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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 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, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:18 My name is John Lomacang. 01:19 And I have to my right, my beautiful wife. 01:21 How are you doing, honey? 01:23 Oh, I'm so excited to be here. 01:25 It's a program about health. 01:26 That's right. 01:27 And I love programs about health 01:29 to how to better yourself. 01:30 That's right. 01:31 And if you're listening on radio, 01:33 her name is Angela. 01:34 And so good to have you, honey. 01:35 We're talking about health today and I like that. 01:37 I do well. 01:38 Yeah. 01:40 And we have someone with us today 01:41 that we have seen and appreciate very well, 01:42 Jack McIntosh, 01:44 who is a health educator and lifestyle interventionist. 01:48 And after his segment, 01:51 we're going to have another segment. 01:52 So this is a full hour program, 01:54 which is going to be cut down into two separate segments, 01:56 two separate programs as it were and merged together. 01:59 So stay tuned with some tremendous information. 02:02 Jack McIntosh, are you there? 02:03 Via Skype. 02:05 I'm here. 02:06 Yes, joining us via Skype. 02:07 Good to have you here today at 3ABN. 02:09 Yes. 02:10 Pleasure to be here. 02:12 All the way in Oregon. 02:14 Yes, all the way in Oregon. 02:16 It's been some time, 02:17 but you've been so much a part of 3ABN family 02:20 and we appreciate what you've done 02:21 for the ministry. 02:23 And I like the fact that today we're talking about health. 02:25 Honey, do people want to be healthy? 02:27 Absolutely. 02:28 It's so important to take care of this body 02:31 that the Lord has given to us, 02:32 to have it being optimized to good health. 02:36 And we appreciate you being here, doctor... 02:39 I shouldn't say doctor. 02:40 Mr. McIntosh, right? 02:43 And I just appreciate you being here. 02:45 And all through the years, 02:47 we used to see these wonderful health nuggets 02:49 that you gave on 3ABN about an apple a day 02:52 or drinking water. 02:54 It's been very good. 02:56 Well, tell us about what you do. 02:58 Health educator and lifestyle interventionist. 03:01 Let our audience... 03:03 Give an overview of what that is? 03:06 Well, my gift is teaching and so I'm a teacher. 03:10 Yes. 03:11 And I educate about health, 03:13 both the science and the biblical basis 03:17 for the science. 03:18 And so what I do also is I help people to intervene. 03:24 In other words, how do you actually implement 03:27 an exercise program, for instance? 03:29 How do you make the dietary changes? 03:31 That's the intervention part of what I do. 03:35 But today, what I want to talk about 03:39 is something called biblical health reform. 03:42 Okay. 03:43 And it's based on a concept 03:46 that I heard about actually back in 1974 03:49 when I was first converted. 03:52 I was listening to a presentation 03:54 and the person said the principles of health reform 03:58 are found in the Word of God. 04:02 And that really piqued my curiosity. 04:04 I thought, "Oh, that's in the Bible? 04:06 Really?" 04:07 So I started to research and look. 04:11 And the Lord opened my eyes and I started in Genesis. 04:16 Okay. 04:17 And it's been a wonderful education 04:21 since that time to help people to understand 04:24 that those principles of health 04:26 we're living actually are found in God's Word. 04:28 That's right. 04:30 In the beginning, 04:31 when the Lord created man and woman, 04:32 He gave us an ideal plan. 04:34 It's kind of like buying a car and getting an owner's manual. 04:39 And they tell you what the proper approaches 04:42 will be to keep the vehicle running 04:44 in optimum health. 04:45 I'd like you to walk us through that with... 04:47 Just tell us how are these principles applied 04:50 and start walking us through 04:52 some of these scriptural concepts. 04:55 Sure. 04:56 Well, again, we begin in Genesis, 04:59 you know, where it says, "In the beginning, 05:00 God created the heavens and the earth." 05:03 And then He said, "Let us make man in our image 05:06 and in our likeness." 05:08 What that means, of course, is that we look like Him, 05:12 but we also had His character. 05:15 And so God is the creator and the owner of everything. 05:20 In the Psalms it says that the earth is the Lord's 05:24 and the fullness thereof, the world, 05:26 and them that dwell therein. 05:28 There is nothing in this world that doesn't belong to God. 05:32 And so we as His created beings 05:37 who were made in His image, we belong to Him. 05:41 And the question... It begs a question. 05:43 The question is why were we created? 05:46 And the answer to that is found in the Book of Isaiah 05:49 Chapter 43, actually. 05:51 And it says, "Bring my sons from afar. 05:54 Even those called by my name, 05:57 for I have created him for my glory. 06:03 I have formed him, yea, I have made him." 06:07 And so we were made to glorify God. 06:12 And in 1 Corinthians, 06:16 we see that, "Do you not know that 06:19 you are the temple of the living God? 06:23 For you are bought with a price. 06:26 Therefore, glorify God," notice, 06:29 "in your body, 06:32 and in your spirit, which are His." 06:34 And as a health educator, 06:35 I'm very interested in that concept 06:38 of glorifying God in the body. 06:41 Okay. 06:43 In 1 Corinthians 10, 06:45 we find another interesting declaration 06:51 by the Apostle Paul through the Holy Spirit, 06:55 "Whether therefore you eat or drink 06:59 or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 07:04 Notice that theme of the glory of God 07:08 coming through the scriptures to help us to realize 07:12 that we are to glorify God in all that we do. 07:15 Okay. 07:16 And it... You know, that begs a question. 07:19 Do most Christians eat and drink to the glory of God? 07:22 And what does it mean when it says all? 07:28 Do all to the glory of God? 07:30 It means every dimension of our lives 07:33 need to be touched by the glory of God. 07:37 And that is the purpose of our existence. 