Participants: Karen Thomas (Host), Principal Walter Turner
Series Code: IAADD
Program Code: IAADD000001A
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00:28 Welcome to Issues and Answers.
00:29 Today, our topic is Every Child's Chance. 00:32 Researches have described the key essential learnings. 00:35 Common Core State Standards have been adopted nationwide. 00:38 Psychologists have found 00:40 17 factors that are necessary for children to thrive. 00:43 But what is the chance that every child deserves. 00:46 Our guest today is Walter M. Turner Jr. 00:48 He grew up in Los Angeles, California. 00:51 And Principal Turner went to Walla Walla, 00:53 got his masters from there, 00:55 had his undergraduate degree from Oakwood University 00:58 in Ministerial theology and education, secondary, 01:02 you got a lot of degrees there. 01:04 Just a few. 01:05 And you served in different capacities 01:08 as principal, dean, missionary, evangelist 01:11 in the United States and abroad. 01:12 Welcome to the program, Principal Turner. 01:15 Thank you for coming. Thank you, thank you. 01:16 Thank you so much. I appreciate the invite. 01:18 And I know you had to stop the school day 01:19 and everything to be able to come 01:22 but we are so glad to have you 01:23 and you're here to share with us 01:25 about what is every child's chance. 01:28 What does every child deserve? 01:30 The word says that "All thy children 01:32 shall be taught of the Lord 01:34 and great shall be the peace of thy children." 01:37 I believe that, I teach that, I preach it, I live it 01:40 and it started with me way back in the third grade 01:43 when I had to repeat the third grade 01:46 for not doing well academically. 01:50 And but it was not until the sixth grade 01:52 that I had teachers that cared about me 01:55 and were determined that I would be a success 01:57 and not a statistic. 02:00 And we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior 02:03 in the sixth grade. 02:05 In the sixth grade. In the sixth grade. 02:06 Continued on in public school 02:09 and went to Whaley Junior High School 02:11 in Compton, California. 02:12 Wow. 02:14 And it was that year 02:15 that I decided that I needed out of public school. 02:19 So you had just kind of gotten into a new faith, 02:22 had repeated the third grade 02:25 and now we're thinking that 02:26 you needed a new kind of school, 02:29 coming from Compton, what did you do next? 02:31 You know, what is your family? 02:33 What kind of decisions do they make for you 02:34 so that you'd be successful? 02:36 Well, there are five of us. Wow. 02:38 And we couldn't afford it. 02:41 And my dad said, I would not give one penny 02:44 for Christian education because I pay taxes. 02:47 Wow. 02:48 And my mother stepped out in faith 02:50 through the encouragement of a dear sister 02:53 that brought her to the Lord and said, 02:56 and said, I'm gonna put you in." 02:58 We're gonna put the children in one at a time. 03:00 And so I started at LA Union. Oh, yeah. 03:03 In the seventh grade. Wow. 03:05 And it was in the seventh grade while I was having worship, 03:10 the Lord said, "Walter, I want you to be a minister." 03:13 In the ninth grade, He says, "I want you to be a teacher." 03:17 And that's where he instructed me 03:19 to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations." 03:22 And that's what we have been doing for the past 32 years. 03:24 Wow. Teaching all nations. 03:27 So when you got that calling, 03:28 'cause not everybody gets a calling on their life 03:31 you know where a direct kind of voice from God 03:33 at such a young age. 03:34 How did you receive that? 03:37 You know, what steps did you take after ninth grade 03:39 to be able to become that minister, teacher? 03:43 Well, I listen to the Lord. 03:46 I spend a lot of time in Bible study and prayer. 03:48 I did a lot of evangelism, 03:51 worked with the former George Rainey, 03:54 our pastor, Samuel Meyers in Los Angeles. 03:57 I worked with other evangelists in the LA area 04:01 where we raised a church every year 04:03 for about eight or nine years, a brand new church. 