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00:01 As you're well aware
00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, friends. Welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:17 If you notice I'm the fortunate half, 01:19 because I have my blessed half next to me. 01:21 Good to have you here, honey. 01:22 I'm so happy to be here and to come into your homes 01:26 and into your lives, 01:27 through this wonderful program we're gonna have today. 01:30 That's right and we're gonna be, 01:31 once again, we did this program kind of similar... 01:34 Yeah, we did. With one of our guests today. 01:35 We'll let them know who that is in a moment. 01:37 Okay. 01:38 But we're gonna be talking about ministry. 01:39 So if you hear the phrase or the FARM STEW, 01:43 no, it's not a dish you make on a farm. 01:45 You'll find out what that is in a moment. 01:47 But you do wanna stay tuned to this program 01:49 because, you know, there are lots of needs in the world. 01:51 And as we have seen, 01:53 we've seen the signs of the coming of the Lord, 01:55 and many people focus on earthquakes, floods, 01:59 but there's another thing 02:01 that the Lord has asked us to do 02:02 in preparation for soon return. 02:04 Amen. 02:05 And right now, should we go into the music? 02:08 Yeah, let's do that. 02:09 Or should we introduce our guests? 02:11 Let's do this, let's hold our guests in secret 02:12 until the music. 02:13 Oh, okay. All right. 02:15 The music is gonna be "Standing on the Promises". 02:16 It's gonna be played by Jaime Jorge 02:19 with his wonderful violin. 05:47 Thank you so much, Jaime. 05:48 That's a way to begin a program. 05:50 Standing on the promises of God. 05:51 That's right. 05:52 Not sitting on the premises, but standing on the promises. 05:54 That's right. 05:56 But while we're sitting on the premises, 05:57 we do have some exciting guests with us today. 05:59 Honey, Joy Kauffman, and Cherri Olin from FARM STEW. 06:04 Good to have you here today. 06:06 We are thrilled to be here. 06:08 Welcome. Thank you. 06:10 And you've been here before, Joy. 06:11 Yes. 06:13 And actually Cherri came 06:14 and told the story of FARM STEW 06:15 with me a few years ago, 06:17 but we're so thrilled to be back 06:18 because we wanted to share 06:20 a little bit of the backstory of our testimony 06:22 and friendship evangelism 06:23 and how basically Cherri's hard work 06:25 of friendship evangelism is now impacting the world. 06:28 Amen. Wow. 06:30 Now, before we go any further, 06:31 honey, I think that the people watching 06:33 may see something they might say 06:34 did 3ABN change their decor? 06:37 Oh, yeah. 06:38 So let's go ahead and explain... 06:40 This beautiful decor that we have here 06:42 is from Africa. 06:45 Yes. Purchased in Uganda. 06:47 One of the things I love about Africa 06:48 is just the colors, 06:50 the bright, bold colors... 06:51 This is beautiful. 06:53 And women dressed in beautiful dresses 06:55 that they, you know, have handmade 06:57 just to fit them perfectly. 06:58 I saw you had one when you were in Kenya. 07:00 I had a beautiful handmade, 07:03 what is it, a dress and even a little head scarf thing 07:07 that I had was just gorgeous. 07:08 And they measured me. 07:10 They even made you one too, honey. 07:11 Yeah. 07:12 They made mine too tight, just for the record. 07:15 And I got it on once and I thought 07:17 if I try this again with no one around, 07:19 I'll be incarcerated. 07:21 Yeah. 07:22 So the colors, like you said, it's just beautiful. 07:25 Right. 07:26 Thank you for bringing this. 07:28 And then there's something over your shoulder there. 07:29 I want them to know that 07:30 you didn't bring a stick with you. 07:32 If you get upset. Right. 07:33 No I brought this. 07:35 This is a sneak preview of, when I first got to Africa, 07:38 I was amazed. 07:39 I was doing hands-on plant-based cooking classes, 07:42 and you would be amazed 07:44 by the things they can make 07:45 by just pounding, pounding, pounding. 07:47 So primarily in FARM STEW 07:49 we're working on addressing childhood malnutrition, 07:52 and they are using this mortar and pestle 07:55 to pound soybeans and turn it into soy milk, 07:58 which is almost like bringing manna from heaven in a way. 08:02 People get so excited about it. So that's a sneak preview. 08:05 Okay. 08:07 Now, who do you have with you? Joy and Cherri. 08:10 Yes. 08:12 My dearest friend 08:13 who friendship evangelized me into the church. 08:15 And so I was telling you all about this story 08:19 a few months back, 08:20 and we said, you know what, 08:22 why don't we tell the story of God at work 08:25 really in our lives? 08:27 So, Cherri, how did we meet? 08:29 Well, actually we met 08:30 at a local elementary school playgroup, 08:34 they called it, 08:36 where the moms would bring their children 08:37 to help them socialize with other children 08:39 within the county or district. 08:43 So we met there kind of connected. 08:45 And of course, being Adventist, you hear someone is vegetarian 08:49 and from Silver Springs, Maryland. 08:51 And what do you think? 08:53 They're Adventist. Right. 08:55 And then I quickly learned she wasn't, 08:57 but I was like, maybe she will, you know, someday. 09:01 But I just really connected on a friendship level with her. 09:06 So you hit it off right away. 09:07 We did. 09:09 And you became friends. And how did you, after that... 09:13 Well... Yeah, go ahead. 09:15 I had gone with my husband to have some friends 09:18 and we had tried evangelizing through just, 09:21 "This is our truth. You need to know our truth." 09:24 And we realized at that point 09:26 that we needed to do Jesus evangelism. 09:28 Amen. 09:29 And Jesus just met the people where they were 09:31 and he befriended them. 09:32 So I just became her friend. 09:35 It was like, we enjoyed doing things together. 09:37 We would take our kids swimming, 09:39 we would go, take them outside. 09:41 They would play in the snow together. 09:43 So it was just that... 09:44 Connection of the children. 09:45 Connection of moms. We connected through children. 09:48 But we lost touch 09:50 in between when we first met and when we became friends, 09:56 real close friends, 09:57 we lost touch due to our kids and going different directions. 10:02 So maybe you can tell them about that. 10:03 Yes. 10:04 So we reconnected when I saw a vegetarian cooking class 10:08 advertised in the local paper, 10:09 and I'm a public health nutritionist, 10:12 and I've been a vegetarian since I was nine. 10:15 And I hadn't met any vegetarians 10:17 except for when we had met years ago. 10:19 So I went to the Princeton Seventh-day Adventist Church 10:22 for the first time 10:23 to show up for this cooking class. 10:24 Lo and behold, I was the only non-member there. 10:28 It's a small church, 10:29 and I didn't realize that at the time, 10:31 found out that later. 10:32 But our kids reconnected and really bonded. 10:35 And that's when our friendship really took off. 10:38 Wow. 10:39 And then where did the idea of ministry come in? 10:44 Because you're both, you're talking about FARM STEW. 10:47 How did that even... 10:48 Well, you eventually joined the church. 