07:40 I could see that... 07:42 So... Yeah, when you... 07:43 So that is really why we do what we do 07:48 and why I educate. 07:50 Now, of course, in order to look 07:54 at the dimensions of health, 07:56 we again have to go back to Genesis to the Eden diet. 08:02 Now you notice I didn't call it the vegan diet 08:05 or the vegetarian diet or any other name. 08:09 Yes. That's true. 08:11 I call it the Eden diet. 08:12 Sometimes I do refer to it as a plant-based diet 08:15 because it is plant-based, 08:19 but this was God's idea. 08:21 Notice, it says, 08:23 "The fruit shall be for your food 08:26 and seed bearing plants." 08:29 Well, that's, that's the definition 08:32 of a plant-based diet. 08:33 That's true. 08:35 And so we go back to Genesis 08:37 to see the perfect diet for human beings. 08:43 It's there. 08:44 But then the question is, 08:47 well, how do we implement that? 08:52 Are we free to just eat any time 08:56 of the day? 08:59 Do we just snack, you know, and do all those things 09:02 that create so much trouble that we see in America? 09:07 Well, let me throw you a question. 09:08 Yeah. 09:09 Well, let me throw you a question 09:11 because you did bring us some amazing... 09:12 I like the fact that you established it 09:13 on Scripture, showing... 09:15 And I appreciate that that is an Eden diet. 09:17 'Cause a lot of people say, "Are you a vegan? 09:19 Are you a vegetarian?" Right. 09:20 Is this something that's a part of your church? 09:23 Is this a part of your doctrine? 09:24 And I like the fact that Jack McIntosh said it was... 09:26 Biblical. 09:28 It was God's idea. 09:29 Yeah. Amen. 09:30 Yeah, it wasn't... 09:32 And to that question, 09:33 can we eat anything all day long? 09:35 No. 09:36 People do eat junk food, french fries, potato chips. 09:40 What is that doing to our bodies? 09:41 Wow. 09:43 It's destroying us, isn't it? 09:44 That's right. 09:45 Which begs the question then, 09:47 as we look at the plan that God established, 09:49 Mr. McIntosh, then we have to ask the question then, 09:53 where did disease come from? 09:55 And, in fact, what is disease? 10:01 Disease is really just a violation 10:04 of the principles that are found in God's Word. 10:09 And one of the things that the testimony of Jesus says 10:13 is that the first thing you have to do 10:15 if you have disease is to correct 10:18 what's causing disease. 10:20 Now, of course, today 10:23 when we visit the doctor's office, 10:26 very often we are given pharmaceuticals 10:29 instead of being asked, 10:30 "What are you doing wrong?" 10:32 True. 10:33 But if we can ascertain what's going on, 10:37 you know, "I'm snacking, 10:39 I'm watching the late show at night, 10:42 I'm not getting enough sleep, 10:45 I'm not drinking any water, I'm drinking soda pop 10:47 and pushing myself toward a diabetic 10:49 or pre-diabetic condition." 10:52 All those things really mitigate against health. 10:55 And in the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 10, 11:01 we find this declaration. 11:04 It says, "Blessed are thou, O land, 11:07 when your kings and your princes 11:10 eat for strength and not for drunkenness." 11:15 So that principle is very important. 11:18 Because what it says is that they eat at the proper time. 11:22 There's a timing. 11:24 There's a circadian rhythm in the body. 11:27 And we need to have five hours between the meals 11:32 in order for the body to do what it does 11:36 and keep the circadian rhythms 11:37 that are so important to us in their proper sphere. 11:43 And so that principle is one that I believe 11:48 most people are unfamiliar with. 11:51 But the Bible does say 11:52 that we are to eat at the proper time. 11:54 There's a timing. 11:56 And if we follow that principle, 12:00 then we really can cooperate with those circadian rhythms 12:05 that are so critical to maintaining our health. 12:09 Now how many meals... I'm sorry, Mr. McIntosh. 12:13 How many meals... Go right ahead. 12:14 How many meals a day do you recommend that we eat? 12:19 Well, if a person can eat two meals a day, 12:22 that's better. 12:23 Yes. 12:25 In fact, the testimony of Jesus recommends 12:27 two meals a day. 12:28 Yes. 12:29 And we find that people who eat 12:32 two meals a day and do what's called... 12:36 Today, we have a technical term for it. 12:38 It's called time-restricted eating. 12:41 But we find that time restricted eating, 12:43 actually, contributes to longevity. 12:46 People who eat less meals per day 12:51 than the three squares, so to speak, 12:52 that Americans do eat, they live longer. 12:56 And lots of experiments have shown that, 12:59 animal experiments, 13:01 that if you don't overfeed the animals, 13:04 they live much longer. 13:05 And it's true for human beings too. 13:07 Most of the world eats two meals a day. 13:12 We have an abundance so we think we have to, 13:15 you know, eat three meals a day. 13:18 So wherever possible, I think it's a good idea 13:21 to go to two meals a day 13:22 and to eat those two meals within, 13:26 let's say, a six to eight-hour period. 13:31 Oh, wow. 13:32 Now the largest meal is... Should that be in the morning? 13:37 Yes, it should be in the morning 13:38 because that's when we are breaking the fast, 13:41 which is what breakfast really means. 13:43 Right? Okay. 13:44 We're breaking the fast. 13:46 Yeah. 13:47 And so that's where the largest meal should be. 13:51 Then, of course, there's physical activity. 13:54 And it turns out that... Guess where we find that? 13:57 We find that in Genesis, Genesis 3. 14:01 And it says, After the curse entered, 14:04 you know, the Lord said 14:07 the ground is cursed for your sake. 14:10 And he said, "By the sweat of your face, 14:13 you shall eat bread." 14:15 Well, you know that prescription 14:18 by the Lord given to our first parents, 14:21 most people ignore that prescription. 14:24 But it really... We... 14:26 In other words, we eat bread but we almost never perspire. 14:31 And that is a big problem. 