04:05 Wow. 04:07 So I have a lot of experience in evangelism 04:09 and then as I was growing and studying, 04:12 the Lord said, "Go to Oakwood." 04:15 And I went to Oakwood and went right in education, 04:19 got my degree in theology and minor in history, 04:21 secondary education. 04:22 And from then on, rest has been history. 04:26 They are rolling ever since. They are rolling ever since. 04:27 So now like, tell us some of the experiences 04:29 that you've had like, you know, your first school, 04:32 was it all equipped? 04:34 Did you have, you know, every single thing 04:36 that you possibly could need in the class room? 04:39 What was that like? 04:41 That was in San Francisco. Oh. Wow. 04:43 Matter of fact, I was hired with a telephone interview 04:47 and my mother called me, she says, "Walter, 04:52 a Mr. Stigner has called you." 04:54 I said, "Mom, he's Stigner?" 04:56 So I called the number. 04:57 It was Mr. Stigney, very fine Christian gentleman 05:01 and he interviewed me. 05:02 Next thing I knew, 05:04 my wife and I were headed to San Francisco. 05:07 Did we have everything? No. 05:09 But it was a great school 05:10 and several of the students that we have taught 05:12 have gone on to be Christian professionals 05:16 in our Christian school, in our small Christian school. 05:19 It went from K through tenth grade. 05:21 Yeah, I'm familiar with the San Francisco 05:23 Bay area, right. 05:25 Worked there and lived there myself 05:27 and so that's a kind of a interesting situation. 05:31 You got a city, a big city environment there 05:34 and a lot of private schools, 05:36 good private schools that are there. 05:38 But kind of going on to what, 05:41 why was it so important do you think for people 05:43 to send their kids 05:44 to a Seventh-day Adventist school in San Francisco? 05:47 Several of the parents understood 05:51 that the foundation of their children, 05:54 the educational foundation of their children, 05:57 what they were doing at home was important, 06:00 in doing for Sabbath school, church is very important. 06:04 But they also needed another tier 06:06 and I believe in the home, school and the church approach. 06:09 You need all three tiers 06:10 and if one of those tiers is broken, 06:13 your children, many times would be deficient. 06:16 And it has been proven through studies, 06:18 that the longer our children are in our church schools, 06:23 the likelihood of them staying in the church 06:26 and growing in the church increase. 06:29 It increases, they have done the studies. 06:32 It's been proven. 06:33 And so San Francisco was a challenge 06:35 but it was good. 06:36 And several of those students, I've kept in touch with them 06:39 and they are still in the church today. 06:40 Wow. Amen. 06:42 And you said they are also serving in capacities 06:44 as Christian educators around the country. 06:47 Educators, doctors, they worked in banks 06:52 and other professions in the San Francisco area. 06:56 It's been a blessing. Wow. 06:58 So now you left San Francisco and did you go to, 07:01 I know we've talked about 07:03 some of your boarding school experiences. 07:05 Share us some of those life experiences with the kids. 07:08 What are some of the memories that you have from there? 07:11 Our first boarding experience was in a little small school 07:16 in Pennsboro, West Virginia. 07:18 Self supporting school. 07:20 And that was a blessing 07:22 'cause one of these students that graduated from that school 07:26 is now a minister and has done great work 07:28 in the Adventist church. 07:31 From there, another boarding school we worked in 07:33 was Auburn Adventist Academy in Auburn, Washington. 07:37 Great school. 07:40 We love Auburn and I encourage anyone, 07:43 if you are looking for a school where you can, 07:47 your children need to go away, please send them to Auburn. 07:49 To Auburn. 07:51 Okay, of course, you know, everybody is boarding, 07:52 schools gonna say, 07:53 send them there, send them there, so. 07:55 There's no place like Auburn. Okay, great. 07:57 So tell me about Auburn. 