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00:15 ♪ I want to spend my life removing pain ♪ 00:25 ♪ Lord let my words heal a heart that hurts ♪ 00:36 ♪ I want to spend my life mending broken people ♪ 01:06 ♪ ♪ 01:07 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm J.D. Quinn. 01:08 And we welcome you to 3ABN Today We have a treat today because 01:13 we have three young college students with us and we're going 01:18 to learn about their experience at Ouachita Hills College in the 01:24 beautiful Ouachita Hills area of Arkansas which is, what, 40 01:30 minutes southeast of Hot Springs and then Arkadelphia. How far 01:36 away are you from Arkadelphia? 01:37 About 40 minutes. 01:40 About 40 minutes. You guys are just drive out there in it. 01:44 Well let me introduce our very special guests. We're very 01:48 pleased to have Dr. Patrice Wright. It's so good to see you 01:52 again Dr. Wright. 01:53 It's a pleasure to be here and I am the academic deal at Ouachita 01:58 I also lead the college as well. 02:00 That must be quite a challenge but I know you're a woman of 02:06 prayer and you are counting on the Lord. 02:10 I am and I always believe that when we're asked to lead we have 02:13 to actually ask God to be the one that guides the school. So I 02:17 have allowed God to lead and guide the school because that's 02:21 the way to go. 02:22 Amen. And that's what we all need to learn in our lives 02:24 period. (It is) And then we have Lowell Jenks. Lowell what do you 02:29 you do for Ouachita Hills College? 02:30 I'm a freshman staff member. I spent 10 weeks there setting 02:34 up the mechanic's program for small engines and will begin 02:38 teaching it in August. 02:40 You know what, I was talking with Lowell in the green room 02:44 and I said the idea that they're teaching small engine repair 02:48 in the vocational school. This is an academic college but they 02:52 also have a vocational area. They're very heavy into that 02:57 spiritual and physical development of the kids. 03:01 Every single time we have interviewed a missionary you 03:06 know what they come up with right away, boy, we're learning 03:11 how to repair engines on the ground and it's wonderful 03:14 that...whose idea was this? 03:18 The Lord's. 03:20 But you've been a missionary in many places. Tell us a 03:24 little. 03:25 Well, it's hard to say. Which place you want me to start with? 03:28 I mean just kind of give us an overview. 03:31 Well I spent several years in 13 different countries. 03:37 Many of them were just short term mission trips but as long 03:41 as six years in the country of South Sudan, just my wife and I. 03:45 We've never been to 3ABN but we've been on 3ABN. 03:50 That's wonderful. Well I'm sure Ouachita Hills College is 03:54 excited to have you aboard. And that's such a great line of 03:58 study in a vocational school. Now! Thaw Htoo. You know I'm a 04:03 Texan. Thaw where are you from, when did you start school, what 04:08 year, etc.? 04:10 Yes. I was originally born in Thailand. We came to the U.S. 04:13 when I was about five years old. Before I started attending 04:18 Ouachita I attended a public college. What was going on was I 04:23 was learning religion but the building where we were learning 04:27 religion was off campus, but the credit goes towards the school 04:30 itself. So then I heard about the school and I decided 04:33 to come here. The Lord led here and I transferred all my credits 04:36 Ouachita Hills. I'm a senior attending Ouachita Hills 04:41 studying Theology. 04:43 Wonderful. Well congratulations on that. And Inara Miller, right 04:47 (Yes ma'am) Tell us about you. Where do you come from? 04:50 Well, my name is Inara. I'm from the Bahamas and my family and I 04:55 heard about this school over 14 years ago from canvassers they 04:59 met in Florida. And so God has just opened the way for us to, 05:03 my sister and I, to attend the school. And yeah it's been great 05:07 So what is your area of study? 05:09 Secondary education. 05:11 And you want to teach what grade? 05:12 High school students. 05:14 High school students. You know when we're talking about getting 05:18 a degree and teaching at Ouachita Hills, Ouachita Hills 05:22 is a Seventh-day Adventist Christian school. So the focus 05:28 is on presenting Christ whether it's in vocational, for 05:35 missionary, for education, whatever's going on, so when she 05:38 says she wants to be a secondary high school teacher, she's saying 05:45 a high school teacher of Christianity too. So then we 05:49 have Oscar Ortiz. Tell me about yourself. 