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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm JD Quinn. 01:11 And we are so glad that you're joining us today. 01:14 We've got some exciting news. 01:16 It's really not that new, but a lot of people 01:18 don't know about it. 01:20 So we're gonna share that with you today. 01:22 And I think you'll be inspired. 01:24 I want to take this opportunity on behalf of 3ABN 01:27 to thank you for your love and your prayers 01:30 and your financial support 01:31 because we certainly couldn't do God's ministry 01:35 at 3ABN without you. 01:37 You're part of the family. Amen. 01:38 And thank you. You know what? 01:40 I wanna share 01:41 one of my favorite scriptures with you. 01:43 Yes. 01:44 I am always saying 01:45 that God is the God of new beginnings 01:47 and people say, "Well, what do you mean?" 01:50 Well, let me read from Isaiah 43:18-19. 01:54 And I remember, 01:55 when I first read this, it was in the Amplified. 01:58 I'm reading from the New King 02:00 James Version right now, in verse 18, Isaiah 43:18, 02:04 he says, "Do not remember the former things," 02:07 the way the Amplified says it is, 02:10 "Don't dwell on the past." 02:12 And this is God speaking, 02:15 "Nor considered the things of old. 02:17 Behold, I will do a new thing, 02:20 now it shall spring forth, shall you not know it? 02:25 I will even make a road in the wilderness 02:28 and rivers in the desert." 02:30 God is the God of new beginnings. 02:33 And sometimes changes, new beginnings are, 02:38 can be challenges. 02:39 Be tough. They can be tough. 02:41 But, you know, 02:42 if we know that God is there for us, 02:45 walking us every step of the way, 02:48 I just want to talk to somebody at home right now, 02:51 you may be getting ready to change the channel. 02:54 And I wanna tell you something, God has a plan for your life. 02:59 He can give you a new beginning. 03:01 And we've got someone on the program today 03:04 who's certainly going to speak to that, 03:07 a young man 03:08 who was living in a junkyard. 03:12 Yeah. 03:14 And now is in pastoral evangelism. 03:17 It's so exciting. 03:19 So let me introduce 03:20 our special guests to you today. 03:24 We have with us. 03:26 And first let me just kind of say this. 03:30 You are with a Christian missionary college 03:35 that went through a major change in 2014. 03:40 And this was a doctrinal change, 03:42 and attitudinal change, 03:44 and a major change, five years ago. 03:47 Yes, just five years ago. 03:48 But it's not all that well known yet. 03:51 And that's why you're here with us today. 03:54 So we have with is Norbert Restrepo. 03:57 And you are the President of Hartland Institute. 04:02 Yes. 04:03 And it's a pleasure to be here, 04:04 I thank 3ABN for this wonderful opportunity 04:07 to share with our audience know the great things 04:10 that God is doing on behalf of Hartland Institute. 04:13 And, you know, 3ABN support your new direction. 04:16 I mean, we're very happy to see essentially, 04:20 if I could just distill it down 04:23 to say Hartland went 04:25 from being an independent ministry, 04:28 to becoming a supportive ministry 04:31 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 04:33 And then we have Dr. David Emerson with us. 04:37 Dr. David, you are the Medical Director 04:41 as it were of the Lifestyle Program 04:44 at Hartland Institute. 04:45 Is that correct? 04:47 Yes, yes, we really, I'm honored to be here and we, 04:51 I really enjoy working 04:52 with the patients stand at Hartland. 04:54 We move to this position basically to be able to work 05:00 with lifestyle guests with a team. 05:03 Yes. 05:05 Individually, you can't do all the things 05:06 that a team can do. 05:08 And the other wonderful thing about Hartland 05:10 is we get a chance 05:12 to influence young people teach them 05:14 simple remedies and more complex remedies. 05:18 And these people, these young people 05:20 will be going all over the world 05:21 as missionaries. 05:22 We're gonna come back 05:24 and get all of that wonderful story 05:25 in just a second. 05:27 Then we have also with is Rothy Et. 05:31 And, Rothy, you are from Cambodia. 05:34 And literally when you hear his story, 05:36 you are going to be so amazed 05:38 because he was living in a junkyard. 05:41 Left home at the age of 13 05:43 because his parents couldn't afford to keep him up. 05:48 And they were Buddhists. 05:50 Rothy became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 05:53 And now he is studying 05:55 and his major is pastoral evangelism. 05:58 And he will be returning to Cambodia 06:00 when he graduates from college in two years 06:03 to evangelize there, 06:05 and we're very excited to have you, Rothy. 06:08 So before we begin now, you all like music I'm sure. 06:14 And, as do our viewers, 06:17 so honey, you wanna introduce the song? 06:20 Well, it's one of my all-time favorite singers 06:23 Miss Tammy Chance 06:24 and Tammy is gonna be singing "More Than Ever Before." 06:27 Amen. 06:39 You know it's true I love You 06:44 More than words could ever show 06:49 But forgive me, Lord, for all the times 06:54 I haven't told You so 06:59 'Cause You mean everything to me 07:03 Your pleasure I adore 07:08 I want to live each day in such a way 07:13 You'll know I love You more and more 07:18 More than ever before 07:23 Lord, I love You 07:27 More than ever before 07:32 Lord, I need You 07:37 More than ever before 07:42 I've got to tell You 07:47 I love You now more than ever before 08:02 I loved You then 08:05 I love You now 08:07 But much more now than then 08:12 And in the end between I find 08:17 You became my dearest friend 08:22 And with each day You bring my way 08:27 Joy I've never known before 08:31 I want to live each day 08:34 in such a way You'll know 08:37 I love You more and more 08:41 More than ever before 08:47 Lord, I love You 08:51 More than ever before 08:56 Lord, I need You 09:01 More than ever before, 09:06 I've got to tell You 09:11 I love You now 09:13 More than ever before 09:25 I've got to tell You 09:30 I love You now 09:33 More than ever before 09:53 Man, my prayers that whenever I get to be a big boy, 09:56 I'd like to be able to sing like that. 09:59 She is just so anointed. She is. 10:01 And, you know, one thing that they heard ET Everett say 10:05 is that Tammy never has to be pitch corrected. 