07:58 Tell me about some of the kids and some of the families 08:00 and some of the situations that you dealt with there? 08:04 Auburn was, it was wonderful. 08:06 We would on Sabbath afternoon knowing that kids in the dorm 08:11 loved home cooking, 08:14 I would cook on Friday afternoon 08:16 expecting another 15 or 20 to come to the house. 08:19 Some would come on Friday night after worship and eat 08:23 and some would come Sabbath afternoon. 08:25 We would see them mattering across the campus. 08:30 I said, "Young people, had you checked out the dorm?" 08:32 Do the deans... 08:34 Know that you are out? 08:35 And they would say, "No." 08:37 I'd say, "Okay, well, come on in, come on in. 08:39 And there is the kitchen. 08:41 Go eat and call the dorm and let the deans know." 08:46 It was just, it was, that was one experience. 08:48 Something else that happened. 08:50 Our second year there, our, 08:53 I encouraged the juniors to take their campus for Christ 08:58 and they started their own prayer meeting. 09:01 Really? What did they do? 09:03 They divided in a several segments. 09:05 One was Bible studies, one was testimonies, 09:09 one was the music ministry, they had different ministries. 09:12 My job was simply to open the door 09:13 and to monitor, make sure the kids were doing with, 09:15 they were conducted themselves. 09:17 And it was wonderful. 09:19 Several of the young people that they brought in seniors, 09:22 they brought in freshmen, sophomores. 09:25 And then around my third or fourth year there, 09:28 'cause I worked there for six years, 09:30 there were students that, they said, "Mr. Turner, 09:32 we need to have our own Bible study 09:35 in the afternoon. 09:36 So I opened up the dorm, 09:39 I mean, up the chapel, at the school 09:42 and it started off with 10 kids, 15, 25, 30. 09:46 Next thing you know, we were in the library. 09:49 It was scores of children. Wow. 09:51 Just voluntary, 09:52 not required worship, just on their own. 09:54 Yes. On their own. 09:56 So was every child perfect at the school 09:58 that you had no problems with any of them, right? 10:01 Well, being the, I went, 10:04 I started there as the 11th and 8th grade, 10:07 I mean, the Bible 11 teacher. 10:10 And I there I taught some math and some history on the side. 10:14 My fourth, fifth and sixth year, 10:16 I became the vice principal and village dean. 10:23 And someone had told me that I was gonna be a dean 10:25 and I said, "Oh, no. I'd never be a dean. 10:27 But yes, I became, I became the dean, 10:29 the village dean, the head dean 10:31 and there were some students that we had to ask 10:34 not to return unfortunately. 10:36 One of them 10:38 that we had to ask not to return. 10:41 It was rough. Yeah. 10:43 His mother, his mother and father were very hurt by it 10:46 but they knew it was the best thing. 10:48 About a year later, 10:51 I spoke to the young man and his parents. 10:55 He is now giving Bible studies and bringing others to Christ, 11:00 for the same reason that he was asked to leave, 11:02 he is now ministering to those type of individuals. 11:04 Wow. Wow. 11:06 And he said, the best thing for him 11:08 was for us to ask him to depart. 11:11 It turned his life around. 11:12 How about academically? 11:14 You know, a lot of times people say, 11:15 "Well, it's really great to be able to send your child 11:17 to a Adventist school but the academics, 11:21 you know, you know, 11:22 they are gonna get Jesus and everything 11:24 but, you know, 11:26 do you have any stories of where you've seen 11:28 people's lives totally turn around? 11:29 Some kids, maybe they came in low and you know, 11:32 share with us that? 11:33 I have several. 11:37 There was one young man in San Francisco. 11:39 He was not doing well academically. 11:44 And he was a discipline issue. We had to encourage him. 11:49 Back in those days, 11:50 you could use other methods to help them, to... 11:54 And now we cannot. Yes, amen. 11:57 But I learnt that by taking this young man 12:00 and putting him in the dirt, having him digging the dirt, 12:04 it did something to burn out that extra energy 12:08 and his mother says, "Mr. Turner, 12:11 what are you doing to my son?" 12:12 I said, "Oh, oh, wait, wait, wait, Mrs. Ramo, 12:15 what do you mean what I'm doing to your son?" 12:17 My son is not getting in trouble. 