10:51 Well, it's kind of through FARM STEW actually, 10:54 so our friendship, 10:56 we would often talk about God 10:58 and really, you know, 11:00 I didn't believe the same thing she did. 11:03 So we kind of had all sorts of exciting conversations, 11:06 you know, just where as things would happen. 11:09 We had many points of agreeing to disagree 11:12 and I would just go home and pray with my husband. 11:14 Rather than push the issue we would just pray about it. 11:18 And we would have preachers 11:19 that would confirm what we had said 11:22 and then she would listen to it that... 11:24 Non-Adventist preachers that would confirm the truth 11:27 that she was trying to explain to me, 11:29 but I didn't see in the Bible. 11:31 So. 11:32 So what was the turning point? 11:34 Yeah, well, there was so many things that happened, 11:37 but just really, I would say the true friendship 11:40 where we just decided that 11:41 no matter what, we were going to be friends, 11:43 whether I ever came into the church or not, 11:45 their family was gonna care for mine. 11:47 And they started by, 11:51 I came a point in time 11:52 when I was homeschooling my kids, 11:53 but I realized I needed help. 11:56 And she was taking her kids 11:57 to a nearby Seventh-day Adventist school. 12:00 And it was far away 12:02 so we started carpooling together. 12:04 Oh. Right. 12:05 We carpooled because 12:07 I drove an hour one way to get to school 12:09 and I would stay with the kids at the school 12:11 and then bring them back home at night. 12:13 I worked at the school. 12:15 But that was the only way 12:16 we could have a small Christian education for them. 12:18 And she had her kids come to that school 12:20 because our teacher met a specific need 12:24 that was filled for Joy. 12:26 And her kids coming from homeschooling, 12:28 it was a small setting 12:29 so they felt comfortable in going to it. 12:32 I see. Right. 12:33 And I finally had a real friend 12:36 in terms of knowing that she not only cared for me, 12:38 but she cared for my children. 12:40 And I think that was a bond that brought us together. 12:43 I did also the Bible studies with our pastor 12:46 after he would finish devotions, 12:48 then I would do the Bible study with the pastor. 12:51 And it was about a year into that schooling 12:54 that I had this opportunity come up, 12:58 that I could go to Africa. 13:00 And I was serving on the board of directors 13:02 for another organization that was, I loved. 13:05 And they invited me to go to Africa 13:09 and do public health nutrition, do hands-on cooking classes, 13:13 like I showed before with the mortar, 13:15 that was in 2015. 13:17 And Cherri had some feelings about me going to Africa. 13:21 I personally thought that she, I wanted her to be able to go, 13:25 but I said, maybe now's not the right time. 13:28 Just be with your kids. 13:29 And I thought she's kinda crazy, 13:31 but I'm glad God changes things 13:36 and changes your mind on things. 13:38 Yeah. So she went. 13:40 So I went in part because of her friendship, 13:43 you know, being, making sure 13:44 she would help work with my husband 13:45 to get the kids to school and everything. 13:47 And so I went and I never imagined, 13:50 and you can see me, there's a picture of me 13:52 surrounded by people and they're making soy milk. 13:55 There's a pot in the middle of the picture 13:57 where they are just amazed 13:59 by what they could feed their children. 14:01 And, you know, people, we do know that there's hunger 14:04 and malnutrition here in this country, 14:06 but in Sub-Saharan Africa, 14:09 where, by the way, we have 9 million, 14:11 Seventh-day Adventist members... 14:13 Wow! 14:14 One in three children are severely malnourished. 14:18 And when I say severely malnourished, 14:21 I, it means it's going to impact their whole lives. 14:24 And so I realized that 14:26 these hands-on cooking classes 14:27 and I met church members and I realized 14:29 they could help teach these hands-on cooking classes 14:31 even after I left. 14:33 That they could really be transforming lives, 14:36 even though, and I had to go home 14:38 back to my own children, 14:40 they could keep caring for the children there. 14:41 So that was kind of how FARM STEW was born. 14:44 And when I came home and I told Cherri 14:46 I wanted to start a ministry 14:48 and I wanted her to be involved, 14:50 she had a unique reaction. 14:52 I said, 14:53 "I'll be involved, but I'll do anything for you 14:55 as long as it's here in the States, " 14:56 that "I will not go to Africa with you. 15:00 I'll do anything but that." 15:02 And God has different plans of like, 15:04 we know we're very thankful for. 15:06 Three years later, I ended up in Africa with her. 15:10 But one of the key points is 15:11 through the steps that we went through, 15:13 it was actually the Africans in Uganda 15:15 that convinced, that made the final push 15:17 and convinced her to become Adventist. 15:20 It was that global church family 15:22 that we have that wherever you go, 15:24 you have a global church family. 15:26 Exactly. Look at that. That's so true. 15:28 The sun never sets. We're all over the world. 15:32 That's powerful. 15:33 Honestly, the Adventists there in Africa, 15:37 I just, I felt so connected to them 15:39 because, you know, 15:41 we had the same Sabbath school quarterly, 15:43 theirs was in different languages, Busoga. 15:46 But it was like we were studying together 15:49 and our hearts were just knit together. 15:50 I happened, the first time I went, 15:52 it was a communion Sunday or Sunday. 15:55 You can tell I'm a convert. 15:57 So, it was communion and they went out 16:00 and they washed my feet. 16:03 You know, this woman, Lucy, 16:05 she washed my feet 16:07 and she's actually the sister 16:08 of one of our original FARM STEW trainers 16:10 who the Lord inspired me, I believe, to hire. 16:14 And you can see there's a picture 16:15 of one of our teams of trainers there 16:18 with cans of seeds. 16:19 And they were out really expressing 16:23 not only the love of Jesus 16:25 and doing friendship evangelizing 16:27 in their own way, 16:28 reaching out to the communities, 16:29 but also equipping them with tools. 16:31 A lot of people, they don't have the, the seeds 16:35 even to grow vegetables 16:37 and they don't have the experience 16:38 to grow vegetables 16:39 that our children need in order to thrive. 16:42 How did this start? 16:45 We have a picture of your grandfather 16:47 and your grandmother, right? 16:49 It started, the farm, they had a farm. 16:52 Your parents, your grandparents had a farm? 16:53 Yeah. 16:54 So my grandparents, 16:56 I was blessed to be raised by a Christian family. 16:58 And this is my grandpa 16:59 taking me to church when I was a little girl 17:00 and my grandma, 17:02 they lived in a town called Farmland, Indiana. 17:03 Wow. 17:05 And she had a huge garden. 