14:34 It contributes to the pre-diabetic condition, 14:37 it contributes to diabetes in general 14:40 because physical activity has a lot to do 14:44 with how you process sugar in the body. 14:46 That's true. 14:48 If you are eating a high fat diet 14:51 and you're not physically active, 14:53 what happens is that high fat diet 14:55 tends to knock out your insulin receptors. 14:58 And the result is that 15:00 when sugar comes up to the cell, 15:02 the muscle cell, for instance, 15:04 and wants to gain entrance to the cell 15:06 through the insulin receptor, guess what? 15:10 It doesn't find very many insulin receptors 15:12 because they've been knocked out 15:15 due to physical inactivity. 15:18 We find that when people walk 30 minutes twice a day, 15:21 they can actually overcome diabetes. 15:24 And we have a program on the website, 15:26 idowell.org called reversing diabesity. 15:31 Oh, wow. 15:33 Why do we call it diabesity? 15:34 Okay. 15:35 Because... 15:37 I didn't coin that word, by the way. 15:38 A very smart guy down 15:39 at UCLA School of Health coined the word. 15:41 But the point is that diabetes 15:45 and obesity are related. 15:49 They support each other, 15:50 and one often proceeds the other. 15:52 The weight condition often precedes 15:54 the pre-diabetic and the diabetic condition. 15:57 And when you're not walking, 15:59 you have relatively few insulin receptors 16:03 and your blood sugar tends to rise over time. 16:06 When you start walking, what happens is that 16:09 the insulin receptors proliferate 16:12 and the result is that you now have a greater capacity 16:16 to move sugar into the muscle. 16:19 Okay. 16:20 And guess what? 16:21 The blood sugar comes down naturally 16:23 because you have generated... And this is critical. 16:27 You have generated more insulin receptors 16:30 in order to accommodate the sugar in the bloodstream. 16:33 So this is critical. 16:35 And I used to work at Weimar Institute, you know. 16:38 And I watched... 16:39 I would watch people 16:41 with type 2 diabetes come and in 18 days, 16:44 most of them were off their diabetic medications. 16:47 Wow. 16:48 And the secret... Are you ready for the secret? 16:50 Yes. Okay. 16:51 I'm ready for the secret. 16:52 Thirty minutes. 16:54 Thirty minutes twice a day. 16:55 Of the walking? 16:57 Walking. Brisk walking. 16:58 Okay, my wife is rebuking me here, Mr. McIntosh. 17:02 I am. 17:03 Because, I mean, I'm not overweight, 17:06 but she says to me, 17:07 "You're not getting enough activity." 17:09 He isn't. 17:10 And she has a watch that tracks all her activity. 17:12 Yeah, I do. 17:13 And I said to her, "How is it that you have 17:14 so many more points than I do?" 17:17 She says, "Because I walk a lot more than you do." 17:19 And so I'm kind of... Absolutely. 17:21 She walks twice a day. 17:23 And then when she's... 17:24 She says that my watch is telling me 17:26 that I didn't get enough exercise. 17:27 So she goes downstairs on her elliptical 17:29 and gets the rest of that in. 17:31 And she said, "I closed all my circles." 17:33 And I said, "Well, I got 4,700 steps today." 17:37 She said, "I did 11,000." 17:39 And I said, "Well, what's the difference?" 17:40 She said, "I'm in better shape than you are." 17:43 And so... 17:45 Well, 'cause I like to exercise. 17:46 And even in the cooler weather where it's very cold outside, 17:51 I kind of walk around here at 3ABN 17:54 'cause it's pretty big here. 17:56 So I do my little circles and my watch will tell me, 17:59 "It's good. 18:00 You've done, you've completed your 30 minutes, whatever." 18:03 And so I do get my exercise 18:05 even when the weather is cool. 18:07 Even though I do prefer to go outside and walk, 18:10 but when I can't because it's so cold, 18:13 I work it up even when I'm talking to someone, 18:16 I kind of walk in place. 18:18 Well, what I want to get 18:19 is what he just said a moment ago. 18:21 I don't want people to miss that 18:22 because it's so tremendously important. 18:24 You talked about when people eat 18:26 and they're not getting exercise. 18:27 When they're eating a fatty diet 18:29 or maybe just the diet in general 18:31 and they're not getting exercise, 18:33 they're blocking the receptors 18:36 and then the insulin is not going to... 18:40 Talk about that. 18:41 The blood sugar is not lowered so they... 18:42 To do its job, yes. Yeah. Tell me... 18:44 To move the sugar into the bloodstream. 18:46 Yes, precisely. 18:47 That's exactly it. Okay. 18:48 So it's kind of blocked by not exercising 18:50 if that's what I'm hearing. 18:52 We actually lose insulin receptors. 18:55 It knocks them out, the high fat diet 18:58 and the lack of physical activity. 19:00 It turns out that when we start walking, 19:02 we generate more insulin receptors. 19:05 And the result is that the capacity to move sugar 19:09 into the cell dramatically increases. 19:12 And this is why diabetics 19:14 can actually get off their medication 19:16 if they do that. 19:18 That is the secret, 30 minutes, twice a day. 19:21 Very important. 19:22 In the sweat of your brow, you shall eat bread. 19:25 Oh, okay. 19:26 And so that principle is really, really critical. 19:32 So, you know, the whole business of diabetes, 19:37 and hypertension, and high cholesterol, 19:39 and obesity can be solved 19:42 if people will do three simple things. 19:45 Okay. 19:46 If they will walk 30 minutes twice a day. 19:49 That's critical. 19:51 If they will use the Eden diet, and if they will drink water. 19:56 Now the first lifestyle intervention trial 19:59 in history was conducted by a young Hebrew named Daniel. 20:03 You know about that. 20:05 Okay. That's right. 20:06 That's right. 20:07 And he said... 20:09 What did he say in that lifestyle intervention trial? 20:10 He said give us vegetables to eat and what? 20:14 Pulses, water, exactly. 20:16 And water to drink. 20:17 Okay. Now we're getting that water right here. 20:20 This much I drank already, honey? 20:22 Right. 20:24 He didn't ask for a Pepsi. 20:26 And I always tell people 20:28 there was no Pepsi machine in Eden. 20:30 Remember that. 20:33 Good old water. 20:34 So you need to drink water, pure water. 20:36 And if people will do those three things 20:39 and especially pay attention to that walking. 20:42 Most of us are not getting enough physical activity. 