12:18 His grades have gone up. What has happened?" 12:20 I said, "Oh, simple. I put him in the dirt." 12:23 "In the dirt?" 12:25 Teacher was sending him to my class, 12:27 he'd get in trouble, 12:28 I send him out into the garden and say, 12:30 "E.K., I need two rows, I want all the weeds taken out. 12:35 I want you to dig it up, take all the weeds out." 12:37 He did a beautiful job. 12:39 His academics went up, 12:42 his disciplinary issues went down. 12:44 The same young man 12:46 started attending Sabbath school. 12:48 And he was there 12:49 before the Adventists were for Sabbath school. 12:52 He was there at 9 o'clock 'cause he had to catch a bus. 12:53 Wow. 12:55 And he also joined Pathfinders, he and his brother. 12:58 And thank God, it was a miracle that happened years later, 13:03 I was the only teacher 13:04 that he invited back to his wedding. 13:06 Wow. My wife and I. 13:07 That's really great. 13:09 So that's just one 13:10 and now there have been other young people... 13:12 Tell us some more. 13:13 That have struggled over the years. 13:16 And I remember one young man, I taught in Las Vegas. 13:21 And the pastor said, 13:24 "My son has never done well in school. 13:29 And he has turned it around 13:32 and it's all because of Mr. T." 13:33 And I said, "That's not me. It's Jesus." 13:36 I'm just loving the kids 13:38 and helping them to know Jesus as their personal savoir 13:41 and putting before them 13:42 that they can be whatever they want to be. 13:45 And so, yes, there have been students throughout the years 13:48 that have just, they did just enough to get by 13:51 and I've held the fire to them, 13:54 I said, "You could do better than this." 13:57 There is no mind, we've been told, 13:59 there's no mind that is too dull to learn, 14:01 no mind. 14:02 So I believe it and I tell kids, 14:05 "Regardless of your past scores, 14:07 regardless of your low grades, 14:09 you are intelligent, you are smart." 14:11 And they said, "I am?" 14:14 And then I helped them, take them where they are 14:17 and then build them up 14:18 and then as they see success, breed success 14:21 and that's very, very important audience must understand. 14:24 Success breeds success. 14:26 So if every parent, teacher, educator, church member, 14:32 would simply take the kids where they are 14:35 and continue to give them positive encouragement, 14:37 they will climb. 14:39 And as a result, 14:40 some have become great leaders in our church today. 14:43 They baptized many souls so God says, 14:45 He said, "Walter, go take this gospel to all the world, 14:48 teach all nations, I've done that 14:50 and those students have gone throughout the world. 14:53 Some have been missionaries. 14:55 Students have been my own children. 14:57 Wow. 14:59 And that has been a blessing. 15:01 Well, I've been in a Christian education too 15:03 as a Christian educator. 15:04 I got my shirt on, okay. 15:06 And my children have gone through. 15:08 Amen. 15:09 But what can you share with the audience? 15:11 What is special, what happens like in a typical day 15:15 at an Adventist school? 15:16 What's so special about there as opposed to maybe, 15:20 another kind of a school? 15:21 Why, why again, we got to go back to that 15:23 because a lot of people are asking that question. 15:25 Yeah, you know, if I take my kid to, 15:27 my children to church 15:29 and I'm, you know, helping them after school 15:32 and we're having worship in our home, 15:35 you know, and the cost for Christian education... 15:39 The cost, I'll deal with that first. 15:40 The cost. 15:42 It's an investment. 15:44 It's not, it's not, 15:47 yes, I could drive a nicer car today, 15:50 I could have nicer cloths and fancy house, 15:54 but knowing that my children 15:57 and I call them, text them on Sabbath morning, 16:02 they text me and told me, "Daddy, we are in church." 