17:07 Of course, he was also a farmer 17:09 and she's who taught me to garden 17:10 and also to have a love for 17:12 not only the fresh food out of the garden, 17:14 but also preserving the food, 17:15 you know, snapping the beans 17:16 and canning them and everything. 17:18 And you know, as we get prepared for the last days, 17:21 we might, a lot of us need those kinds of skills. 17:23 I know. 17:24 So the Lord was laying the foundation 17:26 before you even knew it, you were on a farm. 17:28 Would you even think that 17:30 years ago you'd be connected to FARM STEW, 17:32 and we'll find out what that is. 17:33 'Cause it's not just two words. 17:35 It's an acronym. We'll find out what that is. 17:36 Exactly. 17:38 Well, we can jump to actually a picture of the acronym. 17:41 The FARM STEW acronym. 17:43 It's a recipe for abundant life. 17:45 And so it has eight letters, 17:47 kind of like other health messages 17:49 that we have with eight letters. 17:52 But these are specific 17:53 for people that are in countries 17:55 that are struggling to feed their children. 17:57 So it's farming, attitude, rest, and meals, 18:00 sanitation, temperance, enterprise, and water. 18:04 Okay. 18:05 And these eight ingredients 18:07 all really impact the health and wellbeing of children 18:10 and entire families and communities. 18:12 Wow. Wow. 18:14 So this, the idea of going to Africa, 18:18 not wanting to go to Africa, 18:20 the Lord had a plan for your life. 18:22 You know, the Jeremiah 29:11 was happening in your life 18:26 'cause God, I think in a, in a beautiful way was saying, 18:30 "Joy has no idea what I'm doing. 18:32 And neither does Cherri." 18:34 Cherri said, "I won't, " but you will. 18:37 Joy says, "I don't want to," 18:39 but you're going to, 18:40 and God in a wonderful way gets us connected by ministries 18:43 that takes our focus away from us. 18:45 The Lord is saying, 18:47 "Okay, here's what I want you to do. 18:48 And I'm going to use that to unite both of you together. 18:51 You don't have to push Cherri 18:53 'cause my Holy Spirit's gonna do the work." 18:55 And that's amazing. 18:56 So we're looking at you guys today 18:58 being involved in something that's amazing, 18:59 but there's so much more 19:00 in the growth aspect of your life. 19:02 I would like to see your motherhood. 19:04 We have some pictures. 19:05 It's the Joy motherhood. 19:07 Yes. 19:08 I'd like to show our audience, 19:09 the pictures of you guys from way back. 19:11 Yeah. Sounds good. 19:13 So this is my family 19:14 and on the left is when Terry and I first met, 19:16 I just had this, my youngest was a baby. 19:19 And then we reconnected at this cooking class 19:22 I've mentioned about in the middle. 19:23 And the last picture on the right 19:25 is now my family. 19:27 So I have two teenage girls. 19:29 It's really a blessing to be a mom. 19:31 And my heart is also just so linked 19:33 to other mothers around the world 19:35 and maybe, you know, mothers that are struggling 19:38 to provide what they need for their children. 19:39 I think that was a bond 19:41 that Cherri and I had from the beginning 19:43 is really just wanting 19:44 what was best for our marriages, 19:46 best for our families 19:47 and especially for our children. 19:50 Great. 19:51 And you also have the girls' friendship thing? 19:54 Yeah. Which is so neat. 19:56 So Cherri had been doing so much evangelism. 19:57 Do you want to tell 19:59 a little bit about your own efforts? 20:00 Well, I had just wanted so much to reach out 20:03 and with the small church, like I said, 20:05 I would just pray each day 20:07 and my husband was praying for a ministry 20:09 and we were like, what can we do? 20:11 And so there was one day in the basement. 20:14 I just was like, 20:15 "Lord, what is the worth of my life? 20:17 What can I do here in this small town 20:19 that would impact the world?" 20:21 And I just felt Him to say, 20:23 "Keep going. 20:24 Just keep doing what you're doing, 20:26 be with your kids and stuff. 20:27 So make them a priority 20:29 as I want you to and train them." 20:32 So we continued that 20:33 little knowing that two years later 20:35 Joy would be in my life 20:37 and we would be friendship evangelizing 20:39 to the point of what it is today. 20:41 And I just think that it's a ministry to moms, 20:44 moms who devote your aspect to God, 20:47 and your life to God. 20:49 I think that's the key thing, 20:50 both Joy and I wanted 20:52 and were passionate about wanting to serve God. 20:55 So we served our families and served God. 20:57 And God said, 20:59 "Just wait a minute. 21:00 There's a workout there for you, " 21:01 but you may not know it at the time 21:04 when you're going through these steps. 21:06 I like that how you're saying that 21:07 you serve the Lord where you are 21:10 and don't think of, well, 21:11 try to serve Him where you're not, 21:13 preparing your family. 21:14 I would say that 21:16 Noah is my favorite character in the Bible 21:17 because when the flood came, his family was in New York. 21:20 We could save the world 21:21 and miss our family right before us. 21:24 Now, Joy. 21:25 We want to show a picture 21:26 of the first time of you in Africa. 21:28 It's such a nice photo. 21:30 What was that like? Yes. 21:32 That was amazing. 21:33 Because as a nutritionist here, 21:35 sometimes people don't always wanna hear 21:36 what you have to say, 21:38 but you can see clearly in Africa, 21:39 people were thrilled, thoroughly intrigued. 21:42 And especially like I said, 21:43 with this idea of being able to make milk from beans, 21:46 you know, milk is not affordable 21:49 to most of the rural villagers. 21:51 And especially we work now in South Sudan 21:54 and there's been war and upheaval. 21:56 And there's a lot of refugees that we work with, 21:58 making milk is next to impossible 22:01 because they've lost their animals. 22:02 They've been killed or stolen. 22:04 And so being able to, they call it the "green cow" 22:08 and some of our trainers, 22:09 there's an elder, his name is Elias, 22:12 a church elder. 22:13 And he, he was saying, 22:16 "This green cow can bring peace 22:19 amongst the tribes, even in the refugee camps, 22:22 because they can come together 22:23 and not have to fight over cows. 22:25 They can all grow their own soybeans." 22:26 Wow. 22:28 I never thought about the green cow, 22:29 we wore that in honor of the green cow today. 22:31 Exactly. You're wearing green today. 22:33 That's amazing. 22:34 So people, you can, you could take cattle, 22:36 but you can't cart off soybeans. 22:39 Exactly. Wow, wow. 22:41 I love that. 22:42 And we also have another one with you, 22:44 with the children. 22:45 Yeah. 22:46 So after I didn't necessarily want 22:49 to start FARM STEW in a way, 22:50 I wanted to take it under a different organization, 22:53 but then God just kept opening doors. 22:55 And I, about six months after my first time, 22:57 I went back to Africa 22:59 and I had my first official FARM STEW shirt on 23:02 with the children. 23:03 And you know, it's those kids, like some of them 23:06 you couldn't see in that picture, 23:07 but their bloated bellies, 23:09 you know, full of worms or malnutrition. 