20:46 And the result is that we... 20:48 This country, we have something like 20:51 60 to 80% of people with a prediabetic condition. 20:55 And that is a huge problem. 20:59 It's extremely costly to us. 21:02 Well, tell us about the sweets. 21:04 You alluded to that. 21:05 You talked about high fat diet. 21:07 Talk about sweets because... About snacking. 21:10 Yeah, snacking. Okay. 21:11 I like that. 21:12 Okay. What about snacking? 21:14 Is it okay to snack? 21:16 Well, we are... No, it isn't. 21:17 As we said, it tends to mess up the circadian rhythms. 21:22 And the result of all of that is that over time, 21:27 we become unbalanced. 21:29 We have... 21:31 You know, in the sweat of your brow, 21:33 that's energy output. 21:35 Eating bread is energy input. 21:38 And so what the Lord is saying... 21:40 And I read that for years and didn't understand 21:42 what it was saying. 21:43 It was saying you have to have balance. 21:45 That's what that scripture means, balance. 21:48 Energy input is to be balanced by energy output. 21:53 Now the scripture means 21:55 a lot more than just what I just said. 21:57 Remember, God's word is infinite, 21:58 but that's one of the things it's saying, 22:00 that you have to have balance in what you do. 22:04 And if you don't have balance, 22:06 then that creates all kinds of metabolic problems. 22:09 And we have a name for these metabolic problems. 22:12 It's called metabolic syndrome, diabetes, 22:17 hypertension, hypercholesterolemia 22:21 or high cholesterol, and obesity. 22:22 Those things cluster in many Americans. 22:26 Metabolic syndrome is a huge problem 22:29 and it is the most costly problem 22:33 in America today in terms of medical care costs. 22:36 Okay. 22:38 So it's critical that we pay attention 22:42 to those principles. 22:44 And you also said two glasses of water 22:47 before each meal. 22:49 Do you recommend, as we heard, 22:51 was it eight to ten glasses of water a day? 22:56 I just keep it simple. 22:58 I say two glasses before breakfast, 23:01 two before lunch, and two before supper 23:04 if you're on a three meal program. 23:07 For instance, in the morning before I do Bible study 23:10 and prayer, I drink a glass of water. 23:13 And then at the end of my prayer, 23:16 I have another glass ready and I drink it. 23:19 And by the time I'm done with Bible study, 23:22 that glass is... 23:24 The water is gone and I've got my two glasses. 23:28 That does a great deal for the body. 23:30 It cleanses the kidneys, for instance, 23:32 from all that urea from protein metabolism 23:37 and boosts your energy. 23:40 One of the things that you need to do 23:42 if you're really feeling tired is drink a glass of water. 23:46 You know, it says in Isaiah 44, 23:49 "He drinks no water and grows faint." 23:52 Oh, wow. 23:53 Okay. You know... 23:55 So you're bringing out the Bible in a new way. 23:56 We have about less than two minutes here, but... 23:58 So what would you encourage people 24:00 that are wanting to experience the optimum health? 24:05 And we're going to give information 24:06 to let people have more 24:07 of what you're going to talk about, 24:09 but what would you say to those 24:10 who want to increase better health 24:12 and have a more balanced life? 24:16 I would simply say that the three principles 24:19 that we covered in the Book of Genesis 24:23 is really where we need to start 24:26 to make sure that we have balance. 24:30 Eating and physical activity is balanced. 24:34 Thirty minutes twice a day is the ideal. 24:39 It takes away the basis for insulin resistance 24:44 and diabetes and all of that, 24:47 and it helps us to be healthier. 24:49 It also does something. 24:51 It produces something in the brain called BDNF, 24:55 brain-derived neurotrophic factor 24:58 that regenerates your brain. 24:59 Physical activity does that. 25:01 In fact, I want my listeners to research that, BDNF. 25:06 BDNF. 25:07 Brain-derived... 25:09 BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor. 25:12 It actually regenerates your brain 25:16 and gets those neurons working 25:18 better than they were before. 25:20 That's what... 25:21 I have a lecture called, 25:22 40 reasons to exercise. 25:24 Okay. 25:26 And that's on my website. 25:28 That's on the reversing diabesity program 25:30 and people can sign up for that. 25:33 Well, we thank you for joining us today. 25:35 Jack McIntosh, health educator, lifestyle interventionist. 25:39 I want our viewers and listeners to know that 25:41 at the end of this hour, we're going to... 25:43 Or at the end of this program, 25:44 we're going to give you the website and the information 25:46 on how to get in touch with him. 25:47 But idowell.org is a good place to start. 25:51 Don't go away. 25:52 We have another exciting part of this program. 25:55 Just stay tuned. 25:56 That's right. 25:58 If you would like to contact 25:59 or know more about Wellness Pays, 26:01 you can do so in a variety of ways. 26:03 You can call them 26:05 at (360) 314-8714. 26:10 That's (360) 314-8714. 26:15 Or you can visit their website, idowell.org 26:19 That's idowell.org 26:23 Or send them an email 26:24 at mcjack48@comcast.net 26:29 That's mcjack48@comcast.net 26:42 Amen. 26:43 Thank you so much, Pastor Lomacang, 26:45 Miss Angie Lomacang, 26:46 and Brother Jack McIntosh for your ministry. 26:49 We're going to continue now 26:50 with another good friends of mine. 26:53 This is actually the second time 26:54 I've had an opportunity to interview 26:56 and to speak with Brother Jerry 26:58 and Miss Valerie Backus all the way from Tanzania. 27:01 How are you guys doing? 27:02 Can you hear me? 27:05 Doing wonderful. 27:06 Blessed and humbled to be with you again, Ryan. 27:09 Thank you for the invitation. 27:11 We're happy to be here. 27:12 Amen. 27:13 It's a blessing to see you guys again. 27:15 Thank you very much. Yeah. 27:16 And so, Jerry and Valerie, 27:18 real quickly as we have limited time, 27:19 but you know, our viewers would, 27:21 probably some of them would like to know 27:22 who you are because many of our viewers 27:24 may be new and may not know 27:25 who Jerry and Valerie Backus is. 27:27 And then, you know, kind of help talk about your ministry, 27:31 which is entitled Falco's Children Africa. 