16:07 I said, "Why are you testing me in church." 16:09 "Well, there's something happening in the church." 16:11 And it was as it-- 16:13 something exciting was happening in the church 16:14 'cause they want me to know about it. 16:17 That is very, very important. 16:20 The foundation that we set with the morning worship, 16:24 with Sabbath school, and then school. 16:27 Why school? 16:29 We're taught, we're told about the serving the Lord 16:33 and it's that early education, those first few years, 16:38 many wait till college 16:40 and I said it kindly, it's too late, 16:43 because their habits have already been formed. 16:46 So we, over the 32 years, 16:50 the teachers that I've worked with 16:51 were shaping and melding characters. 16:53 When a child has an issue, we can stop and we can pray, 16:58 we can encourage them, we can put our arm around then. 17:01 And they are hurting on the inside. 17:03 They are coming from situations where home may be broken, 17:07 and we can say Jesus is there with us. 17:10 We can do this in Jesus. 17:12 The Lord is going to anoint, 17:13 He's gonna work this situation out. 17:15 I've had to bury students, 17:17 I have to deal with those that have lost loved ones 17:21 and when you can take that 17:22 that spirituality and the academics, 17:27 then you have a holistic person and they are well rounded. 17:30 And they can go on and do great things. 17:32 So the typical day, yet but the typical day, 17:36 we start the day out with the worship. 17:38 Start it off with Jesus. 17:39 I've had parents tell me, 17:41 "Mr. Turner, I know my child is active 17:45 but one thing that I'm loving above all things 17:48 is him coming home quoting Scripture, 17:52 singing the Christian songs, excited about his studies." 17:59 What else can I say, it just 18:02 and then you're just continuing to build on that 18:03 and continue to build on it and as a result, 18:07 every school, every school that I've ministered in, 18:11 several have given their life to Jesus, several. 18:15 And that's the most important thing, 18:17 you know, that's the big why 18:19 that we want to have the kids be able to give their hearts 18:22 to the Lord. 18:23 You mentioned something that I want to go back to. 18:25 You said that you had to bury some students. 18:27 Yes. How old were they? 18:29 One was in the, 18:31 I believe she was a first grader. 18:33 She had cancer. First grade. 18:35 So there is no guarantee 18:36 that children are gonna live a certain life 18:39 and then we hope maybe when they get older, 18:41 then they'll accept Christ and they'll kind of come back. 18:45 First grade, that's kind of young. 18:47 And what was the other age of the other one? 18:49 There have been, there have been, 18:50 there was one young man. 18:52 He was in his early 20s. 18:55 He had a disease. Took his life. 18:58 But there's one thing that inspired me, 19:00 he came to my house and said, "Mr. T, 19:03 I know you are here. I just came by to see you." 19:05 And he began to tell me his experiences with Christ. 19:08 He says, "I have this disease. 19:11 The doctors have it in check." 19:14 But the greatest thing that moved me was, 19:18 him sharing how he's grown in Christ, 19:22 how he is growing in Christ. 19:24 Then a few months later 19:25 we've learned that he took his life. 19:28 So I've had a few and it hurts, but knowing that the children 19:32 are resting in Jesus... 19:34 Yes. 19:35 I can't, that's worth it all. Yeah. 19:39 It's worth it all. 19:40 It is, it is. 19:42 So let's say a parent decides, 19:45 okay, we're gonna just figure out 19:47 some kind of way to pay for this education 19:51 and they bring the child to your school 19:54 and the student is low. 19:57 What kinds of things you said about little successes, 20:00 what kinds of things do you implement 20:02 to be able to help children achieve? 20:05 I've had students that couldn't speak English. 20:10 So I, one thing I did with him, this is a fifth grader, 20:14 couldn't speak English and I had a few of them. 20:17 And so I worked with phonics, very important. 