05:52 Yeah, I'm from California, and I heard about this school through 05:56 one of the college graduates actually. And I decided to come 06:01 for the academy and I'm now in the college. 06:04 Okay so you were there your last year of high school. What are 06:09 you studying. 06:10 Right now I'm unsure but I'm leaning towards either theology 06:15 or education. 06:17 Wonderful. Just a lot of prayer, Oscar, a lot of prayer. Okay we 06:21 would like to put up a graphic just right off the bat because 06:24 one thing that's beautiful about Ouachita Hills College beyond 06:33 their campus is their prices. So tell us about the areas of focus 06:38 and we've got a graphic that will show the price for the 06:42 quarter. 06:44 Right. What we do here at Ouachita is that we offer 06:49 courses like a bachelors in Theology, a bachelors in 06:54 Christian secondary education, a bachelors in Christian 06:58 elementary education. We also have a new program that 07:01 we're going to offer. 07:02 It's a one-year certificate program in small 07:06 engines and then we have another program which is an 07:11 associate degree in accounting. So those are the programs that 07:15 have at Ouachita Hills College. 07:18 So your focus is not just on academics but also on... 07:26 Vocational. We also have vocational so we have a number 07:27 of vocational programs. We offer courses in electrical, just 07:35 electrical, just having students know how to wire things. And we 07:40 also have auto mechanics. In fact, just this quarter students 07:46 were able to do a certificate program in auto mechanics with 07:49 it is up to them whether they wanted to do it that way or not. 07:53 So we also offer tiling which students are able to even... 07:58 in fact one student after learning it went home and she 08:01 tiled a whole room in her parents house. They were excited 08:06 It's so exciting to think about learning these vocations because 08:13 even if you get your college degree you want to know these 08:16 things. And there's the finished project. Now you have a 08:22 vocational clothing construction 08:27 Clothing construction. I know most people call it sewing but 08:29 we call it clothing construction and/or young ladies have done 08:34 three-quarters of this because the aim is _ and in 08:40 fact they made dresses and coats and the bags that we have for 08:46 college days instead of buying them online we made the bags to 08:50 put whatever we thought people were interested in. And also 08:56 young men did clothing construction as well. Thaw you 08:59 did something. Say something about what you did. 09:01 So when I was in a sewing class most of us didn't know anything 09:09 about sewing like what do we even press, but we learned. We 09:12 learned how to operate everything. The first thing we 09:15 were making was baby burps or something where you put the baby 09:19 burp over the shoulder. And that was really neat, 09:21 it was a learning process on how to sew, 09:23 how to put the needle, the thread, and all 09:26 of that. Also the second thing we made was pajama pants. We 09:29 made it from scratch. So we measured ourselves and then we 09:32 just got a layout and stuff. Then we just cut it and then we 09:39 sewed it. We did everything ourself. I actually tried it on, 09:42 they fit. 09:46 Wonderful. Now tell us about your cafeteria because people 09:50 rave about the cafeteria at Ouachita Hills and I believe 09:54 Inara you work in your cafeteria. Tell us about it. 09:58 So the kitchen at the cafeteria is one of my favorite 10:02 places on campus because we get to talk with everyone, have 10:06 little birthday celebrations and I like to cook and bake so it's 10:09 definitely one of my favorite places where I get to talk and 10:12 bake and work at the same time. 10:13 That's wonderful. 10:15 I've spent years in school campuses, 60-some years, and 10:19 I've never eaten in a more healthy cafeteria and I was 10:24 taught by a mom who said you are what you eat. And I feel good 10:27 every time I eat there. 