in smoothies. 11:57 We have wheatgrass every morning 11:58 and it goes into the smoothie. 12:00 My children will be looking at me 12:02 and they would drink it because I tell them 12:03 but it would take us 30 minutes, 12:05 we'll be late for school every morning, 12:06 'cause they drink it slow 12:07 and, "Mommy, my stomach is hurting." 12:09 So they drink it every morning, no problem, 12:11 'cause it's in the smoothie and they get their nutrients. 12:13 And see, I think that's another important point for the viewers 12:17 to know is that, 12:19 you're showing them 12:21 how to take these 12:23 different vegetables and fruits and things, 12:25 put them in smoothies 12:27 so that they get the nutrients that they need. 12:28 Right. 12:29 So children who are, like, in the morning, 12:32 you might be rushing, 12:33 you don't really have time to do like a big, big spread. 12:36 Sometimes, there's just time for a smoothie. 12:38 And it's all in the smoothie. And it's all in the smoothie. 12:40 And, you know, you get all of your, 12:42 you know, they say your fruits and veggies, 12:43 you have your recommended five to seven servings a day, 12:46 so it's all in a jar. 12:47 And we put it in the mason jar. 12:49 So we'll say, "What's in your MJ?" 12:51 'Cause every morning, in my MJ, my mason jar, 12:54 there's some type of smoothie whether it's green, orange, 12:57 purple, yellow... 12:58 We're the groupie. 13:00 So every morning when they'll go, 13:01 they'll have their mason jars while they're going to school. 13:03 Baby jams, that's what we call it. 13:05 The vegetables, the color of the vegetables. 13:07 Yeah, oh, that's so neat. That's so neat. 13:09 I love the way the program is structured. 13:12 Eat it, juice it, wear it, 13:15 because that's also creative, 13:17 you know, and everybody can get something from that. 13:19 Yeah, right. 13:21 I happen to have the recipes 13:22 and the recipes are gonna be up on the website. 13:24 But I have the recipes and I'm just, I'm so excited. 13:28 I had the wrap. The tuna wrap. 13:32 The tuna wrap, oh, 13:34 you all have to make that for my family. 13:36 I'm excited. 13:38 And it's diverse, you can use it as a dip. 13:40 Yeah. 13:42 You can spread in your sandwich. 13:43 It's simple. 13:45 You know, a side dish. Right, side dish. 13:47 No fuss in the kitchen. 13:49 Yeah, and see that's the other thing. 13:51 We're a microwave society. Right. 13:53 You know, we want it now, we don't want to, 13:55 you know, put too much time in. 13:57 It's understandable because everybody's busy 13:59 but there are certain things you just have to do. 14:03 So one of the things 14:04 that you guys are showing is that, 14:05 you know, you can pre-do things, 14:07 like the waffles that you make, you can freeze them. 14:09 Freeze them. 14:10 You can, you know, juice it home, 14:13 you know, all of the stuff and it's good, 14:15 so it kind of, yes, 14:16 because we have to have, 14:18 we can't be in the kitchen for hours, right? 14:20 Right. It's just impractical. 14:21 Right. So it really works. 14:24 Yeah, a lot of people think 14:25 that it takes a lot longer to do what we're doing 14:28 but as you can see, 14:30 as the viewers will see as we share with them, 14:31 it takes two minutes to make a smoothie. 14:33 That's right. Not even seconds. 14:35 Then you can pre-bag. That's right. 14:36 Before you froze them, you just... 14:39 Put it all in the bag, one serving. 14:40 There you go. 14:42 You buy it in the Walmart like that. 14:43 Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. 14:45 In the can or in the freezer. Right. 14:47 No, this is really, really good. 14:50 It's such a blessing. 14:51 Let's talk a bit about your background 14:54 because I think the viewers need to know 14:56 where you were, where you grew up, 14:58 how your parents were, 15:00 and talk about your childhood? 15:02 Well... Okay. 15:04 Like Tai, she likes to say, "From the hood to the woods." 15:07 We grew up in Bronx, New York. 15:09 Oh, in the Bronx. Wow! 15:11 Not in the upper Bronx Or Riverdale section, 15:13 but, you know, right in the hood. 15:16 Webster Avenue. 15:17 How did that impact you growing up? 15:20 I mean, what did you see around you? 15:22 Well, because of the way our mom was so creative 15:25 with how she raised us, we thought that we were, 15:29 well, she raised us to be princesses. 