23:11 Some of them are just so struggling. 23:13 And I just, I knew we could make a difference 23:16 and I wanna show something. 23:18 This is a little tape that we have 23:20 and you know, 23:21 doctors wear a stethoscope around their neck. 23:23 Yes. 23:25 Well, this is a tool 23:26 for a public health nutritionist. 23:28 And what it is, 23:29 it's a measurement of what is called 23:31 the mid upper arm circumference. 23:33 So this is your upper arm. 23:34 And the mid-point is right here. 23:36 And I just wanna show 23:37 a little baby that we have here. 23:39 This baby is about the size of a preemie. 23:42 And you can see this little precious baby. 23:45 This tool is used for measuring children from five months to, 23:51 from I'm sorry, six months to five years old. 23:54 And you can look at it 23:56 and you put the little tape around 23:57 and then you pull it. 23:59 Maybe Cherri can pull it. 24:00 And it shows through the window what the measurement is. 24:03 And I don't know if the camera can come in real nice and close 24:06 and see that yellow color. 24:08 That means this child is at risk of malnutrition. 24:11 If it's red, they're severely malnourished. 24:14 Wow. 24:15 But this is a preemie, 24:17 you know, this, this baby's like 24:19 probably maybe a five-pound baby. 24:22 Did you know that up in South Sudan, 24:24 and this is just one example, 24:26 there's a church in Wau, South Sudan, 24:29 where there are 40 children in that one congregation 24:34 that are either in the yellow zone 24:36 or even the red zone. 24:38 And those are children from ages six months 24:41 to five years. 24:42 So we're talking little arms that are just bones. 24:45 Oh. 24:47 And these are church members' children, 24:50 and they are starving. 24:52 What do they eat? Porridge, N'shima, isn't it? 24:54 It's like a... 24:56 Yeah, N'shima is one word for it. 24:57 Basically, much of Africa now is eating corn porridge 25:01 as their primary food. 25:03 That's not nutritious, is it? 25:04 It's not enough. 25:06 And so we really want to teach them 25:08 to plant the gardens 25:09 and really develop the foods that they need 25:11 so that their children can thrive. 25:13 And I'll tell you, 25:15 in another part of South Sudan 25:16 where we've now been working for 18 months, 25:19 we were able to move 25:21 from having 59 percent of the kids 25:23 in this yellow or red zone down to only 3 percent. 25:27 So 97 percent of the kids 25:30 when we had worked for 15 months, 25:32 our trainers out training, 25:34 97 percent of the kids were in the green zone. 25:37 Wow. Exactly. 25:38 Wonderful. 25:39 So Jesus wants us to have abundant life. 25:41 And this is a simple tool. 25:43 I keep this hanging on my backpack 25:44 so I always remember why I do what I do. 25:46 I've never seen that before. 25:47 I'm going to give this to you as a memory. 25:49 Oh, thank you. 25:51 So yeah. 25:52 It's a powerful, powerful tool. 25:55 And I'll tell you, 25:56 I just wanna say something more about Cherri. 25:58 You know, I could not lead this organization alone. 26:02 Just like I have this tool 26:03 as a public health nutritionist, 26:05 she had other tools. 26:06 God had been preparing her in the gift of administration 26:09 and financial management. 26:11 She's been a church treasurer for decades. 26:14 Her gifts complement perfectly. 26:16 And when God calls, He equips. 26:18 And I've learned 26:19 He usually equips through other people. 26:22 That's right. And she is the outspoken. 26:25 She has the nutrition. 26:27 She has the things that I did not have 26:29 and together it made a ministry 26:31 and He would close the doors 26:33 whenever we wanted to try and have someone else do it. 26:36 He closed those doors to say, "I want you to do FARM STEW." 26:40 And there's so many miracle stories. 26:43 We don't have enough time today of saying 26:45 where Joy will just be in the place 26:46 at the right time 26:48 and the connection with a person is made. 26:51 Even down to one of our very first board members 26:54 was a doctor. 26:56 She went to Africa with Joy, 26:57 came back and told her to get connected with ASI 27:01 and through the connection with ASI 27:04 and the different connections, and now 3ABN with you guys, 27:08 that is what's expanding our ministry 27:10 because we don't have the marketing department 27:14 or something to go out. 27:15 We wanna keep all of the money going to Africa, 27:18 to the children and their families, 27:19 as much as we can. 27:20 You're audited? Yes. 27:22 You have a clean audit. Yeah. 27:24 So Cherri is like very particular 27:26 when we cook together, 27:28 actually now do cooking classes for our church and everything. 27:31 She measures everything perfectly. 27:33 And I'm like the more of those spontaneous type 27:35 where I'm just like, "Okay, that looks pretty good." 27:38 You know, big picture. 27:40 And I, we used to sometimes, 27:41 you know, 27:43 rub against each other a little bit, 27:44 but when we got audited 27:46 and every single thing was in place 27:49 and it was, the auditor said 27:50 it was one of the cleanest audits 27:52 he's ever seen, 27:53 I said, praise God for Cherri. 27:54 And we have a volunteer bookkeeper too. 27:56 Yes. 27:58 I couldn't do it without our volunteer bookkeeper 27:59 'cause he does the actual book side of it, 28:01 but I just help keep the receipts in 28:03 and make sure 28:05 we get all the right receipts that we need to do so... 28:08 You are the President of the Lake Union ASI. 28:10 Yes. 28:12 And we actually have a picture from our ASI conference. 28:15 Our first one, I didn't know about ASI and I, 28:18 I know 3ABN is also members of ASI... 28:20 And who is that? 28:22 Patricia LaVanture and then Christina Brown, 28:25 who was one of our board members. 28:27 And we were, we really praise God for them. 28:31 And that's my union, Lake Union. 28:32 That's true. Exactly. 28:33 Illinois Conference Lake Union, where I'm pastoring. 28:35 Yeah. 28:36 And Jason Bradley is now on our board of directors. 28:38 Amen. That's wonderful. 28:41 That's what, I'm listening to this wonderful story 28:43 unfold about how God takes people 28:45 that are most unlikely to make it happen on their own. 28:49 Even when you just shared that, I was thinking, 28:51 you didn't wanna do this. 28:52 You said all these doors God is closing for people 28:55 that you're trying to get to do what God called you to do. 28:57 Right. 28:58 He has a way of bringing it all back 29:01 to where he wants it to be. 29:02 And then when you look back at it, 29:04 the timing is perfect. 29:05 The plan is perfect for what he's wanting to do. 29:10 And I believe, as Joy, 29:11 that this FARM STEW message is an in-time message, 29:14 the help for the children, the help for the families, 29:16 even down to the, 29:18 we also work with the pads for girls 29:21 and we give them, 29:22 'cause so many girls have to quit school at age 12. 29:26 Yes. 29:28 So tell us about that, Joy. Yes. 29:29 I brought a packet of the pads that we provide. 