10:30 So it's not only healthy but it's delicious. Now do you guys 10:33 help in the kitchen at all? 10:35 Yeah I do some of the lunch prep and supper cleanup as well. 10:40 You know what I love about we recently had interviewed the 10:45 Ouachita Hill Academy students and you were one of those, not 10:50 in the interview, but what I love about the focus at Ouachita 10:56 Hills, I always say one of the two most important things you 10:58 learn in life first is to have an intimate relationship with 11:04 the Lord Jesus Christ. There's a huge emphasis in the academy 11:11 and the college on spiritual development, on learning how to 11:15 evangelize. We're going to look at some pictures here in a 11:19 minute. But also it's the vocational area, you guys learn 11:24 how to work and the second-most important thing you can develop 11:27 in your life is a good work ethic. You learn how to work 11:31 and you learn to enjoy work. 11:36 This is really very practical. I mean I could have saved $150 11:40 already in guarding and just started just putting together my 11:42 little engines. You know, my little here and there. And then 11:47 Heaven forbid going ahead and trying to retile. You know you 11:52 got to depend on someone else give you directions. Who do I 11:55 need to call. So I mean this is very impressive that this is 11:59 practical stuff that you'll use the rest of your life. I don't 12:02 know if I'd...if there's enough cloth out there to make my own 12:05 pajamas but at least it'd be nice to know 12:10 how to sew my button on. Yes! 12:12 Regarding that I want you to know that the young ladies made 12:16 dresses and blouses and other things. Yeah. 12:20 We just started finishing up some blouses that we've been 12:22 working on for this semester. 12:26 Wonderful skills to know, men and women alike. Now Thaw you 12:29 had worked in the construction program. 12:33 I think you have as well. So I think you've got a picture 12:37 of the construction. Tell us what this is about. 12:41 So this picture is an old church that our church used to attend 12:44 there. So it's not being used 12:47 so they were thinking of turning that building into a 12:51 school close by the Amity Church. So what we did was we 12:55 were framing the inside so we can be able to move it. So they 12:58 took all the electrical work, they took out the carpet, they 13:01 took out the wood. And it was all students. So new students 13:05 were screwing in screws, students were cutting the wood, 13:07 students were measuring. Everything was operated by 13:10 students, yes managed by that guy who guided us. So yes we 13:15 learned a lot of practical skills and Oscar himself too was 13:18 there working on that. 13:21 Yeah we had to take apart a lot of the braces and the roofing. 13:25 So my understanding you actually moved the location of the school 13:29 Yeah. So it wasn't being used at its location so they wanted to 13:36 move it closer to the new Amity Church location for a 13:40 church school essentially. 13:41 How wonderful. 13:43 So basically you took the old one down and reconstructed 13:46 the new one? 13:48 So it was like a double trailer a double wide, so we just kind 13:54 of split it in half and then someone came, lifted it 13:57 and moved it over. 14:00 Amazing skills. 14:03 The experience that these young people were getting. Now they 14:05 didn't just get a little bit of construction. I mean they worked 14:09 their way through different departments with hands-on. And 14:15 over and over again have I spent time in foreign developing 14:17 countries and worked with other missionaries. I often thought 14:21 you know how handicapped a person would be if you didn't 14:25 into that kind of situation with some hands-on skills. And 14:29 the school is big on hands-on skills as well as academic and 14:34 spiritual but it's a big thing. 14:36 Then you certainly would appreciate what you get. 14:40 And it's invaluable. 14:44 Well now I want to kind of jump into a look at some of the 14:47 vocational...Oh, you got a bee... We forgot about 14:50 the bees, tell us about the bee program. 14:53 We actually had bee and honey harvesting and... 14:58 Is that one bee? (Multiple voices) Of course, if you go 15:03 there you'll be swarmed with bees but what's interesting is 15:08 that we have students who work with the bee the...yeah...they 15:13 work in that. It's a new industry we're building and we 15:16 haven't had honey yet but we're hoping that very soon, later 15:20 this year we will have honey for the first time. And so they're 15:25 they're getting that experience how to harvest bees and honey. 15:28 That's beautiful. 15:30 We actually have like four hives so and we're just starting... 