10:09 She's just always some perfect pitch. 10:11 So, but we love her dearly as our sister and to me, 10:14 she's one of the best things 10:16 that came out of the Shelton family. 10:17 Oh. Don't tell him but I said that. 10:21 Okay, well, if you're just joining us today, 10:23 we're very excited to be here 10:27 to focus on some important changes 10:30 that have taken place at Hartland Institute. 10:34 Actually, five years ago, 10:36 but I'm gonna I will be the first to confess. 10:39 I wasn't even aware of them until I got the opportunity 10:42 to meet these wonderful gentlemen. 10:43 So Norbert as President. 10:45 Well, let's just back up. 10:47 Tell us a little of your own background? 10:51 Did you grow up as a Seventh-day Adventist 10:53 or tell us your story? 10:56 Yes, I had the privilege of growing up 10:58 in a Seventh-day Adventist family. 10:59 My dad grew up 11:01 in a Seventh-day Adventist family. 11:02 His father and his mother were amongst 11:05 the first Seventh-day Adventist in Columbia. 11:09 My dad's uncle Jorge Rendon 11:11 was one of the first Adventist pastors native 11:14 who work with Pastor Truman, 11:16 when Columbia was just been evangelized by missionary. 11:19 So I had the privilege of growing up 11:21 in that type of a family. 11:23 Okay, but when did you make 11:25 that personal heart connection with the Lord? 11:29 When I was 22 years old, 11:31 I remember it was a Sunday evening 11:33 and strange event, the church was packed, 11:36 even people standing in the aisles and corridors. 11:39 And there the message was actually been delivered 11:42 through a TV screen, you know, we're on 3ABN, 11:45 the power of the screen. 11:46 The speaker was not there. 11:48 But he shared from his heart, 11:50 his belief in the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 11:54 At the end of that message, people started coming up. 11:57 The first one was the pastor's daughter, 12:00 and just expressing 12:02 how can I serve the Lord better? 12:03 How that can I give my life fully to the Lord? 12:06 That night, I felt the call to full time ministry. 12:08 Praise God. 12:10 So now you've got a picture of you 12:12 when you were a little boy, I think, 12:15 Norbert, you're the one in the red cap in this picture. 12:17 And this is your family, right? 12:19 Where was this picture taken? 12:21 This was in front of Michigan Lake 12:23 when my dad was pursuing graduate studies 12:25 at the seminary at Andrews University. 12:27 Okay. 12:29 And my brother and I and my sister, 12:31 we were growing up there, and learning English. 12:34 And just life was so special at that time. 12:37 Amen. 12:39 So now we're gonna fast forward, 12:41 and you are married and have two daughters. 12:43 And I believe, 12:44 we have a picture of your beautiful family. 12:46 Yes. So that's my family. 12:48 My oldest daughter is 22. 12:49 And our youngest daughter is 11. 12:52 And it's a privilege to be together 12:53 in ministry as a family. 12:55 Amen. 12:56 Now tell us how you started out in ministry? 12:59 Well, shortly after I felt the Lord's call in my life, 13:01 the first thing I did was to help my parents, 13:03 they were missionaries at that time in Venezuela. 13:06 My mother is a physician, medical doctor, 13:08 my dad, a pastor, 13:10 and they had a mission school there 13:11 and a lifestyle center. 13:13 So my first step was I will help them, 13:16 I'll just be available, you know, 24/7. 13:18 And shortly after that, two or three years after that, 13:22 the Lord called me even into ministry on my own 13:26 because someone who knew what we were doing as a family 13:30 in Venezuela told me if you go to Colombia, 13:32 and do the very same work 13:34 your parents are doing in Venezuela, 13:36 I will donate a farm. 13:37 And so that happened. 13:39 And in 1996, July 18, with Yvonne, my wife, 13:43 and four other team members, 13:46 we pioneered this institution in Columbia, 13:49 where we worked for 15 years. 13:51 How exciting. 13:53 How did you get to Hartland? 13:55 Well, the Lord blessed in Colombia, 13:57 and I think it was the result of that efforts. 14:00 That was the connecting link with Hartland 14:04 because as they were looking for a new president, 14:07 they were looking for possibilities. 14:09 Someone mentioned my name. 14:10 And we had at that time 85 students 14:14 as a secondary and post-secondary level 14:16 at this mission school, 14:17 we had a lifestyle center with about 20 health guests. 14:20 We had two vegetarian restaurants, 14:22 a publishing ministry, a farm, 14:25 and a very active community outreach. 14:28 So Hartland reached out, 14:30 they were looking for candidates, 14:31 and they asked if I was willing to be nominated 14:34 to that position in 2010. 14:37 Okay, what was that nomination process like? 14:41 They sent us quite a long list of questions, 14:44 and I say sent us 14:46 because there were several candidates 14:47 for that nomination process. 14:49 It was about 83 questions, 14:51 as some of them very interesting. 14:53 In fact, one of the questionnaires asked, 14:55 "Are there any things, standards or points of Hartland 14:59 that you disagree with?" 15:00 And I wrestle with that one in particular, 15:03 then I decided to answer it, honestly, 15:05 because I did have some concerns, 15:08 in terms of the stuffy environment 15:11 you sometimes felt in certain circles 15:14 where I grew up as a missionary 15:16 and also in self-supporting work. 15:18 Okay, so you were very honest with them about the things 15:21 that you felt should be changed for the glory of the Lord. 15:28 Yes. 15:29 And even though you were very honest 15:30 about all of these, you still got the position? 15:33 Yes. 15:34 Which was a, you know, 15:36 an evidence that God was leading in that direction. 15:37 Amen. 15:38 And even a greater evidence, 15:40 something that Norbert shared with us a little earlier 15:42 when we were in the green room, 15:44 is that once he was there as president, 15:48 it didn't just change overnight. 15:51 No, it was a transitional 15:53 and it kind of getting everybody on board. 15:56 But tell us what happened 15:57 when you were in Berrien Springs? 15:59 Okay, Berrien Springs, you referred to that? 16:02 Yes, we do. 16:04 Berrien Springs was, as I was growing up as a child 16:06 in Andrews University. 