29:32 There's actually 2,000 of these on their way to Cuba right now. 29:37 We've distributed many, close to 10, 000 pads 29:41 over the last five or so years to girls 29:44 to help them stay at school. 29:45 So we became moms because of our friendship 29:47 and our care for our own girls. 29:49 Now, these set of pads, some of them that we buy, 29:52 we buy in Africa. 29:54 These ones were made by a group called Days for Girls. 29:56 So I'll make a little bit of a mess, 29:58 but they're pads. 30:00 And then we have the soap... 30:01 Reusable. 30:02 Washable cloth pads, right. 30:04 So they have the little pads and then the soap 30:07 and this can make the difference. 30:09 We call it "freedom from shame" 30:11 between a girl, 30:13 not going to school a week a month, 30:14 you can imagine they drop out quite soon then, 30:17 to actually excelling in their school. 30:19 And you know, 30:20 when a woman 30:22 or a young girl gets an education, 30:23 she's much less likely to have impoverished children. 30:26 So that's kind of the link back to childhood malnutrition 30:29 and wanting people to have an abundant life. 30:32 Wow, that's it. 30:34 I'm just sitting here enjoying this transaction 30:36 between the three of you, 30:38 because this is something that really, 30:40 and you go back to the female component. 30:42 I'm just going to do that. 30:43 I'm an observer today 30:45 and I'm just enjoying what I'm hearing. 30:46 You're doing a great job, honey, 30:48 how God is really working through the lives of people 30:51 that God says, 30:53 you made a statement a moment ago, 30:54 "God qualifies those He calls." 30:57 And you never think about, 30:59 you didn't think about what you're doing, 31:01 but God says, 31:02 "Hmm, who could I connect together? 31:04 Cherri and Joy." 31:06 And that almost sounds like, you know, 31:09 something that you're joyful at what you do, 31:11 and she's the cherry on your sundae. 31:14 Absolutely. To top it off. 31:16 And you both have different gifts 31:18 that complement each other. 31:20 And God in qualifying you from birth, 31:22 coming up on a farm, 31:24 learning about how to do vegetables 31:26 and all these things, 31:28 nothing God does is coincidental. 31:30 We can trace way back how God works. 31:33 Exactly. 31:34 That's so true. 31:36 And I think one of the things that I am so excited about is 31:39 that FARM STEW is not about giving things out. 31:42 And we actually have a slide 31:44 where there's a quote that I love 31:45 and it's actually showing a family's home, 31:47 a refugee family's home, 31:49 where it shows this quote from Sister White. 31:52 It says, 31:53 "You may give to the poor, and injure them, 31:56 because you teach them to be dependent. 31:59 Instead, teach them to support themselves. 32:02 This will be true help. 32:05 The needy must be placed in positions 32:07 where they can help themselves." 32:09 And that's what we see God calling us to do, 32:12 is to be those people 32:14 that help our brothers and sisters, 32:16 those parents in Wau, South Sudan, 32:19 whose little children's arms 32:21 are just in this tiny yellow or red zone, 32:24 helping them by providing seeds 32:27 and providing agricultural skills 32:28 and providing information 32:30 about what they need to eat 32:31 in addition to the corn porridge. 32:33 And I think that's one of the things 32:34 that impressed me so much when I went to Africa, 32:38 what I saw in the people I met 32:40 is they just wanted to learn more. 32:42 They kept saying, "Can you come to our village and teach us?" 32:45 And I think that's the key thing 32:47 is just remembering people, 32:49 empowering people, 32:51 gives them a sense of pride and a sense of duty. 32:54 And I think that's what we want to do with them. 32:57 Wow. It's beautiful. 32:58 And there's a picture we have of Cherri 33:01 actually making the soy milk with the refugee women 33:04 and with one of our trainers. 33:06 And it was so exciting 33:08 because they just use what they have, 33:11 the little bucket and everything, 33:12 but they were so thrilled. 33:14 And this is in one of those camps 33:16 where that green cow 33:17 can actually make peace amongst different even tribal groups. 33:21 Wow. I won't soon forget that term. 33:23 Green cow. 33:25 We don't have any here in the Midwest. 33:26 No. 33:28 We have brown and black. 33:29 That's an amazing... 33:31 simply meaning the soybean. 33:33 Exactly. 33:35 And we use that a lot because 33:36 the protein quality in the soybean 33:38 is just exceptional among beans. 33:41 And so when we teach them to soak it, 33:43 which removes some of the things 33:44 that make it harder to digest 33:46 and then pound it and cook it, 33:48 it makes all the nutrition. 33:50 They're very bioavailable. 33:52 And we teach all the simple things. 33:53 We're very excited about something. 33:55 We have our FARM STEW curriculum. 33:58 And if you zoom in close, 33:59 you'll see this one is in Spanish. 34:01 So we've recently launched a work in Cuba 34:04 and we are thrilled 34:06 because there's a lot of food insecurity 34:08 in Cuba right now 34:10 the island especially during COVID 34:11 has been kind of constrained with what they can bring in. 34:15 So they've got to learn to grow it themselves. 34:18 And our manual is just full of information 34:20 about how to help families to thrive, 34:22 right where they are. 34:23 Wow. 34:25 Now in Cuba, this is, I have family in Cuba also. 34:28 So this is, touches my heart. 34:30 And Cuba has 100 pastors. 34:33 And from what I understand, and 300 Bible workers 34:36 and few of them have cars. 34:38 What is FARM STEW doing to help the brethren in Cuba? 34:43 Well, Cherri mentioned the ASI connection. 34:45 And that's what's really cool. 34:46 This body of Christ is actually working. 34:48 There's many members, different parts, 34:49 doing different things. 34:51 And we realized Care for Cuba is a ministry 34:54 connected with Andrews University 34:55 and World Youth Group is a ministry 34:57 that's been working in Cuba for many years. 34:59 They have together 100 Bible workers, 35:02 and we actually combined together 35:04 to have a container 35:06 that's going to be shipped to Cuba. 35:08 Even though flights are canceled, 35:09 the containers can still get there 35:11 with our manuals, with flash drives with, 35:14 like I said, 2, 000 of those kits for girls 35:17 and also 100 bicycles 35:19 so that those workers can get out to see the people. 35:22 And... Wow. 35:23 We just wanna thank our donors, our supporters 35:26 who have made that possible 35:27 because, of course, 35:28 we don't have all these resources. 35:30 God is providing it through people 35:32 whose hearts are touched 35:33 and perhaps yours might be touched today 35:36 to want to learn more. 35:38 And on our website, FarmStew.org, 35:41 you can actually go 35:42 and you can get all this information yourself, 35:44 maybe you're listening and... 35:46 Yeah. 35:47 Matter of fact, before the program is done, 35:48 we're going to let you know how you can get the information 35:50 as well as, as Georgia said, contribute, participate. 