27:34 Tell us who you are, a little bit about 27:36 Falco's Children Africa? 27:39 Of course, I'm Jerry and this is Valerie. 27:41 And we have a picture of all four of our children 27:44 with us as a family. 27:45 And we live full time here in Tanzania 27:48 close to the children, 27:49 in the same area as the children. 27:51 And we currently have 86 orphans 27:53 that we're taking care of from a very young age, 27:57 just a few months old to approximately 21 years old. 28:03 Wow. Praise the Lord. 28:05 And I understand we have a picture of you 28:07 and your family. 28:08 I'm guessing you guys all live right there on the... 28:12 At the headquarters of Falco's Children Africa 28:14 in Tanzania, right? 28:16 Yes. 28:18 We have eight homes just for the children 28:19 and the staff and the business office. 28:22 And then our home is just a short distance 28:24 from the other eight homes. 28:26 That's amazing. 28:27 Just a few feet, so near... All the time. 28:30 That's amazing. 28:32 So how many... So there's always children. 28:34 No, that's fine. So how many... 28:35 There's always children playing... 28:37 Right, right. 28:40 So how many children total do you have there at, 28:43 you know, at the headquarters there? 28:47 We totally have... We have total of 86 children. 28:51 Of course, the older children are at boarding school. 28:54 So during school time, 28:56 we may have up to 20 to 30 children 28:59 at boarding school. 29:00 We see them after every three months, 29:03 some three months. 29:05 But the other children, the younger tots, 29:07 they go to the local school here at the village. 29:10 But the other older children are in boarding school 29:13 where they go like a typical boarding school in America, 29:16 three to six months at a time. 29:18 That's amazing. 29:20 That's amazing. 29:21 That's a lot of children all at one time. 29:23 And you guys, you said your homes are very close. 29:25 I think we actually have a picture of like 29:27 an aerial view of what these homes look like. 29:30 Wow. 29:32 So tell us a little bit, 29:34 how in the world did you start this? 29:35 How do you get from nothing to this right here? 29:38 Tell us a little bit of the backstory on this. 29:42 Well, number one, it was the Lord. 29:44 I moved here in 2009 29:46 and I was planning on opening a Bible school. 29:48 And I saw all the children roaming the streets. 29:51 And the Lord told me to forget about the Bible school, 29:53 to take care of the children. 29:55 So we opened a children's home in Arusha, 29:58 and we ended up having about 35 children very quickly. 30:01 But then we outgrew the property. 30:04 There weren't any place for them 30:06 to play or anything else. 30:07 And then I believe the Lord told me 30:09 that he was going to give us land for free. 30:11 So I started looking for land 30:13 and I wanted to be where the greatest need was. 30:16 And Karatu area is where the greatest need is 30:18 because it has the highest percentage 30:20 of abandoned children. 30:22 So we received 70 acres of land here outside of Karatu, 30:25 about 45 minutes outside of Karatu 30:28 and started building the homes 30:30 in 2013. 30:32 Wow. That's amazing. 30:34 And so you guys... 30:35 I mean, this isn't just a home where people just live, 30:39 but yet you guys... 30:40 I mean, you educate these kids, 30:42 you're teaching them about Christ. 30:44 Tell us a little bit about the education 30:45 and the experience that these children 30:48 get while they're there. 30:52 Well, it's really family style. 30:56 Even though we have 86 children and from time to time 30:58 they're all 86 here on under one campus, 31:03 we really teach fundamental beliefs of God, 31:08 God and His love. 31:10 We have standards of living that are Christian-centered. 31:13 We really follow the principles given. 31:16 We follow, we lead, and educate the children 31:18 from the children's home and from Ellen White. 31:22 And we stick close to those simple standards 31:26 that are easy to understand 31:28 because the basic language is Swahili 31:31 and I'm still struggling with that. 31:33 But I'm learning more and more each day 31:34 how to communicate with them. 31:36 But they love to sing. 31:37 They love to pray. 31:39 And mind you, this village, our new babes 31:43 then our Seventh-day Adventist mission field. 31:46 And so they are babies but they catch on quickly. 31:49 They love worship. 31:51 They love to pray. 31:52 The children that are younger than the forming form school, 31:57 which are like high school equivalent 31:59 to the American standard. 32:00 They go to the local school here in a village called Qurus. 32:04 So even though we're in Karatu, 32:06 the village is located 32:07 in another village called Qurus. 32:09 And so they go to elementary school locally. 32:13 The children do walk three miles each day. 32:16 And so they start from grade 1 32:19 or standard 1 all the way to, say, 32:22 standard 7 or grade 7 32:24 and their high school starts from grade 8. 32:27 So we do... 32:28 We're very busy 32:29 because we have five different schools 32:31 to take the children to every day. 32:34 But every evening there's a schedule 32:37 that we have on campus, that at 7 o'clock 32:39 after they come home from school 32:41 and they've had their dinner and they've washed up 32:43 for the evening, we have Bible studies. 32:46 We recently have had requests from even the security officers 32:49 who wanted to find out about the 27... 32:52 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist. 32:55 And so every weekend, we have Bible studies as well. 32:58 The children at boarding school, 33:01 they continue their regular boarding studies 33:05 and they come home and they share 33:07 what they've learned there. 33:08 And many of them are so happy to be back home 33:10 because we form little choirs. 33:13 And our goal is to really go out and share 33:15 what we do here on the village side. 33:17 So it's exciting. 