16:07 Oh, no, no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 16:09 No, I'm talking about with Ted. 16:11 Okay. Very well. 16:12 That was Triadelphia Adventist Church. 16:13 Okay. 16:15 And I was invited there to a health summit, 16:18 regional health summit. 16:19 And when I went there, 16:20 I realized that there were 16:22 quite a number of denominational leaders, 16:24 high church officers there. 16:26 And that's when I learned that this was the church 16:28 where Elder Wilson had his membership. 16:29 Yes. 16:31 As I walked in, I said, "Lord, 16:32 if you want me to meet someone here 16:34 that could help Hartland move to be a supportive ministry, 16:37 please do so." 16:39 And, you know, I had just prayed that prayer, 16:42 and I sat down at church 16:44 and Elder Wilson sits beside me. 16:46 Oh, that's amazing. 16:47 And my heart just started throbbing 16:49 because I thought this is the answer to prayer. 16:51 I greet, Elder Wilson, I gave him my business card. 16:54 He took a look at it and he smiled. 16:57 Then he had, he was one of the presenters. 17:00 And during his presentation, he made an appeal, 17:02 that the Lord's work will not be finished 17:04 until pastors, lay people are working together. 17:09 Total member involvement isn't it, 17:11 you know, but that's supporting ministries 17:14 needed to be supportive and that insubordinate. 17:17 When he finished, he sat back, right where I was. 17:20 And I asked him at the end of the service, 17:23 "Elder Wilson, 17:24 how can Hartland be a supportive ministry." 17:26 And that started the process. 17:28 He said, "Lord wants to do great things through Hartland, 17:32 there are a few things that we need to look at." 17:35 And he said, "I will send someone to visit with you 17:37 so we can start a process of dialogue." 17:39 Well, tell us about some of the changes 17:41 that Hartland has made 17:42 to become a supportive ministry? 17:44 Well, some of the changes, it's quite a list, 17:46 but I'll mention some of the major ones. 17:49 The one of the major ones was that in 2014, 17:52 our board of directors made the decision 17:54 to change our tithe policy, 17:56 so that it would be in conformity 17:59 to church policy. 18:00 And what's church policy that 18:02 tithe should be sent to the conference 18:04 for the support of the worldwide mission 18:06 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 18:08 And that supportive ministry should only use donations, 18:11 freewill offerings, 18:12 so that we're not in that competition 18:15 because we're all supportive of the mission of the church. 18:17 That was one of the most significant changes. 18:20 Another change was in the attitude. 18:22 Our focus was to train missionaries. 18:25 And to train them to do evangelism to do soul winning, 18:29 we still had the strong biblical foundation. 18:31 But rather than pointing at errors, or perceived errors, 18:35 the things that the church was doing, 18:37 that's no longer our calling, 18:39 you know, that's the Lord's responsibility, 18:41 and He has His stewards within the church 18:43 that are taking care of that. 18:45 Our responsibility is to share the everlasting gospel 18:48 and train young people. 18:49 And then what I was really pleased to learn 18:53 is that the doctrinal focus 18:57 became more on righteousness by faith. 19:00 Amen. 19:01 To me that, you know, 19:03 I believe with all of my heart, 19:04 that's the most important message. 19:07 That's the covenant that God made with Abraham. 19:12 And that's the one that has gone all the way 19:16 throughout the Bible. 19:17 Unless we understand righteousness by faith, 19:20 we really can't preach the everlasting gospel. 19:25 It's so important because it's so easy to in that effort 19:29 to live a life that is correct, that is perfect. 19:34 We fall into the trap of trying 19:35 to pull ourselves by our bootstraps, 19:38 and do obedience to all these standards 19:41 on our own effort. 19:42 And religion becomes a burden. Yes. 19:44 Now when you find in Christ, 19:47 His righteousness is His forgiveness, 19:49 His justification 19:50 and His power through the Holy Spirit. 19:52 Amen. 19:53 Then obedience becomes a natural result. 19:55 That His gratitude is not an effort to reach a standard. 19:58 Amen. 20:00 It's a response of God's work in our lives. 20:02 It's a different focus. 20:04 As God works in us to will and to do His good pleasure. 20:06 Amen. And very well put. 20:08 Yes, amen. 20:09 Okay, so, Dr. David Emerson, 20:12 did you grow up in a Christian home? 20:16 No. 20:18 Mike is my father. 20:19 He's a chemist and he eventually, 20:22 he was raised Methodist, 20:24 but they kind of eventually left 20:25 because it was in the 50s. 20:27 And there wasn't, they didn't feel a need 20:29 for religion at that point. 20:31 We were coming out of World War II, 20:32 people were becoming more prosperous. 20:34 My mother came over from Italy when she was five, 20:37 she had a Catholic background. 20:38 And so we really didn't have a religious 20:41 orientation growing up. 20:43 Okay. 20:44 I think I first felt my need in college, 20:47 going to school, away from home, 20:49 away from the support, 20:51 feeling a need for something more 20:52 and starting to search then. 20:55 While going to college, 20:57 I rent a room in a house with a lot of people 21:01 and they were selling drugs. 21:02 And so I had to get out of... that was raided 21:05 and that was one history I got to see a change. 21:09 What happened with that kind of lifestyle 21:12 I lived a year with the Moonies, 21:14 Reverend Moon, Sun Myung Moon 21:16 got to see what that was all about. 21:18 And as I started reading the scriptures 21:21 to see if what he's saying was really, 21:23 with what the Bible said. 21:26 Just as conviction that I needed to leave 21:28 got stronger and stronger, 21:29 and pretty soon I just said, "Hey, I got to go." 21:32 I prayed and fasted and asked, the Lord says, 21:35 "You know, Lord, you know, 21:36 isn't there a church that twists, 21:39 that doesn't twist the scripture 21:41 to fit their doctrine, 21:42 but twist their doctrine to fit the scripture." 21:45 And an answer to that prayer. 21:47 My mom said, "You know, Dave, 21:49 I talked to somebody and they said 21:50 that if you're interested in medicine, 21:51 you should visit the Adventist church 21:53 'cause they have churches all over the world." 