15:31 Okay. 15:33 But we didn't realize that we were in the hood. 15:35 We didn't realize because, 15:37 you know, we woke up every morning, 15:38 we had brush up and we had our, 15:40 you know, wonderful food, we had dinner in the morning. 15:42 Very ideal lifestyle. 15:43 She has really tried to raise us according to, 15:45 you know, the councils. 15:47 And they really tried to protect us 15:48 from what's outside, 15:50 our dad didn't let us go outside by ourselves. 15:51 Right. I mean, we couldn't. 15:53 In fact, we were known as the girls, 15:55 the Christian girls, the Bible girls, 15:57 and when they saw my dad, they nodded. 16:00 They would nod and put their hand behind their back. 16:02 And they would nod 16:03 with the sign of respect to my dad. 16:05 Hi, they called him a Reverend. 16:06 They called Papa, the Reverend. 16:08 They would see us with our Bibles, 16:09 going to the church. 16:10 He was such a wonderful man. 16:12 I mean, everybody that knew him, 16:14 I never heard anything bad said about him, 16:17 he was just a wonderful man. 16:20 Tell us a bit about him, about your dad and what happened? 16:24 Wow, well. 16:26 Our dad, you know, like as you said, 16:28 he is a wonderful man of God. 16:31 Just treated us like princesses and our mom as a queen. 16:36 And you don't have any brothers, right? 16:38 We have no brothers. So it's just the girls and dad 16:41 We adored our dad could do no wrong. 16:44 We love our mother to death 16:46 but it was like, you know, every, they say, 16:48 every woman needs a son 16:49 and every father needs a daughter. 16:51 So he had daddy's girls. 16:52 Daddy's girls. Yeah. 16:53 And, you know, if it was, you know, disciplined, 16:57 he didn't even have to tell, 16:59 he was just gentle and it was like, 17:01 "Okay, Poppy, we're sorry," you know, 17:03 but we called our dad, Poppy. 17:06 He was just a wonderful man, he was a respiratory therapist. 17:10 A respiratory therapist practitioner 17:12 and he worked at New York University 17:15 for many years, excuse me, NYU, for many years. 17:17 New York University is affiliated with NYU. 17:20 He worked there for many years and then when he retired, 17:25 NYU hospital in the city, 17:26 and he transitioned from there and he came... 17:29 Closer to retirement age. 17:30 Closer to retirement age, 17:32 and he started working at Orange Regional Medical Center 17:35 which is in upstate New York, where my, where we live now... 17:38 "Because like we said... To the woods from the hoods." 17:43 So he went back to school, 17:45 did he go back to school 17:46 to learn respiratory therapy to get you out of the hood? 17:50 Yeah. Well, all of that. 17:51 While we were there, yes. 17:53 While we were there, he went to school 17:54 because they got married very young, 17:55 my mother's from Guatemala, Central America 17:58 and when they met at church, 17:59 my mom came to this country when she was 18 years old. 18:02 She spoke no English, my dad was a handsome dapper, 18:06 just from the army, wearing his bowtie, 18:08 always just impeccably, okay. 18:10 He's a man of Georgia 18:12 and he saw her and he said wow!. 18:16 That was it. 18:18 He said, "My name is Jong Lee 'cause he's from the south." 18:21 He said, "And if you teach me Spanish, 18:22 I'll teach you English." 18:25 And the rest is history. 18:27 But, I mean, basically, you know, they were young 18:29 when they got married and they had... 18:30 And they made a decision 18:32 which is very critical for people to now, 18:34 to have a home that is ordained 18:38 and structured by the way of God. 18:40 So they read the Bible together, 18:42 they read counsels together, 18:43 and whatever is said to do, they did. 18:45 Adventist home, councils on diet, in fact, 18:48 and this is another point 18:49 that is very important to mention, 18:52 they educated us. 18:54 It wasn't just living. 18:55 They set us down 18:56 and we had to read those councils. 18:58 We read councils on diet, 19:00 so we were able to understand 19:02 why we were eating the way, 19:04 you know, our lifestyle, this healthy lifestyle. 19:06 They didn't live, 19:07 "You do as I say than read, this is why..." 19:08 And their passion 19:10 was to leave the city, the projects, 19:12 and get the girls for the country. 19:14 Right, because that was part of the council, 19:15 because that's a better lifestyle 19:16 to raise a family. 