33:19 That's amazing. That's amazing. 33:20 So they're not just being educated in, 33:23 you know, the general education aspects of life, 33:27 but yet they're receiving the gospel of Jesus Christ 33:29 while they're there. 33:30 And I actually, I... 33:32 You know, you guys have a video, 33:33 a church video of a church service, I guess, 33:35 where you guys have church out there 33:37 at Tanzania, right? 33:40 We do. Yes, we do. 33:41 We have a lively worship here every weekend. 33:45 And sometimes the villagers on the outside, 33:47 they come and visit us too. 33:48 We've had up to 200 at one time. 33:50 Wow. 33:52 That's amazing. 33:53 So, hey, why don't we go to that video roll right now 33:55 of that special church service? 33:57 For the Lord our God is mighty 34:01 Yes, the Lord our God is omnipotent 34:06 The Lord, our God, 34:09 He is wonderful 34:13 All praises be 34:17 To the King of Kings 34:21 And the Lord, our God, 34:25 Is wonderful 34:29 All praises be 34:33 To the King of Kings 34:37 And the, Lord of Lords, 34:41 Is wonderful 34:47 Hallelujah, 34:50 Salvation and glory 34:54 Honor and power, 34:57 He is wonderful 35:03 Oh, wow. 35:04 Praise the Lord. 35:05 You guys are teaching them how to worship. 35:07 And so I just have to ask, how long are these children 35:10 able to stay with you in this program? 35:13 It's powerful. 35:16 Well, actually, the children come here 35:18 from the day of referral could be... 35:20 They can be as young as weeks old. 35:23 We've had as young as days old. 35:26 We had a young baby that was thrown into the toilet 35:29 and he was a newborn baby. 35:32 And he was referred to us from social services. 35:35 So they're here from newborn up until age 21. 35:40 And our goal is to try to educate them spiritually, 35:44 and even to help them to be productive citizens 35:46 of Tanzania, 35:48 where they can be self-sufficient 35:50 and help themselves to be a little bit more independent 35:53 when they leave these gates. 35:55 They can support themselves. 35:56 We teach them agriculture, we teach cooking, cleaning, 36:02 taking care of each other, 36:03 taking care of little children, et cetera. 36:05 So we're teaching them practical skills 36:07 that will help them 36:08 when they get old enough to leave. 36:10 And we don't really want them to leave 36:12 until they can demonstrate 36:13 that they can be safe 36:15 and they can take care of themselves 36:17 once they leave these gates. 36:18 Amen. 36:20 And our first one, 36:22 she's going to start a vocational school 36:24 this next week to become a chef. 36:27 Wow. Wow. 36:28 That's powerful. That's powerful. 36:30 So just questions coming to my mind is, 36:33 does the government... 36:34 You know, you're in Tanzania. 36:35 Does the government of Tanzania help you guys 36:37 at all with these children? 36:38 Or how does that work? 36:42 No, not at all. 36:43 But the government has acknowledged us 36:45 as the number one representation 36:48 of an orphanage in the country of Tanzania. 36:51 They've even broadcasted on TV here in Tanzania. 36:54 We're rated as the number one orphanage in the country. 36:57 And one of the reasons why they say that is 36:59 because they see that we're just family. 37:02 All of the children have their own mamas 37:04 to take care of 'em, 37:05 and it's just a family environment. 37:08 Wow. 37:09 That's amazing. That's amazing. 37:11 So, you know, do you guys doing... 37:14 You know, does... 37:15 Are the children able to be adopted 37:16 or is there some type of adoption program? 37:19 How does that work as well 37:21 'cause I've got all these questions 37:22 flowing around in my mind. 37:23 This is amazing. 37:25 You guys, what you're doing is powerful, 37:26 powerful ministry ministering to these kids. 37:28 So what about adoption? 37:29 Is that an option? 37:32 Well, we've had 11 children adopted 37:34 ever since we started taking care 37:36 of the children in 2010, 37:37 when we opened our first children's home. 37:40 But the adoption laws have just recently changed 37:42 where they say you have to live in the country for three years. 37:46 But evidently, they're not stringent about that. 37:49 You can come and first foster a child 37:52 and then go back to the States and then keep on coming back. 37:55 It's going to take several three or four trips 37:57 back and forth for the process. 37:59 And it may take as long as three years 38:02 in order for that process to transpire. 38:04 So since the law has just recently changed, 38:07 we haven't had anybody 38:08 that started the adoption process again. 38:10 But we're willing to work with anybody 38:12 who's willing to come to visit us 38:14 and make a choice of one of our children. 38:17 We have plenty children for them to choose from. 38:19 Amen. Amen. 38:20 Praise the Lord. 38:21 And I understand you guys don't just work 38:25 with just children all the time. 38:28 You know, God's not just using Falco's Children Africa 38:31 to just minister to just children, 38:32 but you were talking to me kind of off the set 38:35 about these 13 women. 38:37 You have a picture of them. 38:38 Tell us a little bit about these 13 women 38:41 that you were briefly telling me 38:43 about behind the scenes. 38:47 Well, about two years ago, 38:49 or just about two and a half years ago, 38:52 Jerry had a special interest 38:55 in trying to locate women 38:58 that were prostitutes that work in local areas. 39:02 You see, the reason why we have so many abandoned children 39:06 is because of prostitution. 39:08 Unfortunately, when these work, 39:11 because they are not able to care for themselves 39:15 and babies that as a result of the prostitution. 39:18 Many of these children are discarded. 39:21 And so we get to... 39:23 We get these children 39:24 that are a referral from, unfortunately, these practices. 39:27 So when Jerry went out to try to locate these women 39:31 and minister to them, 26 of them. 39:34 He was able to locate at least 26 of them, 39:37 invited them to come to the orphanage. 