21:54 I never heard of an Adventist Church. 21:56 I said, "Okay, I'll go visit." 21:58 So I went there and 9:30, 10 o'clock, 11:00, 22:01 nobody showed up. 22:02 I called my mom and said, "Mom, nobody showed up." 22:04 She says, "What, Dave, you got to go on Saturday, 22:06 can't go on Sunday." 22:07 You can be there. 22:09 So I got to meet them and then 22:11 through a long process 22:13 eventually came into the church. 22:14 Okay, so you went on and got your medical degree 22:17 and tell us a little bit about your service 22:20 as a medical doctor? 22:23 After residency at Kettering in Ohio, 22:27 my wife and I went immediately to Guam, 22:30 and we were able to settle out there for about eight years, 22:32 beautiful place. 22:34 But after World War II, 22:35 they didn't have diabetes or heart disease. 22:37 But after World War II, 22:39 they adopted American lifestyle. 22:40 And now diabetes, number one, 22:41 heart disease, number two problems. 22:44 So I was working as an internist there 22:47 in internal medicine, 22:48 but we set up an afterhours lifestyle program, 22:52 people would come after work 22:54 and they could come 'cause they're all local, 22:56 the island's only 30 miles by 15 miles wide, tiny place. 22:59 Yes, yes. 23:00 And they'd be, you know, they get a health nugget, 23:04 they get a cooking class, food and all and then, 23:08 and then they would go home for two weeks we do before 23:10 and after labs, and they would, they would do that very well. 23:14 And so we saw tremendous response... 23:17 Let me hit the pause button right there 23:18 'cause there's probably a lot of people 23:20 who don't really understand 23:22 what lifestyle is 23:23 when we're talking about lifestyle programs. 23:26 And when you said they did very well, 23:28 you're talking about diabetics and people with heart disease. 23:32 Who saw vast improvement because of dietary changes, 23:38 and that's what we're talking about here with lifestyle. 23:40 And what kind of diet were you suggesting? 23:44 Well, we do a plant-based diet, 23:46 eliminate the meat, the dairy, and the free oils 23:49 that was very effective in helping reduce blood sugars. 23:53 Blood sugars come down usually in three to four days. 23:55 Blood pressure was usually 23:56 kind of the last thing to change. 23:58 It was maybe one or two weeks down the road. 24:00 We do before and after lab draws 24:01 and see dramatic drops in cholesterol. 24:04 Weight would drop usually, the first week they would 24:08 maybe lose 8 to 10 pounds, but most of that was water. 24:11 Then after that it was about one to two pounds a week 24:13 and dramatic responses. 24:16 Yes. 24:17 So people, did you have anybody 24:19 that actually reversed their diabetes? 24:21 Yes, yes, many people. 24:23 We would be able to taper them off 24:25 their medications. 24:27 One case actually was in Oklahoma, 24:30 diabetic she was like 350 pounds 24:33 and 5 foot 3 and diabetic, 24:37 blind from her diabetes 24:38 and high blood pressure and all 24:41 and we shared these principles with her, 24:44 explained about insulin resistance 24:45 and plant-based diet, how it would work. 24:48 And she had a very supportive husband. 24:50 She did something totally unheard of. 24:52 Never dreamed you do. 24:54 She actually did what we asked her to do. 24:56 So it's pretty exciting. 24:58 In two years, she lost about a pound a week, 25:01 she lost about 100 pounds in a wheelchair, no exercise. 25:04 She was in a wheelchair, her knees are hurting, 25:07 blood sugars came down, 25:09 we were able to get her off her insulin about a year, 25:11 off her cholesterol medicines and a blood pressure medicines 25:14 we took, got her off those. 25:16 And as soon as she lost the weight, 25:17 the orthopedic surgeon said, 25:19 yeah, we can do surgery on her now, 25:20 her weight's down. 25:22 They replaced her knee and she started walking again. 25:23 Praise God. Praise God. 25:25 So you went from Guam to Oklahoma. 25:28 You were actually in the private practice 25:30 in Oklahoma. 25:31 How did you end up at Hartland? 25:34 Well, we worked at in Oklahoma for about eight years. 25:39 And we got called to another lifestyle center. 25:42 We worked there for about three years. 25:43 And then our parents were aging. 25:45 And so we came to our ancestral home, 25:47 which how I guess my ancestors came over in 1700s 25:51 from Austria and had a farm 25:54 and so we started taking care of my mom and dad. 25:56 He was a chemist for DuPont 25:59 and he's retired now and they passed away 26:03 and we started fixing up the farm 26:04 and trying to get a home office 26:06 to do lifestyle ministry out of our home. 26:09 And then I got a call from Dr. John Kelly inviting me 26:12 to come down and help out at Hartland. 26:15 They were about two and a half hours away. 26:17 So we would commute, 26:18 we'd see the patients do the histories 26:19 and physicals and then do the health cultures. 26:21 What year was this? 26:22 2013. 2013. 26:23 Okay. 26:25 So this is just about the time 26:26 all of this transition is taking place. 26:28 Definitely. It's around that time period. 26:30 All right. 26:31 And then when did you actually come on board? 26:34 Well, about 2014, probably. 26:38 We were there fairly consistently 26:40 seeing the patients, 26:42 we're there for much of the time 26:43 and then the time 26:45 that we're at home up in Maryland, 26:47 we do video conference, 26:48 we do this lectures over zoom conference. 26:50 And... 26:52 Okay, well, we're gonna come back and hit that 26:53 and, Rothy, I'm gonna save your story 26:55 because you don't wanna miss Rothy story 26:58 when he was living in a garbage dump. 27:01 But it's so good. 27:03 I'm gonna save it a little bit toward the last 27:04 as we talk about the missionary focus. 27:07 Let's look at, you brought a little video about Hartland. 27:12 We want to talk about all that Hartland is offering. 27:16 So we're gonna start off with this video. 27:19 Hartland College is a different kind of school. 27:22 It's a special place with a special purpose 27:24 and a special kind of training. 27:26 Students come to Hartland from all over the world 27:29 to receive hands-on health and evangelism education 27:33 that prepares them to serve in the most ordinary 27:36 to the most difficult situations. 