15:35 You know what's good about that is because the bee populations 15:37 are being exterminated almost by all of the...around here we're 15:43 losing a lot of bees because of all the insecticides. So any 15:47 time you can continue God's... Bees are important to our... 15:53 That's another arrow that you have in your quiver. We've got 15:56 some guys here at 3ABN who are starting new hives and it's got 16:00 its own language. I mean you just walk up to them and they're 16:04 sitting there talking bee talk you know and everything and it's 16:07 kind of like what in the world. You know. And so anyway it's 16:15 very smart to sit and have your own hives. 16:19 Absolutely. So now let's just kind of jump into the spiritual 16:22 development there because I know ...we've got pictures. We're 16:27 going to run through them rather quickly but you'll see the 16:30 pictures of the students praying together. They will be singing 16:35 at church, playing the piano at church. But you also teach the 16:40 students to actually give the sermon, delivering the sermons. 16:45 It's more than just...the students do a lot of this... 16:50 So have you preached yet Thaw? 16:53 Yes I recently this Sabbath I actually preached at the Amity 16:55 church. We have our class in Biblical Preaching II. 16:58 So what it is we each take each week 17:01 our students in that class. Not only that we do the 17:04 morning devotions we are recording for ourselves so 17:08 they want us to have practical work, practical training in 17:12 learning how to preach rather than just sitting in a classroom 17:15 and showing us examples of how to preach. We're actually 17:19 learning ourselves how can we correct ourselves. And then one 17:21 thing in our classroom is impromptu sermons where out of 17:26 the teachers will give us a scripture and we have two 17:27 minutes to prepare. So you're preparing for a five-minute talk 17:30 but you only get two minutes to prepare. I don't know when 17:33 you have to create something in your mind. You have to think of 17:36 something real quick and then at the end we have to do an appeal. 17:39 And so with that class, we're learning how to preach, we're 17:42 learning how to think. We're learning how to analyze the 17:47 Bible at the same time and also we're doing it in churches and 17:50 we're doing it in videos, we're doing it in class so we get a 17:54 lot of experience rather than just learning how to preach 17:57 we're actually doing the preaching. 17:58 Amen, amen. And then you all have a rather large emphasis on 18:04 canvassing. Oscar, have you done any canvassing? 18:10 (Yeah) For our viewers at home tell us what we mean when we say 18:13 canvassing. 18:15 So canvassing is essentially just going door to door trying 18:19 to leave books on a donation basis. You know, spiritual books 18:24 that share about how we can have a relationship with Jesus. 18:28 Health books that show people how they can cook healthy. 18:31 A lot of people are looking for that nowadays. 18:34 Yeah, basically we... What is canvassing? 18:39 You all are participating in it. 18:45 what is the experience of canvassing, how has that helped 18:48 develop you for evangelizing sharing the gospel, missionary. 18:56 Talk about what it has done for you. 18:58 Well one thing is because we're speaking to random people 19:01 that we don't really know 19:03 and we're learning how to analyze them. We're 19:06 looking. Do they have a cross on their necklace on there. And 19:08 they're turning away. How do you get their attention again. 19:11 You're trying to engage with them so you're not only there 19:13 just to sell books but you're engaging to know that you care 19:16 for them and you want to bring salvation to the house by 19:18 giving them those books. 19:20 Amen. 19:22 For me, canvassing is really close because my mom did 19:24 canvassing back home and it also about the school. There were 19:29 canvassers that came down to a church that my family and I were 19:31 staying at and we got to see them canvassing, you know how 19:34 they came back with their testimonies and then my parents 19:38 were like you know when we get to that age to go off the school 19:39 Ouachita Hills would be the place. And so I thoroughly 19:43 enjoyed canvassing 19:44 because it really teaches you how to trust in God. You're like 19:48 walking for so long and you see like one person you know like 19:51 how do I talk to this person? How do I communicate with them? 19:53 Because like Thaw was saying we want to leave them with books 19:56 that can lead to their salvation and so it has really helped me 19:59 to build my faith and trust in God a whole lot. So... 20:03 I think we've got some pictures of you all canvassing and I 20:08 believe that prayer is a big part of it. There you are with 20:12 your books and then you end up praying with people, don't you? 20:15 So what's been...give me an experience of where you're 20:19 plotting out your canvassing route. It's not just a simple... 