35:54 Some of you may not be able to go. 35:56 Right. 35:57 But right now we can't go to Cuba. 35:59 So the only way to reach out is financially. 36:01 And then also making the difference 36:02 in Africa and other places 36:04 where FARM STEW is going to make an impact. 36:06 We talk about the gospel message 36:08 and I'm looking at this 'cause I am a pastor. 36:11 I love to preach the gospel. 36:12 I mean, I'm just fired up over the fact that... 36:14 It's your heartbeat. That's my heartbeat. 36:16 And you know, you live with me, honey. 36:17 I'm glad you do because you're my wife. 36:19 You preach to me too. 36:21 And together, in our Bible studies, 36:22 we're looking at a crazy world falling apart, 36:25 but lives are coming together. 36:27 Amen. 36:28 There are people that are being transformed 36:30 and while we're yelling, 36:31 "Okay, hurry up and return, Jesus, " 36:33 there are children who are just coming out of malnutrition 36:37 and learning what it means to have a healthy life. 36:41 There are ministries 36:42 that are making differences around the world. 36:44 So it's not just the preaching of the gospel, 36:46 but the Matthew 25 concept Matthew 25:40, 36:51 we talked about that, 36:52 "And the King will answer and say to those, 36:54 'Assuredly, I say to you, 36:55 inasmuch as you did it 36:57 to the one of the least of these, 36:59 you did it to me.'" 37:00 And that's a driving force behind your ministry. 37:02 Talk about that for a moment. Amen. 37:04 Well, one of the things 37:05 that my husband and I fell in love with, 37:07 with FARM STEW 37:08 is the fact that each Bible, each lesson 37:12 has a biblical background to it. 37:13 Amen. 37:14 So you're bringing them back to the Bible. 37:16 Starting the very first one 37:18 where Joy brought up the fact that 37:20 farming was the very first occupation 37:22 that God gave us. 37:24 That's right. 37:25 You wanna tell them a little more? 37:26 Sure. 37:28 So yeah, we, in a lot of these cultures, 37:29 farming is kind of seen as a work for poor people. 37:33 And in fact, because many of them don't know 37:35 how to do it well, they do end up being poor. 37:37 But we know farmers can have a very profitable business 37:41 if they do it well. 37:43 And if they can, what we call, value addition, 37:45 so our E stands for enterprise. 37:48 So we teach people to add value to the food, 37:50 like by making the soy milk or other soy products. 37:54 And then they can actually sell that 37:55 for a higher price 37:57 and make more money 37:58 so they can send their own kids to school 38:00 and even have plenty to tithe and build the local church 38:03 through being tithing members. 38:05 I like that, value enterprise. Wow. 38:07 Now we have Malawi Adventist University. 38:11 What are you doing for them out there? 38:13 How do you connect? 38:14 Yes, well, we've had our curriculum 38:17 and we've just been trying to figure out, 38:19 we encourage people to share the recipe 38:21 of abundant life. 38:22 So we kind of looked at ourselves, 38:24 how can we share it? 38:25 And praise God, 38:26 there's a woman named Sharon Pittman 38:28 who is now leading Malawi Adventist University. 38:31 And she said, 38:32 "We have an online platform and we can teach it 38:36 not only to our students on campus, 38:37 but anywhere around the world, 38:39 people could sign up 38:40 and it's gonna be led by Malawian professor, " 38:43 who's a nutrition professor. 38:44 Her name is Larisha, 38:46 and she's going to be leading the teaching. 38:48 And then we're gonna be having hands on 38:50 practical lessons on the campus 38:52 so people can get certified 38:54 and trained anywhere in the world. 38:56 And that will be 38:57 for the Southern Africa-Indian division. 38:59 We are actually talking 39:00 to a couple other universities too, 39:01 one in Rwanda 39:03 that wants us to do something similar. 39:04 And I even had a conversation 39:06 with the Middle East-North Africa division recently. 39:10 So we wanna get this message out there. 39:13 You can find that information on our website. 39:15 Like I said, just click on the "recipe" 39:17 and the information is there, 39:19 but we're excited, 39:21 Malawi Adventist University too, 39:22 the other thing we want to do there 39:23 is start a food business 39:25 that can actually start to sell food, health food 39:29 that can help to raise 39:31 also the money to fund the trainers 39:33 that go out and do the hands-on classes. 39:35 That's great. 39:37 And FARM STEW does change lives. 39:39 You have a, I looked at your website 39:42 and Ruth and Patrick, 39:43 they have a great story from you. 39:46 They're from Uganda. Yeah, exactly. 39:48 Ruth is a very fun story because she was not Adventist. 39:53 She learned about our message. 39:54 And in the rest lesson, we talk about Sabbath. 39:57 We talk also about rest for the land 39:59 and she got convicted, 40:01 like many have, wanted to keep the Sabbath, 40:04 but she was doing it somewhat secretly for a while. 40:06 Wow. 40:07 But when I met her, she and Patrick had, 40:11 she had already brought the message of FARM STEW 40:13 to about four neighboring villages. 40:16 And she had all these innovations. 40:17 For example, she had a hand-washing station 40:19 that we had taught 40:21 how to wash their hands with very limited water, 40:23 but she had covered the soap with a bottle, 40:26 a cut plastic bottles 40:27 so that in the rain, the soap wouldn't dissolve. 40:30 Just very clever woman. 40:32 And yeah, there's a few websites. 40:34 I mean, on our website, 40:36 there's several testimonies like that, 40:37 where you can just see the joy that FARM STEW has brought. 40:41 And they are, they have gone to what, 40:44 six other villages 40:45 and they're teaching them how to make soy milk. 40:48 Exactly. 40:49 And other things, planting and many other things. 40:52 Yeah. 40:54 When we talk about FARM STEW, 40:56 I just had a chance to bring up your website 40:58 and we'll let the viewers and listeners know 41:01 how they can go there. 41:02 It's exciting to see that the gospel is going forward. 41:06 You know, also in the book of James, 41:07 it talks about 41:09 if somebody is hungry and destitute and naked, 41:11 and you just say, go ahead, and be warmed. 41:14 You've done nothing for them, but if you clothe them, 41:17 if you feed them, 41:18 it opens their door to say, 41:20 "I like my life. 41:22 You've been already transformed my life, 41:23 now I want to find out about the Christ in your life." 41:27 Talk about your donation base a little bit, 41:29 because we're going to reach out to those 41:31 who are watching and listening to the program. 41:33 What are some of the areas? 41:35 Is it just primarily all supported by donations 41:38 or kind of let me understand that? 41:39 We are supported by donations primarily from individuals. 41:45 We do have one grant that we have gotten, 41:48 we are trying to establish the food business to help 41:52 support the ministry, 41:54 but it is primarily people's donations that we get 41:58 that keep the ministry going. 