27:39 Hartland offers five majors and the number of degree 27:43 and certificate options 27:44 including online distance learning. 27:47 Our motto is educating for eternity serving today. 27:51 For qualifying students 27:53 who desire to be trained to serve the Lord 27:55 but cannot afford to pay tuition, 27:57 Hartland offers a Missionary Training Fund called MTF. 28:01 This fund sponsors student candidates 28:04 who make a commitment 28:05 to serve as missionaries 28:07 in their country of origin 28:08 for at least three years upon graduation. 28:11 Each year a number of students are able to enroll for classes. 28:15 Thanks to the investment made to MTF by people like you. 28:19 Hi, my name is Lanardo Rolle, and I'm from the Bahamas 28:22 and I came to Hartland 28:24 to study the Health Ministry major, 28:25 so I can return back to my country 28:27 and help those in need. 28:29 I'd like to say thank you to the donors 28:31 of the Missionary Training Fund. 28:33 You have made it possible for me to come here to study. 28:35 Thank you very much. 28:37 Hello, my name is Alyona Vlasova, 28:39 and I'm student from Russia 28:41 and I'm studying the media ministry 28:43 at Hartland College. 28:44 I came to Hartland to discover how can I develop my art skills 28:50 and media was a great option for that. 28:53 I think MTF for helping me to study at Hartland College. 28:57 My name is Kevin Condori. 28:59 I am from Argentina. 29:01 And my major is pastoral evangelism. 29:03 The reason why I came to Hartland 29:06 is because Hartland train missionaries 29:08 and I wanna be a missionary. 29:10 And thanks to MTF, my dreams are coming true. 29:14 Hello my name is Soriya Sem, and I came from Cambodia 29:18 and I came here to Hartland to take education major 29:21 and teaching is my aim and my goal 29:23 to bring them to God 29:25 and specially to see them with a future life. 29:29 And last point I thank you for MTF 29:31 that I can be here because they sponsored me. 29:34 You are invited to help 29:36 transform the life of a young person 29:38 and those they will touch with the love of Jesus 29:41 by investing in practical evangelistic education 29:44 for a student who wants to be a missionary, 29:47 but cannot afford tuition at Hartland College. 29:50 Visit our donation page 29:52 to help more young people study at Hartland College 29:55 through MTF funding. 29:57 Thank you for your support. 30:07 You know, it's a beautiful location here. 30:09 And certainly there's, they offer so much. 30:12 But we just wanted to emphasize 30:15 because of the changes that have happened at Hartland. 30:18 They are now members of OCI, 30:20 which is Outpost Centers International. 30:24 And Steven Grabiner, who is President of OCI 30:30 actually serves on your board now, 30:32 as does Elder Jay Gallimore, who is someone 30:37 who's recently joined your board. 30:39 And you all know 30:41 what a wonderful man of God Jay is. 30:43 So we see that just the board of directors, 30:48 the whole leadership, the focus has changed. 30:51 Tell us a little more about the college? 30:53 We thank the Lord for that transition, 30:55 which was led by His providence. 30:57 I remember early in 2011, three months 31:00 after I was in this position of responsibility 31:03 that Dr. Agatha Thrash came by, 31:05 and she wanted to visit with me, 31:07 she was still alive. 31:08 She has been a very influential person 31:10 in my life and our family. 31:12 And she said, "Hartland is a wonderful ministry 31:15 serving young people, 31:16 but it would be so much more effective 31:18 if it was working 31:20 with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 31:21 Please pray about this 31:23 and see what you can do about it." 31:24 Bless her heart. 31:26 And shortly afterwards, 31:27 Amazing Facts evangelist came to visit us. 31:30 And he said the very same things. 31:32 So I started praying about this 31:33 and shortly afterwards was the encounter 31:35 that I mentioned previously. 31:37 So that, you know... 31:39 And I forgot to mention earlier when you were talking 31:41 about Elder Wilson sat down next to you, 31:43 for those of you 31:45 who are not Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 31:47 Elder Wilson is the President of the General Conference. 31:52 And I mean, that's the World Conference 31:55 for the Seventh-day Adventist Church 31:57 and we have like 19 million plus members now. 32:01 So go ahead. 32:03 So Elder Wilson encouraged us to dialogue at all levels, 32:06 which we were doing, we were dialoguing with OCI, 32:09 with ASI, with our local conference, 32:11 with Elder Bill Miller, 32:13 we've had several conversations, 32:15 just trying to change the negative perception 32:19 that was there because of a past history. 32:22 And it has been a great blessing 32:24 to be able to show our local churches, 32:27 local conference, and union and so forth 32:31 that our focus has changed. 32:34 And it has changed in a positive way, 32:36 in a positive way. 32:37 We're not straying away 32:38 from the fundamental biblical beliefs 32:40 that bring us together. 32:41 But our focus on Christ's righteousness, 32:44 and on serving the world church 32:46 in a supportive way has definitely changed. 32:48 Amen. Glory to God. 32:50 So tell us a little bit more 32:51 'cause the video went by so fast, 32:53 you have the college, you have the lifestyle, 32:57 you've got so many different programs. 32:58 Tell us about that, 33:00 kind of elucidate on that a little? 33:02 Yes, our two main programs on our campus are the college, 33:06 the missionary college and the lifestyle center. 33:09 We do run a number of other programs, 33:11 we have a total of 18 departments 33:13 that range from a day academy, 33:15 evangelistic magazine, a farm, a youth camp 33:20 that goes once a year in the month of June 33:22 and great exciting things. 33:24 But the missionary college 33:25 and the lifestyle center are our main focuses. 33:28 With the missionary college, we also found something 33:30 that has led us to a major change recently, 33:34 which is that now we are seeking accreditation. 33:37 And the reason for that is because 33:38 we want to equip our youth to be able to serve. 33:43 And in our modern society, you have to be licensed 33:46 to be able to perform in the medical professions, 33:49 even as an educator you have to be certified. 