20:24 And I have to tell you that's... you can laugh. I need to come 20:28 to Ouachita Hills College. I can stand up in front of 15,000 20:33 people and I have and teach Bible. That doesn't make my 20:38 knees knock. Maybe a little bit, no not really. The idea of going 20:43 door to door is terrifying to me because you have to learn how to 20:50 as you said you're analyzing but you mean that in a way that 20:55 you are trying to learn how to connect with others. It's so 20:59 simple for somebody to have the door just slams in your face. 21:03 It's real training to be instant in season and out of 21:06 season. 21:08 Ah yes. 21:12 For several years I was a Boys' Dean in one of our academies and 21:14 they had a canvassing program. And they would come back like 21:16 these young people did to our campus and tell of their 21:19 experiences. I thought man, I really missed something in life. 21:23 I really missed something. 21:24 Now do any of you canvas and sell books to or deliver books 21:31 for donation, however, you say that. Do any of you do that to 21:34 help pay your tuition. 21:38 Yeah. So this summer actually we two are going into a program 21:43 in Maine which hasn't worked in a very long time. But it's 21:48 essentially a way to get training for the ministry 21:52 whether it's personal, or public as well as you know make 21:58 a little money for school. 22:00 And you get to see people's needs and you all have...tell us 22:08 some of your spiritual activities that you have. 22:10 You've got different days and seasons. 22:13 Yeah, we have quite a bit going on. Apart from morning worship 22:15 which we have, students have worship in the dorm, dorm 22:20 worship. On Wednesday nights we have actually the Wednesday 22:24 night meetings and students actually, participate in some of 22:27 these meetings, the Wednesday night meetings, and morning 22:30 worship. Thaw you have participated in that, you know 22:33 many of the students. And we also have other activities like 22:38 we actually have a medical missionary weekend. That was 22:40 just last weekend. Where actually, it was very spiritual 22:45 highly spiritual. Dr. Jackson from M.E.E.T. Ministries was 22:49 there and he did an amazing presentation. And we also have 22:54 College Days. That was also very spiritual. Well Brother 23:00 Ramon Gibbs, he's actually a past student. He did theology. 23:05 He's a past student of Ouachita Hills College. We were so proud 23:09 of him. He actually spoke about true education and he presented 23:14 it in such a comprehensive manner and a manner that I 23:18 believe inspired just about all of us to get involved in 23:23 ministering to others. In fact, he is at Red River Ministries 23:27 and he told how they got the land. It was given to them. 23:32 The Lord moved in such an amazing way that they wanted 23:36 this land and the people who got it to them, gave it to them, 23:41 felt inspired by the Lord to have them get that land. I 23:46 believe it's over a hundred acres of land with buildings on 23:49 it. It's not just land. It had buildings so they already had 23:54 in place the buildings for a sanitarium, for a restaurant and 23:58 other... 24:01 So how exciting to see people who've graduated and be 24:06 successful. But I want you to just rewind just a minute. You 24:10 used a phrase that I think is really important for us to 24:15 explain and that is "True Education." You know it's one 24:20 thing to go to college and get our degrees, an academic degree, 24:24 but what do you mean by "True Education." Who wants to 24:29 jump in and talk about true education. 24:31 I'm going to start a little bit. True education in the sense of 24:35 being educated in a relationship with Jesus, being educated to 24:40 live a life of godliness. I think that's the real center of 24:46 that phrase "True Education." 