42:00 Well, and also ASI, I have to say, 42:02 has been a wonderful supporter too. 42:04 And we praise God for the ASI members. 42:07 And I think that's how I ended up 42:08 becoming president of Lake Union. 42:10 'Cause I just, I love that. 42:12 And then I'll also say 42:13 a number of our donors are saying, you know, 42:15 "What are you doing for America?" 42:16 Like we have our challenges too. 42:17 We, this health message, it may be is relevant. 42:21 And so again, 42:23 we decided to come up with a wellness guide for us, 42:26 where we take the each letter of FARM STEW 42:29 and we make it pertinent to us. 42:31 For example, right now many people are in fear, 42:34 you know, over COVID and everything. 42:36 But we know that a merry heart is good medicine. 42:39 Right? That's true. 42:40 And you know, we want people to understand 42:43 what they can do to boost their immunity, 42:45 even, you know, 42:47 getting out in the garden, having that fresh air, 42:50 that exercise, that sunshine. 42:51 And even there's microbes in the soil, 42:53 some of which are actually very beneficial 42:55 even for our lungs and the health of our lungs. 42:58 So we want people to get out and again, on our website, 43:00 if you go to the FarmStew.org, 43:02 it's you just wait about 10 seconds 43:04 and there's a wellness guide 43:05 that will pop up as a free download. 43:08 So that's something 43:09 we wanted to give back to our donor base. 43:11 They've given so much to us. 43:12 We're now in five countries... 43:14 And what countries do you serve? 43:16 So Cherri... 43:18 We serve in Cuba, Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Sudan... 43:23 And now Malawi. And now Malawi. 43:25 Wow. Wow. Expanding tremendously. 43:27 And that, but you have some more pictures here. 43:29 I think we have enough time 43:30 to get some more of them in there 43:32 and kind of look at. 43:33 Yeah, you have one with you guys 43:34 making soy milk. 43:36 I think we showed that one. Didn't we? 43:37 Yeah. 43:39 So then I just wanna share it so funny 43:41 when Cherri first met me, 43:43 she was out doing evangelism, local evangelism, 43:45 and then now we go to our own booths 43:48 and we have a FARM STEW booth 43:49 where we're, where we're trying to reach out 43:52 and actually use FARM STEW, as a tool for local evangelism 43:55 in our own community. 43:57 So this was at our local fair, 43:59 or it's not this past year because of COVID, 44:01 but we're gonna be reaching out in various ways. 44:04 And then we also did a virtual cooking class. 44:08 That's the very last picture that we had 44:11 where we're reaching out 44:12 and actually teaching people cooking classes online. 44:16 Yeah. 44:17 So, and this is actually a new baptized member 44:19 in between us 44:21 who's come in with our friendship, 44:23 you know, she's come in 44:24 and other people have come into our church. 44:26 I think, you know, in part 44:27 just our friendship speaks volumes to people, you know, 44:32 and I praise God for it every day. 44:34 What are some of the needs 44:36 that you would express you have? 44:37 I know we talked about donations and coming in ASI, 44:40 praise the Lord 44:42 once again, thank you for being in our union, 44:44 but what are some of the needs you see 44:46 that could be a part of expanding your ministry 44:48 and making the ministry of FARM STEW more effective? 44:55 Well, I really believe that 44:57 just the ongoing support 44:59 where we can count and plan ahead, 45:01 you know, the monthly support 45:03 where we know we can have our trainers 45:05 and I do have a picture of our trainers 45:07 with a bunch of cans of seeds 45:09 that I just wanna share. 45:11 So that's one of the things we buy is the seeds 45:14 for our trainers 45:15 so that they can go out and teach the planting methods. 45:19 So we do gardens. 45:21 And then we also realized that 45:22 in a lot of the communities we serve, 45:24 people do not have good quality water. 45:27 And I'm thrilled to say, in 2020, 45:31 we were actually able to either repair or drill 31 new wells 45:36 in the communities where we've been serving. 45:38 In Eastern Uganda? 45:40 Yes, yes. 45:41 And our plan for 2021 is that 45:44 we build 50 new wells this year 45:47 because the needs are tremendous. 45:48 Can you imagine 45:50 trying to keep your family healthy 45:51 without access to clean water? 45:53 And we were in a village in Africa 45:54 when we went to Nairobi 45:57 a number of years ago, not the Nakuta but even, 46:01 and we went way out and we saw, 46:02 I think it was a Maasai tribe. 46:04 They're tall and very skinny 46:06 and beautifully clad in this colorful outfits, 46:08 but they had no water in the village. 46:11 We said, well, how do you get water? 46:12 Well, they had to walk. 46:14 And then they had this rickety motorcycle 46:17 that I tried to ride. 46:19 I was not as tall as they are. 46:21 And then when I tried to ride it, my wife said, 46:23 "Don't go too far," 46:24 because you know, they say, 46:26 "Well, there are animals that are free roaming out 46:28 in some of those areas," 46:30 but they had no water. 46:31 So they had to walk a long way for water 46:34 or people had to bring water 46:35 so that when you talk about 31 wells 46:37 and want to add 50 more, 46:39 Africa is a major continent 46:41 and a lot of these countries don't have water, 46:43 which is the bare essential 46:45 for cleaning internally and externally. 46:48 Exactly. 46:49 So how do you see FARM STEW 46:51 impacting the world in the future? 46:53 Well, we have these five freedoms. 46:55 And actually when I was preparing, 46:57 I was thinking about Jill 46:58 because I always watch 3ABN Sabbath School. 47:01 Jill always has her list. 47:02 Yes, she has. Okay. 47:04 It's made an impact. So this is my list. 47:06 We have a passion for freedom. 47:08 You know, all of us are made to be free 47:10 and Jesus sets us free. 47:12 So our first freedom is freedom from dependency. 47:16 We don't want people to just want handouts. 47:18 We want them to be able to take care of themselves. 47:20 So that's the garden 47:21 and the enterprise classes and whatnot. 47:23 So that supports our trainers to go out. 47:25 The next is freedom from shame. 47:27 We talked about the girls 47:29 having the menstrual hygiene 47:31 and the education about their bodies. 47:32 So they're not scared of their bodies. 47:34 They're proud and happy to be women. 47:37 The next is freedom from disease 47:38 and drudgery. 47:39 So that's the water projects, 47:41 because like you said, 47:42 that drudgery of just walking and carrying water, 47:45 be miserable, it takes hours out of people's 47:47 otherwise productive time 47:48 where they could be in the garden, 47:50 growing food, 47:51 they're just trudging back and forth. 47:53 And it brings them disease 47:54 when they're drinking dirty water. 47:55 So those are the three freedoms from, 47:58 and then we have two freedoms for. 48:00 So there's freedom to share. 