33:51 So we found that this was hindering 33:54 the effectiveness of our graduates 33:56 in terms of the sphere of influence 33:59 where they could work at. 34:00 So in October of last year, our board voted unanimously 34:05 to seek accreditation. 34:06 So please pray for that. 34:09 I know that a lot of people see accreditation 34:11 as synonymous of compromise. 34:13 But it doesn't have to be that way, it doesn't. 34:15 You know, Weimar was just accredited by the same people 34:19 who gave accreditation to Harvard University, 34:24 and, you know what? 34:26 Stanford. Oh, Stanford. 34:27 And you know what? 34:28 The people who came out to do the accreditation, 34:32 marveled at the gospel influence 34:36 in how they worked in the community and said, 34:39 "You all really practice what you preach." 34:41 And I know you all do as well. 34:43 So I don't see it as a compromise at all. 34:46 I see it as some way 34:48 that we can expand our influence 34:52 in many areas. 34:54 And I just have to give a shout out 34:56 if I imagine Patti Barnes, 34:58 is she the director of your Midwifery program? 35:01 She is the director of our Midwifery program. 35:03 And we're so thankful as well for the divine design programs 35:08 that she's, you know, 35:10 the host of those programs and have been a blessing. 35:12 And that's one of the unique programs 35:14 that we have at Hartland 35:15 that also was crucial in seeking accreditation 35:19 because midwives need to be accredited because that's, 35:23 basically it's a clinical practice 35:24 even though it's not done at homes. 35:26 Well, we just Patti, you know, 35:28 we love you here and divine design, 35:31 if you haven't seen it yet it is, 35:33 we get calls from doctors and people, clinics. 35:39 People love that. 35:40 I mean, I don't know how anybody, 35:43 the first time I saw a couple of episodes, 35:45 she sent us samples. 35:46 And I said, "I don't know 35:48 how anybody couldn't believe in God 35:50 as the creator as she takes you 35:52 through the development of the baby in the womb 35:56 and all of the things that God is done." 35:58 She's an amazing person, we love her. 36:01 So your school, 36:04 one of the things that you have is the pastoral evangelism, 36:09 tell us about the missionary? 36:12 I guess scholarships that you have? 36:16 The first thing I would like to emphasize is that 36:18 every single student, 36:19 no matter what major they take, 36:22 will receive deep biblical knowledge. 36:25 Amen. And also outreach experiences. 36:27 So all of our students, regardless of their major, 36:30 will know how to study the Bible, 36:32 how to give Bible studies, how to knock on doors, 36:34 how to be medical missionaries, comprehensive health ministry. 36:38 You know, they're going to be developed in all those areas. 36:41 On a weekly basis they have to do outreach. 36:43 On a weekly basis they're studying the Bible 36:45 as one of the core courses in their program. 36:49 Amen. 36:51 And then they have their academics 36:52 in the specific field where they're being trained. 36:54 Now, the Missionary Training Fund is a scholarship 36:56 that is offered to young people 36:58 who can't afford to pay tuition is a 50% scholarship, 37:03 but the other part they can pay 37:04 as they're participating of the vocational training. 37:08 And through that program, 37:10 students like Rothy can come and be blessed 37:13 so they can go back and spread the gospel 37:16 in their home country, 37:17 which goes perfectly well with our vision, 37:20 which is Hartland alumni serving in every nation 37:23 in support of the mission and ministry 37:26 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 37:28 to prepare a world for Christ's Second Coming. 37:30 Only that way, by training young people to go back 37:34 and share the gospel can we further 37:36 and fulfill that vision. 37:37 All right, Rothy, I know that you were born 37:42 into a large Buddhist family. 37:45 And when you were just a 13 was it 37:48 that your mother and your parents lost their job 37:50 and you went out on your own 37:52 because they couldn't support you. 37:54 You ended up at a garbage dump. 37:56 Tell us about that? 37:58 Yeah. 38:00 So first I wanna tell you about little bit my background. 38:03 So I grew up with a big family 38:06 and also with a Buddhist family. 38:09 And I remember that time when I was like 13, 12, 38:12 or 13 years old, 38:13 I left my family because that time my parents 38:16 they lost their job 38:18 and my family getting poor and nobody support the family. 38:21 And this is in Cambodia? 38:22 Yeah, in Cambodia. 38:24 So I decided to leave home not because I hate them 38:26 but because I wanted to help them 38:28 even though I'm still young. 38:30 So, and I decided to go 38:34 because I didn't know where I'm going 38:35 and what I'm going to do because 38:37 I just wanna go and find some jobs to do 38:40 so they can get some little monies 38:42 to help my parents. 38:44 So the way that I live, the way that it is, 38:47 I just live on the street and I didn't buy one time 38:51 when I get really hungry because I'm so hungry 38:55 that time so I don't know what I'm gonna do so 38:57 I just go to the trashcan and get some food 39:02 and some things to eat from that. 39:04 And at night I don't know 39:06 because in Cambodia is like rain a lot 39:09 so I don't know where I'm gonna sleep 39:10 so I just live under the tree and some time I sweat. 39:14 And I just live there. 39:18 Which you ended up at the garbage dump 39:20 and some Korean missionaries 39:23 they were Seventh-day Adventist Christians 39:26 who were missionaries from Korea 39:29 and they came to the garbage dump 39:31 and you met them tell us what happened after you met? 39:34 Yeah. 39:36 So I spent like five to six years 39:38 in the garbage dump. 39:39 So I lived there not like many people, 39:43 many kids they lived there because a lot of kids 39:46 they left their family 39:47 and also some time their family dies 39:50 so they just go there and stay there. 