24:48 Amen. Amen. 24:49 I'd like to share something because like I said I went to 24:53 public college throughout my whole life from pre-K to two 24:56 years in college. And the only thing we'd been learning about 25:00 is how to get a good life, how to get a nice car, how to get a 25:04 nice house. But that's just the world's education. Where true 25:09 education is you're having a relationship with the Lord and 25:10 not only that but you're growing mentally, physically, spiritually, 25:15 With the world, they're only focusing on the mental but when 25:19 going to Ouachita I've been loving and the thing about true 25:22 education because I never heard about this but when I first 25:25 heard about true education I was like where has this been? Where 25:28 has true education been? Because I...Luke 2:52 I memorized in my 25:36 own language where back then my Mom taught me this verse but 25:39 I never learned the importance of it until I came to Ouachita. 25:42 The verse says Jesus grew in wisdom, he grew in stature and 25:46 he grew in favor of God and man. And so it just shows you this is 25:50 how we should grow too. We should grow mentally, physically 25:53 and spiritually, and also socializing with people around 25:56 us too. 25:59 Amen, amen. 26:01 So how are you assigned? I mean do you go 30 miles away 26:06 from the dorm or school to canvas people or do you wait 26:13 till the summer to do this or you do this year round or...? 26:16 So part of the school's program is actually to go out mid-school 26:22 year, maybe to...it depends, different state, maybe the same 26:26 state, but we typically stay outside of the school like with 26:31 the church or something and basically, you know do our work 26:35 out there. Yeah. 26:38 Okay. So the school does that or do you all make those decisions 26:44 It's typically the school that organizes it but really like the 26:51 last few times it's people that have been in connection with the 26:55 school inviting us to their churches, maybe pastors or 26:58 relatives of other teachers. Stuff like that. 27:01 What caught my attention was Maine, wow. I mean that's 27:07 getting into another land. That's a long way from home. 27:12 Yeah, it is. 27:13 So how did that happen? I mean did the churches there contact 27:17 the school. 27:20 This is more... There are different programs around the U.S. and the 27:25 one in Maine is just starting. But there are other ones like in 27:29 the Gulf states, Florida. We have some in West Texas and 27:35 California and stuff like that. It's in different places. 27:40 It's fantastic 27:42 Okay, so we talked about mental, physical, and spiritual, but you 27:46 mentioned the word fellowship. Now you were in the girl's dorm 27:50 we've got a picture. It's a beautiful dorm. Tell us what 27:55 the experience is like because... 27:58 What I love about Ouachita Hills is it has an intimacy about it 28:04 The capacity is 70 students so there's one on one with your 28:09 teachers, one on one...you get to know everybody there. 28:14 We personally like to hang out with people like on a one-on-one 28:18 basis and so when we are like for example in the cafeteria 28:21 there's all the students, there's the teachers that are 28:23 there. And we get to eat with them and it's like they're 28:27 mentors to us and so when we're in the cafe and we're eating 28:30 we're talking about like Bible things or things that we spoke 28:33 about in class, and you go to the dorm and you have like dorm 28:35 worship. And we got to talk about the day, we got to have 28:39 Bible studies. So you're like surrounded by the spiritual 28:44 aspect and it just really brings everyone together on like a 28:48 spiritual level because you all have the same mindset which I 28:51 really enjoy. 28:53 You know here at 3ABN there's 150 people (indistinct) who do 29:00 the work of 450. But we're family. And that's what you guys 29:05 are. It's got that family-type You know I'm just thinking 29:11 there's mamas and daddies or grandparents who are watching 29:15 and thinking well maybe I need to send my child to academy for 29:20 their senior year. Or maybe they're ready to go off to 29:22 school. Check out Ouachita Hills College because it excels...You 29:31 know how I know how good your college is and how good your 29:34 academy is. The quality of the students and I mean what a 29:40 character development. You have beautiful students. 29:46 Not only that but when you look at Lowell over here, 60 years 29:52 as a missionary, for 40 years, I forget the number. 29:54 Forty-some years in education in different countries... 30:00 What a testimony to actually be out of the country. We all grow 30:05 up hearing about the missionaries, we all grow up 30:09 hearing about Africa, you know, and South America and here we 30:12 got somebody we can actually go and talk to those who have "walked the 30:17 talk" you know. The Lord has blessed you and what, so many 30:20 experiences. 