19:18 Our mom sent us like in the summers to Guatemala, 19:20 like especially, my dad, he did a very intense program, 19:23 so we could be out of the way, 19:24 so we got to know that culture and with our grandmother, 19:29 our heartiest tears and tears 19:30 and my dad would be studying very hard 19:32 and I remember, he graduated and we were so proud of him. 19:37 He went to NYU. 19:39 And he began to... He became the supervisor, 19:41 and finally, we moved upstate. 19:45 Right. We were much older, finally. 19:47 You were teens? 19:48 Yeah, and then we were in high school, then college, 19:52 and he worked up there until he retired. 19:56 And then, you know, he just, he became ill, 20:00 suddenly ill two years ago. 20:03 He was in the army in Vietnam. 20:06 He was a soldier, 20:07 and like years back, maybe 15 years ago, 20:10 they realized that there were, 20:12 we have beta cells in our pancreas, 20:13 that helps for this insulin 20:15 and he only had two 20:17 and they would always joke with me 20:18 and my sisters and my mom and say, 20:20 "Well, you had your dad's genes," 20:21 so you would like, 20:23 we can live with two but if we get to one, 20:26 like we start having issues 20:27 but if they can be donated or there can be a donor. 20:30 They would say, "You can donate, 20:31 you know, to your dad" 20:33 but, you know, I don't know but anyhow, 20:35 suddenly two years ago, you know, he was, 20:38 we realized he was ill. 20:40 He was losing weight 20:41 and just couldn't understand what was happening, 20:43 became weak and they found out that he had, 20:46 we found out he had cancer and six weeks later... 20:51 Pancreatic cancer. 20:53 Six months later? Six weeks. 20:55 After the diagnosis, 20:57 they gave him three to six months 20:59 and he was gone within six weeks, 21:01 but our dad had, 21:03 he's always had a quiet and gentle spirit, 21:06 that he was like, 21:07 whatever my life in this world, you know. 21:09 Yes. 21:13 So Poppy, so people would say, Hezekiah, they served Hezekiah, 21:19 King Hezekiah. 21:20 Why don't you ask God to extend your life? 21:22 And Poppy said, no. 21:23 Whatever is my lot, if this is my time, 21:25 the patriarchs of old, they did not live forever. 21:27 He told Moses, 21:29 "This is your time, go to the mountain." 21:30 He told Abraham, "This is..." 21:32 Everybody had their time 21:33 and Poppy knew that and Poppy said, 21:35 "This is my time, I will not extend it." 21:37 In fact, this was the time when we were... 21:40 We were coming out here. 21:42 But also right before we want to see as well, 21:45 join the conference. 21:47 At that time, we didn't realize 21:48 how serious things were in terms of his time, 21:52 but Poppy did and we had, I remember, literally, 21:55 we had our clothes out on the bed 21:56 and we were debating, "Should we go, should we not?" 21:59 We had to sing for the general conference. 22:01 Right. 22:02 And we told Poppy, we will not go. 22:04 And Poppy said, 22:05 "You were called and anointed for this time, you're going." 22:06 Yeah. 22:08 I will be here when you get back. 22:09 Literally, Poppy said that. 22:11 Yes, he did. 22:12 And we went, we sang, 22:16 and we came back 22:17 and which is very interesting though. 22:19 And he died on Tuesday. 22:20 Yes, now you have to give the facts of that 22:21 what led up to that 22:23 because we didn't stay for the whole time. 22:24 We were scheduled to sing twice, 22:26 something impressed us to come home early, 22:30 so we left that Friday, 22:31 changed our flight and came back, 22:32 and thank God that we did. 22:34 That was the Holy Spirit. It was the Holy Spirit. 22:35 He had a Sabbath, 22:37 we had a full Sabbath with Poppy. 22:38 Yes, our last full Sabbath with Poppy. 22:40 It's so important to listen to that 22:42 still small voice of the Holy Spirit 22:44 because if we didn't, 22:46 if we would have delayed one day, 22:48 that would have been? 22:49 So we spent Sabbath with Poppy, and sang, had worship... 22:52 We sang to him, 22:53 we laid in the bed with him, just fellowship. 22:55 And just, you know, 22:57 and when he realized that it was going, 23:00 he commissioned us to get the phone 23:02 and he called all of his family, 23:03 his close friends, he said, goodbye, 23:05 he gave his last words. 23:06 I remember, one particular niece, 23:09 I won't say her name, but one particular niece, 23:11 he said, "Please come." 23:12 And I mean, "Okay, so, and Poppy's dying," 23:16 When you're dying, I mean, Taisha, you're a nurse, 23:19 you don't have strength, you're dying... 