39:52 So I'm one of them. 39:53 So we live there like mostly 39:57 we get up very early 39:59 because all the truck they go there 40:01 to dump the trash in that like that. 40:04 So around 1 or 2 o'clock midnight still 40:08 need to get up early to collect all the can 40:11 and all the plastic to sell. 40:13 And I remember a time 40:15 I get like less than $1 per day. 40:18 So it's not a lot of money 40:20 but because the thing is I need to 40:23 and that money I didn't spend it all, 40:25 I just keep all of them 40:26 to save it until the end of the month, 40:28 so that I can send it to my family. 40:30 Amen. Oh, how precious. 40:32 The food and also the place that I stay, 40:35 like I told you already that the food that I get 40:38 from the trash can and eat it 40:39 and also the place I stayed 40:42 and have like a big apartment or something to stay, 40:45 I just make my own, 40:47 my own like my own small cottage to stay. 40:49 So I make from the bamboo stick 40:51 and also the plastic I sew to make a roof 40:54 and I stayed under it. 40:55 Did t the roof stay up during the heavy rains though? 40:58 As this day there and if the heavy rain come 41:00 which I have to find a big tree. 41:03 And they have the hole to that 41:05 I can go inside the tree and sleep there. 41:07 Okay. 41:08 So when you met this missionary, 41:10 what did he say to you? 41:11 And he told me that, "You wanna go to study?" 41:14 I said, "Yes, I wanna go to study." 41:15 But I told him that about I told him about my family 41:18 and also by myself. 41:19 And then he said that, 41:21 "Don't worry I'll pay for your school and everything. 41:24 Just come and follow me." 41:26 So I just follow him without knowing 41:28 I didn't know who is he but I just go and follow him. 41:31 Glory to God that he was a true Christian. 41:33 So you ended up graduating from high school. 41:37 How did you go from high school in Cambodia 41:41 to Hartland in Virginia? 41:46 So first of all, I wanna thank you 41:47 for the MTF like the fund, 41:49 the scholarship from the school. 41:51 And also the thing that I know about... 41:53 And that's MTF stands for what? 41:55 Missionary... Missionary Training Fund. 41:57 Missionary Training Fund, okay. Yeah. 41:58 So I get that fund from the school. 42:01 And also, before that I know one of my friend, 42:04 she's from Cambodia, 42:05 and also I'd have another friend from Korea 42:08 said that her parents used to go to Cambodia 42:11 to make like a mission trip there. 42:13 So I used to be a translator 42:15 and also have the missionary work there 42:18 in Cambodia. 42:19 So they introduced me about 42:21 Hartland or something like that. 42:22 And they told me that just keep praying about that 42:24 because they want to have me 42:27 to come to studying in Hartland. 42:30 So when you got to Hartland, Rothy, did you speak English? 42:35 I speak a little bit. 42:36 A little bit. Well, you speak very well now. 42:39 And I'm excited you have two more years, right? 42:43 And you will graduate. 42:45 He is studying the pastoral evangelism. 42:48 And Rothy will be returning to Cambodia as a pastor, 42:53 as an evangelist, to spread the gospel 42:57 and that is the mission of Hartland, 43:02 but, Rothy, I have to say, 43:05 you know, when I read that scripture 43:07 about God is saying do not 43:11 just don't dwell on the past. 43:12 But look at what I've done this new beginning, 43:15 He's doing a new thing. 43:17 I cannot imagine at 13 years old 43:20 living in a garbage dump and trying to, 43:24 not only were you having to make your own way 43:26 but saving what little money 43:28 you could make to send to your family. 43:30 You must have felt like you'd gone to heaven 43:33 when you arrived in beautiful Virginia 43:35 and walked and saw that mansion. 43:38 What was that like for you when you first arrived? 43:41 Yeah, absolutely, it's like a heaven for me 43:43 because I never live in a big apartment 43:46 like because in Hartland they have beautiful dorm, 43:50 and beautiful people, and also beautiful campus. 43:53 And I feel like very 43:54 because Hartland give me like more, 43:56 more like a family 43:58 because I left my home is like almost 10 years. 44:02 So I never feel like love for my family, 44:05 like carry something like that. 44:06 But when it comes to Hartland, 44:08 people, they are so nice, and they are caring, 44:11 and they are loving. 44:12 And I wanna thanks God for that. 44:14 Amen. 44:15 That's what he says, 44:17 "I will even make rivers in the desert." 44:18 Right? 44:20 And in talking with Rothy, I was asking him 44:23 and what specific type of work do you want to do 44:25 when you go back to Cambodia? 44:27 And his answer really, really surprised me. 44:30 I would like Rothy to share it because he said, 44:33 "I want to serve my family." 44:35 And I said, "Your family?" 44:36 He was referring to those people 44:38 that he left behind in the dump, 44:41 the garbage dump. 44:42 He wants to reach out to them. 44:44 You will make me cry. Yes. 44:46 So yeah, they are my family as well. 44:48 Because as I remember that a lot of kids there 44:53 they left their parents and also they feel like... 44:55 Oh, Rothy, it's precious. 44:57 They lost their, I mean, sometimes they feel like 45:00 nobody care about them. 45:01 Yeah. 45:02 But because I am one of them, it can feel like 45:04 I have that kind of burden 45:05 because I can see how much they need 45:07 and how much they need somebody to lead, 45:11 to care something like that. 45:12 So this is my vision is that when I finish at Hartland, 45:15 I'll go back to Cambodia. 45:17 I will become the real family for them. 45:21 If possibility I will make some a small school like a small, 45:25 like yeah, like a small schools to open it up 45:28 for them to come and to study and also, 45:31 I will provide them like food 45:34 and some place to stay for them is like, 45:36 I kind of like, 45:38 that's my real burden for them as well. 45:39 God bless you. 45:41 One of the most important things in life is hope. 45:44 And that's one thing that you're able to take back. 45:47 You know, I came from where you are today. 45:51 And, you know, because of only the way 45:54 the mystery of God works. 45:56 He led me through all this 45:58 and to the mansion here on earth. 46:01 Just imagine what it's gonna be 46:02 like whenever we get home in heaven. 46:06 He's promised us that He's working now 46:09 to fashion a mansion for us. 46:13 That's such a precious story. 46:14 I mean, I hear so many wonderful stories. 46:18 I usually don't break out in tears, 46:20 but that was very unexpected, very precious. 