39:40 At first, they did not know 39:41 that they were coming to an orphanage per Se. 39:44 They thought it was just a regular school 39:45 with beautiful little children running up and down, 39:48 all loving each other, everyone loving on them. 39:51 And one of the ladies just happened to ask, 39:54 "Well, what kind of a school do you have here? 39:56 It's very nice school." 39:57 And when Jerry told them it was really an orphanage 40:00 and the reason why we have so many children 40:03 at the orphanage 40:04 was as a result of prostitution, 40:06 they were floored. 40:07 They were humbled. There were many tears. 40:09 But they began to realize the impact 40:12 of what they were doing 40:13 and how it affected the children here. 40:16 But, you know, the grace of God 40:18 had lovely smiles for these children. 40:20 They were full of love. 40:22 They wrapped their arms around these women and welcomed them, 40:24 sang for them, and played with them 40:27 so much so that their hearts were touched. 40:29 They were open and they were even more open 40:31 to receive the Word of God, 40:33 that after few months of just Bible studies, 40:36 that they came out no matter what weather. 40:38 The weather was like... 40:40 Whether it was raining, whether it was muddy, 40:42 they still took whatever transportation 40:45 they could come, 40:46 with their Bibles that Jerry had given them, 40:48 and they studied the Word of God until... 40:51 That picture demonstrates 13 of those ladies 40:54 lined up for baptism. 40:55 And the last lady in that line is the mother 40:59 or how do you say? 41:02 The leader of the ladies. 41:04 She is the one that went back to tell all the other ladies 41:08 about the Word of God. 41:09 And so she is the woman at the well here at Tanzania. 41:13 She's the first evangelist from Falco's state event 41:17 and they have been baptized. 41:19 That's amazing. That's amazing. 41:20 So we got... That's powerful. Wow. 41:24 That's amazing. So it's you... 41:26 Lord is using this ministry 41:27 to reach all kinds of people, children and adults. 41:30 And so praise the Lord for that. 41:32 We have about... 41:33 We have about a minute here 41:35 before we go to a seven minute video of interviews 41:38 that you guys have conducted or that Valerie conducted. 41:40 And I just want to ask just in this minute, 41:42 if you could just tell us, what are the greatest needs 41:45 of this orphanage right now? 41:46 What is it that you need the most? 41:51 Regular monthly supporters. 41:53 Because our average expenses 41:55 each month is about $12,000 to $13,000, 41:58 depending whether we have maintenance issues or not. 42:01 And we don't have that many that support us 42:03 on a regular monthly basis. 42:05 It costs us about $66 42:08 for our boarding students to go to school each quarter, 42:12 and $47 for each one of the local students 42:15 to go to school. 42:16 So just anybody that's willing to help us 42:18 on a regular monthly basis, 42:20 so we can increase our base 42:22 so we know what we have for the next month. 42:24 Right. 42:25 Wow. That's amazing. 42:27 I'm sure there's so many different moving parts 42:30 and, you know, a lot that goes into this. 42:32 And so, you know what? 42:34 What I would like to do is go to that interview right now. 42:36 That set... 42:37 Those series of interviews right now. 42:38 When we come back on the other side 42:40 of this interview, 42:41 we're going to provide our viewers with an opportunity, 42:43 some information of how they can get in contact 42:45 with you guys. 42:46 And I'm going to have you guys to tell us a little bit 42:47 how people can support you. 42:49 So let's go to those interviews right now. 42:53 Good afternoon. 42:55 My name is Valerie Simon Backus. 42:57 I am interviewing the children at Falco's orphanage, 43:00 my children, to be able to share 43:02 their own testimony about life here at Falco's. 43:05 Some of the children have been here at a point 43:09 where they can clearly remember their life beside come, 43:11 before coming to Falco's. 43:13 But without further ado, I have Mwajuma here, 43:19 who's going to share for herself what life has been 43:22 and how she's now experiencing life here at Falco's. 43:27 The first time I used to live with my mom and dad, 43:30 but they divorced each other. 43:33 So no one, father or mother, 43:36 nobody wanted to take the baby. 43:39 Then my grandmother said, "I can take... 43:42 I can raise her." 43:43 So I went to live with my grandmother, 43:47 but the life there was not that good. 43:50 I used to be like a street child, 43:54 have one meal a day. 43:56 Maybe it's after... Like that. 43:59 And one day, there were... I saw mama and baba. 44:04 They came to visit there at home. 44:08 They came with mommy Robbie. 44:11 So they sign up the document and I'm in Falco's. 44:16 But life outside Falco's was very, very, very bad. 44:21 But now I get good education, 44:25 put on good clothes, eat enough food. 44:28 And I feel like I have a family, 44:32 not like before. 44:33 I've been here at Falco's for 12 years old 44:36 because I came here... 44:37 It was 2010. 44:39 And I stayed here until I'm 17 years old. 44:43 When we were allowed to go back home 44:44 to see how lifestyle is there at home, 44:47 I experienced that life in here 44:49 and life outside there is very different. 44:51 When I see that some children are wandering in streets. 44:54 They have nowhere to go 44:55 but here people are living healthy and secured. 44:59 This made me to become strong 45:02 and want to become a social worker 45:04 so I can help some other children 45:06 who are struggling out there without food, 45:09 shelter, and clothes. 45:10 That's what I want to be when I grow up. 45:12 And I want to be a social worker 45:14 to help everybody outside there 45:16 and show people that children are very valuable. 45:19 And when they are given support, 45:21 they can be such great people in this world. 45:23 Some want to be doctors, some want to be nurses, 45:26 some want to be pilots, and many other careers. 45:29 So if you assist them, they can do it. 45:34 So welcome, Helen. 45:36 Tell us about yourself? 45:37 First, when I was at my home, I was a Muslim. 