20:22 So not only did I have my non English speaking students 20:27 do phonics, I had everyone do phonics 20:29 because as you break up the phonics, 20:31 whole language is good, you need it 20:33 but there is something about phonics 20:35 because that's what turned me around. 20:37 I could not read. I could not see the board. 20:40 I needed glasses 20:41 and but the teacher taught me phonics. 20:46 Once I finally caught on that education is important, 20:49 and my mother wasn't gonna accept anything else less than, 20:53 and she caught my attention. 20:55 Right. 20:57 But the key was phonics. 20:59 So I've taught kids phonics. 21:01 I believe in taking 21:02 the rudiments of building up their comprehension 21:07 and 'cause if you build up the comprehension, 21:11 there's various things that we are using at our school 21:12 in Elsie. 21:15 And as we are building up their comprehension, 21:17 we have discovered that as you build that up, 21:21 the test scores start going through the roof. 21:24 Because then they can start reading all types of genre 21:28 because you built up the reading. 21:29 And then of course, with the math. 21:31 We've done several things with our math, 21:34 with a new math system we have in our Adventist system. 21:36 And our kids are making strides. 21:39 And so we are looking, 21:41 what I like to see with my students 21:43 is two years of growth in one year. 21:46 So if the student is low, very low, 21:48 you take them where they are, you build on those low areas 21:52 and success breeds success and next thing you know, 21:55 the child says, "I am intelligent, 21:57 I can learn and he starts taking off. 21:59 Right. 22:00 So where does the word of God come into this reading 22:04 and math and science and social studies. 22:08 How is that integrated in Adventist schools? 22:11 Throughout the whole curriculum. 22:13 Bible is not just taught in Bible class. 22:16 Biblical principles are expounded upon, are shared, 22:20 and all of, in every aspect, 22:22 I've heard it from all of my teachers, 22:24 I walk to their classrooms, 22:26 one of which is yours. 22:28 Yeah. 22:30 And I've heard the word of God being expressed in science, 22:32 I've heard it expressed in social studies. 22:35 That is not going to happen in pubic school. 22:37 It can't happen in public school. 22:39 Right. It's the opposite. 22:41 They aren't sure whether or not we came from monkeys. 22:43 Yeah. I share it with my students. 22:45 I know individuals that look like monkeys, 22:48 they may have act like monkeys 22:49 but none of us have ever come from monkeys. 22:51 They are not our cousins. We are made by the Creator. 22:55 We come from His hand. 22:56 And so there's like this whole new curriculum 22:59 that's out with Adventists that's by design. 23:02 Tell us a little bit of that as it relates to science? 23:05 It's excellent. It is excellent. 23:08 I've had parents tell me that is that what she, 23:11 one of the parents mentioned to me just recently 23:13 that what she is doing in nursing, 23:15 what she is studying in nursing, 23:17 it's been presented on a easier lower level 23:21 in our seventh and eighth grade curriculum 23:23 and she is saying, she's excited. 23:25 She said, this is the best science program 23:27 she has ever seen. 23:29 We are one of the best in the country. 23:30 Wow. 23:32 So what about the Common Core State Standards 23:34 and you know, all of these other kinds of things 23:37 that are, you know, does it, 23:38 will students coming to an Adventist school 23:40 get that? 23:42 That plus. Oh, yeah. 23:44 We have, it's been proven 23:45 that a student will be average in our schools 23:49 leave and go to public school 23:52 and actually now they are top of their class. 23:55 And the parents say, "Well, how can that be?" 23:57 It's real simple 23:58 because we, we don't have the discipline issues 24:01 of public school. 24:02 So our teachers can teach. 24:06 We are held to a higher standard. 24:08 So we are able... What standard? 24:09 When you say you are held to a higher standard, 24:11 what does that mean? 24:12 The word. 24:14 The word of God. The word of God. 24:15 God says that our children are to be taught. 