48:03 So we want to be able to share this curriculum 48:06 as broadly and as widely as we can. 48:08 We wanna to print these manuals. 48:09 These are about $15 to print. 48:11 And then we have a flip chart that costs in general, 48:14 about $40 to print. 48:15 It's a nice, big flip chart 48:17 that shows the pictures from here 48:19 so that anybody can educate anywhere 48:21 where there's not electricity. 48:23 Part of the curriculum. Yeah. 48:24 And we also are translating 48:26 like I was on the phone with our team 48:27 from South Sudan yesterday. 48:28 We need all these materials in Arabic. 48:31 We have them in Spanish. 48:32 We need them in Arabic. We need them in Swahili. 48:35 Our website is now in five languages, 48:37 but we need to get our manuals. 48:39 And of course that costs money, the translation. 48:42 And then finally our last freedom 48:44 is freedom to grow. 48:46 So that will allow us 48:47 to just create these new bold partnerships, 48:50 like the one with Malawi Adventist University. 48:53 We're hiring one of their professors. 48:54 We're doing a pilot study out in villages 48:57 and really being able to examine the difference, 49:01 the impact from the baseline 49:03 where kids are now 49:04 only seven percent of their kids 49:06 are getting the nutrition they need in Malawi. 49:08 Seven percent? Yeah. 49:10 And then we wanna see the impact 49:11 over the next few years, 49:13 what kind of impact can we make? 49:14 So those are our five freedoms. 49:16 Five freedoms. That's wonderful. 49:18 Anything else, hun? 49:20 I'm just excited to see 49:21 what the Lord is doing with FARM STEW 49:25 and your partner here, Cherri, 49:30 as you said, she's the cherry on top, right? 49:32 Exactly. 49:33 And so the Lord is blessing, malnutrition is real, isn't it? 49:37 It is very real. 49:38 It is real. 49:40 And when you go, 49:41 you have to deal with malnutrition, 49:42 not deal with it. 49:44 You see it. 49:45 And I like that little strip you have there. 49:47 Yes. 49:49 And I wanna show you 49:50 just how eager our church members are 49:51 to learn and to receive. 49:53 There's a picture of Jonah. 49:54 He's one of our Ugandan agronomists, 49:56 and it's the very last picture. 49:58 And you can see he's here at a church meeting. 50:01 You can even see 50:02 some of the Pathfinder uniforms. 50:04 People are just so excited. 50:05 That's what we call 50:06 soy scrambled eggs, right there. 50:08 It's actually just tofu, 50:09 but they made it by curdling the milk 50:12 with some lemon juice and a little salt. 50:14 They can make it homemade. 50:15 And in the villages, 50:17 people are excited to try these foods 50:19 and supplement their normal corn diet 50:23 with foods that will actually help them. 50:25 Now, you just used a word I had never heard before, 50:27 maybe because I'm not into the plant world, 50:29 but what's agronomist? 50:31 Agronomist. So we hire local experts. 50:34 So Jonah went to school to study agriculture, 50:38 and now he can teach others to do the same. 50:40 So we have South Sudanese agronomists, nutritionists, 50:44 even nurses. 50:46 So we hire the local people 50:48 to bring the message in their local language, 50:50 to their local community. 50:51 And we see it as friendship evangelism. 50:54 So it's a full circle back to me and Cherri, you know. 50:58 Now we are equipping and sending out workers 51:00 who can do friendship evangelizing, 51:02 meeting the needs of people right where they're at. 51:04 Wow, this is amazing. 51:06 You know, we're gonna take a news break in a moment, 51:08 but just before we do that, 51:10 I want to reach out to those who are listening 51:11 to this exciting program, honey. 51:14 I mean, we've covered so many, 51:15 so many areas here about agronomists 51:18 and you were talking about that, the green cow, 51:21 I don't think you'll ever forget that one, 51:23 but also the, the pad packaging 51:26 that you're making a difference in not only in Africa, 51:28 but also in Cuba and other countries. 51:32 And Cherri and Joy have just asked 51:35 for you to participate in ways, and you can go to the website. 51:38 Here's the information that you need 51:40 to be able to find out more about FARM STEW 51:43 and how you can financially and prayerfully make sure 51:46 that this ministry continues transforming lives. 51:52 If you would like to contact 51:53 or learn more about FARM STEW International, 51:56 you can visit their website at FarmStew.org. 51:59 That's FarmStew.org. 52:03 You can call them at (815) 200-4925. 52:09 That's (815) 200-4925. 52:15 Their address is PO box 291 Princeton, Illinois 61356. 52:21 You can email them at Hi@FarmStew.org. 52:26 That's Hi@FarmStew.org. 52:36 You know, our time comes and goes so quickly. 52:39 But I know that you are not only informed, 52:41 but I can imagine you're being transformed 52:43 by what you heard today. 52:45 The acronym FARM STEW, 52:48 and we want to give our guests today 52:50 a chance to wind up and summarize 52:53 what the future of FARM STEW is 52:55 and what you'd like to leave with those who watched 52:57 and listened to the program today. 52:58 Well, Cherri, we'll start with you. 53:00 I think what I would like them to get out of it is 53:02 that God is bringing each one in your life 53:06 to a special point in your life, 53:08 wherever that is, whatever it is, 53:10 he's preparing you for a work. 53:11 FARM STEW would not be here if it was not for God. 53:15 God brought two people together 53:18 and He's brought it full circle back 53:20 to where now it's reaching the world. 53:22 Wow, beautiful. 53:24 And could people volunteer if they'd like? 53:26 Yes, you can volunteer. 53:28 You can contact us at our website. 53:30 There will be a phone number you can reach out to us 53:34 either via email or by phone. 53:36 And we would be more than happy 53:38 to try and connect you 53:39 with what you can do for FARM STEW. 53:41 Okay. Okay. Joy. 53:42 Good. 53:44 Well, and I also just want to share with your viewers. 53:46 I mean, we know 53:47 that you want to be ready when Jesus asks, 53:49 "What did you do for the least of these?" 53:51 And I just wanna bring us back to the kids and especially, 53:55 we care about all kids, 53:56 but the Bible says to do good 53:58 especially to those in the household of faith. 54:00 And we're excited 54:02 because we can go and serve Wau, South Sudan. 54:06 We've just approved a budget to take off 54:08 and help the people there. 54:09 But we wanna serve 54:11 all of the kids throughout Africa 54:13 and throughout the world 54:14 so that they can thrive right where they are. 54:16 Amen. Thank you. 54:18 And if you were to summarize this program, 54:19 what would it be honey? 54:20 John 10:10. Okay. 54:22 Jesus says what? 54:23 "I've come that you might have life 54:25 and have it more abundantly." 54:27 Thank you so much for tuning in today. 54:29 I pray that FARM STEW has challenged 54:30 and transformed you 54:32 and we pray God's blessings on you 54:34 until we see you again. 54:35 Amen. |
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