23:20 And you're not thinking about, you know. 23:22 And you're not thinking about people 23:23 and Poppy rose up in his bed... 23:27 And he called her name out with so much strength. 23:29 And called her name with strength and said, 23:31 "Come here." 23:34 And he spoke whatever words, were his last words to her. 23:37 He asks everyone to clear the room. 23:41 So he always had a burden for his family, 23:43 you know, and for God, and Christian... 23:45 Just for people, 23:46 and just to win souls was his slogan. 23:47 And we have those great memories. 23:49 Everybody that knew him knew 23:52 what a lovely godly man he was, 23:56 you know, and what a team your mom and dad were. 23:58 I mean, just a powerful team for God 24:02 and we praise God for the resurrection. 24:05 Yes. 24:06 Because it won't be long, you know, we can see, 24:09 it won't be long. 24:10 So we could praise him. 24:14 And that's the other thing. You girls sing. 24:18 So on each program, 24:20 you start the program with a little ditty. 24:22 Would you do it for us real quick? 24:24 Okay. 24:27 I like healthy food 24:29 That tastes so good 24:31 I like to eat good food 24:34 What do you say now? 24:35 I like to eat good food 24:39 I like to eat good food 24:46 I love it, I love it. 24:48 And that's what we're gonna get on Creative Cooking 24:53 and I'm just so thankful for you. 24:55 We're so excited. Yeah, God has blessed you. 24:59 God is so good. 25:00 We're just thankful to our parents 25:02 and to our husbands 25:03 who, you know, allow us to come out 25:05 because they're home with the kids. 25:07 Yeah. They are really holding down. 25:09 They would cry and say, "Mommy, can we come? 25:11 Can we come?" 25:12 We'll say, "Next time, next time." 25:14 We might have to have them in there helping you. 25:16 Yeah, yeah. 25:18 Well, they've come before 25:19 and they helped them before when we came. 25:22 I support 3ABN Today when we're in the kitchen. 25:24 One of the last ones... 25:25 Washing, and cutting up, and cooking. 25:28 So they're really grateful to support our husbands, 25:30 our children so. 25:32 You know, it takes the whole family. 25:33 It does. 25:34 To, because they have to share you. 25:36 Yes. 25:37 You know, and they have to be willing to share you 25:40 because this is a calling. 25:42 This is the calling, it truly is. 25:43 It's a ministry. 25:44 And it takes the understanding family too. 25:48 I guess, embrace that. 25:49 And one thing that Poppy always said, he said, 25:52 "United we stand, divided we fall, 25:55 but standing together with Jesus in front, 25:59 we can conquer it all." 26:00 And so that's the principle that we stand on, 26:02 that's our foundation. 26:04 Prayer is our motto and, you know, 26:06 we just move forward in that. 26:08 Well, it's obvious in what you do 26:11 and the way you present yourselves 26:13 and your dad would be so proud. 26:18 He would be so proud and I'm proud of you. 26:21 I know your mom is too. Thank you. Thank you. 26:23 Well, thank you so much for what you do 26:24 and I can't wait for you to see this program, 26:30 you're gonna love it. 26:31 Eat it, juice it, and wear it. 26:35 And they're, they're just gonna love it. 26:37 'Cause the time is coming. 26:41 So, yeah, so keep focused on the schedule, 26:47 take a look at the schedule 26:48 so that you'll see when it's airing, 26:51 and then watch it, and make sure you, 26:54 you know, do these recipes. 26:57 Thank you. Thank you. 27:02 Weren't they inspiring? 27:04 I was so blessed by that interview 27:07 and just their testimonies, their spirit, 27:11 and their food is scrumptious. 27:14 Make sure to check our Dare to Dream schedule 27:16 for the airing dates and times for Creative Cooking. 27:20 You'll love it, you'll be able to do these recipes, 27:23 make them at home, share them with others, 27:25 and share the healthy principles 27:27 that they teach, it's wonderful. 27:30 I felt so inspired. 27:31 I've been trying to cook those recipes myself 27:34 and they are coming out great, I have to say. 27:37 So make sure that you try it too 27:39 and make sure that you tell others 27:40 to tune into Creative Cooking. 27:42 It's a new cooking program with a different feel to it. 27:47 It's got a different flavor, so to speak. 27:49 I know that's a pun. 27:51 Anyway, I hope 27:52 that you'll be blessed by the program. 27:55 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 27:57 Join us next time 27:58 'cause it wouldn't be the same without you. |
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