46:23 Dave, we're getting down 46:25 to the last few minutes of the program 46:27 and we want to hear about the lifestyle program 46:30 because I know you're running 12 programs a year. 46:33 They've run a lifestyle program every month. 46:37 Tell us about that? 46:40 Well, we treat a lot of the common problems 46:43 like diabetes, hypertension, 46:45 weight, reversing heart disease, 46:47 those are fairly consistently responsive. 46:50 We also have a lot of cancer patients 46:52 and for those patients, 46:53 we try to strengthen the immune system 46:55 with vegan diet, 46:58 eliminating the animal proteins. 47:00 China study showed animal proteins 47:01 can turn on cancer growth. 47:04 We do a lot of juicing, 47:06 getting a lot of phytochemicals. 47:08 Gerson since the 30s and 40s has used juicing 47:10 to help strengthen immune system 47:12 to fight cancers effectively. 47:14 We also do, of course, the exercise, 47:16 we do hydrotherapy, 47:18 where we bring up the body temperature 47:20 to simulate a fever, turns out fevers 47:23 turn on your immune system and help you fight cancer. 47:26 God put it there for a reason 47:27 to protect us in this fallen world. 47:30 And so we do fever treatments. 47:33 It was used successfully to treat neurosyphilis, 47:36 the turn of the century. 47:37 They had about a 33% success rate 47:40 by inducing fevers 47:41 and people paralyzed from syphilis. 47:44 In fact, the fellow got the Nobel Prize 47:46 for doing this Wagner-Jauregg in 1927, 47:49 using fever treatments for syphilis, 47:52 and it is now used in an alternative form. 47:55 MRIs are now localizing tumors 47:58 locally and microwaves are used to heat up the tumor locally. 48:02 But we can also do it with whole body hyperthermia as well 48:05 with just simple bathtub in your own home. 48:08 We like to train people how to do this, 48:11 not just at Hartland but at home. 48:13 So they can continue the process 48:15 when they return home. 48:17 And do you have students, 48:19 I mean, you do some one year certificates, 48:21 you're teaching some of these things. 48:22 So your students can actually be part of your staff 48:26 and working with people 48:27 who are coming for the lifestyle? 48:28 They are part of the program. 48:30 They do a lot of the work 48:32 and they get to learn the process. 48:35 We also do intravenous vitamin C 48:37 which Linus Pauling used in 1978, 48:39 to prolong terminal cancer patients 48:41 average lifespan of 50 days to over 300 days 48:45 with just intravenous vitamin C. 48:47 And we also use ozone therapy, 48:50 which has been shown to increase the amount of ATP 48:54 that the cells can produce. 48:56 ATP is the high energy molecule, 48:58 which cells used to do all the work 49:00 whether it's contracting a muscle 49:01 or sending a nerve signal 49:03 or making proteins in the liver. 49:05 So those are things that we're using at Hartland 49:07 in addition to the simple cures 49:10 to try to accelerate the healing process 49:13 for cancers. 49:14 And I've seen miraculous results, 49:16 especially with cancer patients, 49:18 many of them responding very well to the program. 49:20 Praise God. How exciting. 49:22 So you have been, you came in 2011, 49:26 what are some of the future things 49:28 for Hartland? 49:29 Some of the future things that we have for Hartland, 49:31 you know, as the Lord is opening these opportunities, 49:34 as I mentioned before, 49:35 we're in the accrediting process, 49:36 we're in the early stages, that is a big task. 49:41 But the Lord is opening doors and that scenario 49:43 where our viewers can help us to be able to achieve that. 49:48 Just recently, I was at Weimar visiting with them, 49:51 learning from their experience. 49:52 We want to cooperate as sister institutions 49:56 in this mission of education. 49:58 And they were sharing with me some the challenges they had, 50:00 how the Lord brought them through, 50:02 and, you know, some of the costs involved 50:04 with that whole process. 50:06 So that's a major goal. 50:07 We also have a beautiful campus 50:09 and we want to turn that campus into a school itself, 50:12 a lot of outdoor activities, 50:14 we wanted to turn our forests into a place 50:17 where people can visit 50:19 and be blessed from seeing the different trees, 50:22 that different nature that's out there 50:23 and have an outdoor education experience. 50:27 So that's the goal that we have. 50:29 I recently came from Cambodia, Rothy's country, 50:33 and I was so surprised to see a ministry there, 50:35 an orphanage, a school, 50:37 and they also have a butterfly paradise. 50:40 So we have a similar vision that of a butterfly paradise, 50:42 but of turning our grounds and our forests 50:45 into a nature school for visitors 50:49 and also for our students. 50:50 So that's a major goal we have there. 50:52 Of course, we want to strengthen our agriculture. 50:55 We want to offer pre-professional 50:57 in our health ministry department 51:00 and also credentialing for education majors 51:03 and the Midwifery program and the media department 51:06 and the pastoral evangelism. 51:07 So those are some of the short term goals 51:10 that we have to bless our young people. 51:11 You got plenty of them, you're staying very busy. 51:14 Well, we just believe that these changes 51:17 that are happening where 3ABN is very supportive, 51:20 the direction that you are going now 51:22 and we're so pleased to hear this. 51:24 And perhaps the Holy Spirit is impressing you 51:27 that you would like to support these changes, 51:30 and see them work together 51:32 with other Seventh-day Adventist Institutions. 51:36 Or maybe you would like to go to their lifestyle program. 51:39 We want to put up their address role 51:41 so you'll know how to get in touch with them. 51:46 If you would like to find out more about 51:48 Hartland Institute's Lifestyle Program, 51:51 Hartland College, or if you feel impressed 51:54 to support the Christian men and women 51:56 who are seeking training to become missionaries. 51:59 Please visit their website Hartland.edu. 52:03 That's Hartland.edu. 52:06 You may also call them 52:07 at area code (540) 672-3100 52:13 or write to them at Hartland Institute, 52:16 444 Hartland Oak Drive, Rapidan, Virginia 22733. |
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