45:41 But when I come here, I decide to be a Christian. 45:45 Because if you... 45:47 If I was a Muslim, when I was a Muslim, 45:52 it was not very good because every day you go to... 45:55 It's like you go to like normal... 45:58 You go to Bible study. 45:59 So you are going then after going to the mosque, 46:03 just like subject. 46:05 If you wrong, you just being punished just like that. 46:09 If you not go again to the mosque, 46:12 my grandma starts beating me just like that. 46:16 When I was here, I decided to be a Christian 46:19 because I love Jesus, then I know about, 46:22 more about Jesus. 46:23 Amen. 46:24 Thank you. 46:26 And what do you want to become when you get older? 46:28 My dream is to be a doctor and to have a big church. 46:33 To have a big church? All right. 46:35 So you'll be spreading the gospel too? 46:38 Yes, because at school, 46:39 I am the head of all church there. 46:41 Oh, really? 46:43 Well, that's wonderful. 46:44 That's awesome. 46:45 I'm glad that you are able to at least spread the gospel 46:48 wherever you are at school. 46:50 God bless you. 46:51 Thank you so much for your testimony. 46:52 Thank you. 46:54 Thank you. 46:55 Tell us a little bit about yourself, Anna, 46:57 and school, and what you're doing, 46:59 what you want to become? 47:01 I love being here 47:03 because the life is very good. 47:07 I have all the basic needs like food, 47:10 shelter, and clothes, education. 47:15 I thank the Lord because I'm here, 47:18 because the life of our home 47:22 was not very good. 47:25 It was very hard. 47:27 So I thank the Lord for baba and mommy Sarah 47:31 came to take me to come here in Falco's. 47:35 I have good education. 47:38 I have good clothes. 47:42 I thank Lord for this. 47:44 And I want to be a businesswoman. 47:48 I'm 14 years old. 47:51 I'm in grade... Form one. 47:55 Yeah. 47:57 Okay. 47:58 This is Riziki Simon. 48:00 And although we have the same last names, 48:02 we are perhaps distantly related. 48:04 She will be sharing with me 48:06 and the rest of us a little bit of life here 48:10 and her experiences personally, her Falco's experience. 48:14 So tell us a little bit about yourself, Riziki. 48:17 How old you are and what school and grade, 48:20 and what you want to be, and all that nice stuff. 48:22 Okay? 48:24 Okay. 48:25 I am 15 years old. 48:28 And then my school is Flores Secondary School. 48:32 And I'm in form one, and the subjects 48:36 which I like is physics, chemistry, 48:41 math, biology. 48:44 And when I grow up, I would like to be... 48:47 I have like three ambitions. 48:49 I want to be... 48:51 First, I want to be a hotel manager. 48:53 Second, I'd like to be a teacher, 48:56 and third, I'd like to be a doctor. 48:58 Okay. 49:02 Falco's Children, 49:05 we normally go to church on Sabbath day. 49:10 And we normally do the service on Saturday. 49:15 So I like to worship God. 49:18 I like to praise God, and I like too to sing. 49:22 I like to be a musician when I grow up. 49:25 I would like to sing the gospel songs. 49:29 And then in Falco's, 49:31 I like to stay with children to play with them. 49:35 I like to help mamas to do work... 49:38 Some works for children. 49:42 And I like to... I like to play. 49:46 Yeah. That's all. 49:48 All right. All right. 49:51 Wow. 49:53 That's just hearing each and every one 49:54 of those interviews, 49:56 the responses from these young ladies. 49:59 That's powerful. That's powerful. 50:01 You can see that those lives have been changed 50:03 by what Falco's Children Africa has been doing. 50:06 So, Jerry and Valerie, real quick. 50:09 We got about a minute here. 50:10 Tell us, how can people support you? 50:13 If they want to support you and it's laid on their heart 50:16 to give and to support this ministry, 50:18 how can they do that? 50:21 Well, first in prayers, 50:22 'cause we always need your prayers. 50:24 Because we have children 50:25 that's come through intolerance, 50:26 who have been burned because they were abandoned. 50:28 People throw holy water on 'em when they're abandoned 50:31 and they don't want 'em. 50:32 So we have a lot of needs here. 50:34 But you can go to the website, 50:36 which is www.falcoschildrenafria.org 50:40 We have PayPal on the website. 50:42 We also have a mailing address in Oklahoma 50:44 that you can mail checks to. 50:47 And I promise you, you will be blessed for helping us. 50:49 Amen. 50:51 Go see James 1:27. 50:52 And it's all... 50:54 Sure, all of you know James 1:27. 50:56 Amen. 50:57 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 50:59 Well, guys, listen, I also want to just make mention, 51:00 because we're about to go to an address role 51:02 where our viewers can see all of that information 51:05 you just mentioned of how to contact you. 51:06 But I got to make mention, these brother and sister, 51:09 they are eight hours ahead of Central Time. 51:12 So they're... 51:13 You're going to see a number in just a moment, 51:14 (918) 615-8664. 51:17 That is the Skype number. 51:19 And if you were to call them from America, 51:20 keep in mind 51:22 they're eight hours ahead of Central Time. 51:24 So you may be calling them in the middle of the night 51:26 or in the middle of the morning. 51:27 So be sure to keep in mind the time difference 51:30 if you decide to reach out by phone number. 51:33 So I tell you what we're going to do, 51:34 we're going to go to that address role right now. 51:36 And then when we come back 51:37 on the other side of that address role, 51:38 we're going to get some final thoughts 51:40 from Jerry and Valerie. 51:41 So here's how you can support Falco's Children Africa. 51:45 If you would like to contact or know more about 51:47 Falco's Children Africa Incorporated, 51:50 you can do so in a variety of ways. 51:52 You can write to them at PO Box 14, 51:56 Sapulpa, Oklahoma 74067. 52:00 You can call them at (918) 615-8664. 52:06 That's (918) 615-8664. 52:11 Or visit their website, falcoschildrenafrica.org 52:16 That's falcoschildrenafrica.org 52:20 You can also send them an email at 52:21 info@falcoschildrenafrica.org |
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