24:17 They are to be the head and not the tail. 24:20 That's true. 24:21 He wants our kids to be the head, not the tail. 24:23 So since He wants our kids to be the leaders, 24:27 I share it with my parents and my students. 24:30 There are ten people looking for a job. 24:34 There are only two jobs. 24:38 Shouldn't those two jobs go to us? 24:41 And what has happened over the years, 24:43 our Adventist children are well prepared 24:46 to go into every aspect of service. 24:51 I've had, I've known individuals 24:52 that attended Oakwood 24:54 and because of their academia and because of them pushing 24:57 and doing well on their test scores, 25:00 as well as in their school work, 25:02 they have been offered jobs. 25:04 One for the CIA, 25:08 so I know this happens. 25:11 Wow, wow. 25:12 So where does, 25:13 okay, so we've talked a little bit about the spirit, 25:15 we've talked about the academics. 25:17 What about social? Social? 25:20 That's very, very important 25:22 because our kids, just like any other children 25:27 come to us with their issues 25:32 and so we encourage going spiritually, 25:36 mentally and socially. 25:37 We encourage our kids 25:39 on how they are to speak to each other, 25:42 how they are to relate to each other, 25:45 how they are to respect each other. 25:48 And if a student decides 25:51 they don't want to be respectful, 25:53 obedient, courteous, kind, 25:56 then we have to ask them, 25:58 maybe this is not the place for you. 26:00 But for the most part, after much prayer, hard work, 26:04 the majority of them, 26:06 through the anointing of the Spirit, 26:07 turn it around and say, I want this. 26:12 And I've got so many parents say, 26:13 "There is something different about my child. 26:16 What is it? I said, "I don't know." 26:19 Wow. 26:20 But I guess I do know what it is. 26:22 It's the Spirit. The Holy Spirit. 26:23 'Cause God has promised that in the last days, 26:26 He would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh. 26:28 That's a promise. And so I claim it. 26:30 I claim for the anointing of God upon the children. 26:33 And then not only the children but upon their parents 26:38 and as a result of the children hearing about Jesus, 26:41 we have had non-Adventist parents accept Jesus 26:45 as their personal savoir. 26:47 One school I taught just recently, 26:50 the whole family was baptized because of the daughter. 26:54 I made a call during one chapel 26:57 and the girl went to the bathroom, 26:58 got on her knees, gave her life to Jesus, 27:01 went home, told her parents about it. 27:04 And the whole family was baptized. 27:06 Well, Principal Turner, 27:07 this has really been enlightening, 27:08 it's been fantastic. 27:10 We didn't really get a lot into the sports, 27:11 but does sports have a part to play 27:13 in Adventist education, just briefly? 27:15 Briefly. Sports does. 27:18 But I encourage young people, 27:20 God has not called us to be professional athletes 27:24 and yes, I do know some individuals 27:26 that have had the opportunity to go into professional sports 27:29 but they have not. 27:30 Because of the Sabbath issue. Right. 27:32 Play the sports, have fun but don't forget Jesus. 27:36 Well, I want to thank you so much 27:38 for coming to the program today. 27:39 It's just been very enlightening. 27:41 We really appreciate your coming. 27:44 We always like to end with a prayer 27:46 for the families that are part of this, 27:48 so we probably close out today with our prayer. 27:51 Would you offer a prayer for us? 27:53 Yes. Let us pray. 27:54 Father God, in the name of Jesus, 27:56 we want to thank you for this privilege 27:58 to be here today to share and to experience You. 28:03 There are many people that are listening today 28:06 that need to put their children in church school. 28:08 They need to make a decision. 28:10 They may not be able to afford it. 28:13 They may not know where the school is, 28:15 but please dear Lord, open the door 28:17 just as You did for me. |
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