30:22 You know what, one of the biggest blessings I find in 30:25 being on that campus and like I say I've spent most of my life 30:28 on school campuses. There's a Godly atmosphere on that campus. 30:34 You know I had no intention of going there to work. I was asked 30:40 to go and consult. As we're driving away my wife says what 30:44 if the Lord wants us to be there So I came back home and began 30:48 praying and well that's where I'm at. But I'm just so blessed 30:52 just being there. Young people like this whose focus is 30:59 finishing the Lord's work. I wish I could say that every 31:02 young person that I've associated with has that focus. 31:05 But they don't. Too often well it's like you mentioned you know 31:09 going to go out and get a job and live the good life if that's 31:14 what is the definition of good life is. But these young people 31:16 they're focus and the staff focus is on preparing young 31:21 people to go out and finish the Lord's work on this earth 31:23 and go home. 31:25 And even the vocational...We've got a short video I wanted to 31:28 show you on the vocational because even what you're 31:32 teaching...I don't care if you get your...both of you get your 31:36 theology degree if you ever 31:38 do missionary work or just in life having vocational 31:42 training is really important to your overall development and to 31:48 making you a well-balanced person but they've got someone 31:51 and two-year degrees in the vocation. 31:54 Let's run that video right now. 31:56 I think we'll get to see a little more of Lowell. 31:59 ♪ ♪ 32:05 As I have traveled the world I have met at times and worked 32:09 with graduates of OHC and witnessed God working through 32:13 them to further his kingdom. Beginning with the new school 32:17 year in August of 2024 Ouachita Hills College will have an 32:23 additional program of study and for witness. Here before me 32:26 is a recently 32:27 installed classroom lab area where we will offer a one-school 32:31 year-length program in Small Engine Mechanics. This exciting 32:37 and challenging trade is one which can be applied to almost any 32:40 corner of planet Earth either as a business or used as an 32:44 outreach tool in assisting others in their small engine 32:46 mechanic needs and building relationships as one seeks 32:51 opportunity to tell them about the plan of salvation and the 32:55 soon return of our Savior be it working on as you see here 32:59 chippers, pressure washers, chain saws, generators, etc. 33:03 Branching out into recreational equipment such as ATVs, motor 33:09 cycles and watercraft. A small engine course also leaves a 33:13 solid for further training in automotive mechanics so that our 33:19 graduates can take and pass one or more of the 33:22 equipment and engine training counsels mechanics certification 33:25 exams. As you can see they're fairly well-tooled to present 33:30 this course and are presently set up to accept six students 33:33 into this program. If you or someone you might know would 33:36 have an interest, check us out at OHC.ORG. Our phone number is 33:42 870-342-6210 Thank you and may the Lord 33:50 bless you. ♪ ♪ 33:57 So I want to talk to you about ministry opportunities. We've 34:03 talked a little about canvassing We've talked some about how you 34:08 get up to lead devotionals, and/or worship. You all have 34:16 been first-year students, you've just completed your first year. 34:17 How have you grown spiritually? Inara we'll start with you. 34:23 I would say personally because I have grown spiritually in a 34:28 way because we do so much outreach opportunity so you 34:32 really get to see how much people are in need, how much 34:35 they need to know about God. And so as you go there to like 34:39 how we had on Thursday we had an outreach opportunity and we went 34:43 out into the community and we saw...we were able to help 34:47 people with things and leave spiritual books with them. For 34:51 me just to see the lack of the need for God in the communities 34:55 has really helped me to grow spiritually. And you know 34:58 studying my Bible or wanting to fill me of the things that 35:02 I can share with others as well 35:03 and so I would say that's how I would have grown 35:06 spiritually like seeing the need that other people have and we 35:10 have so many opportunities at this school to access those 35:13 resources that others don't have and so just taking advantage 35:16 of those things to be able to share with others. 35:19 (Very well put) Amen. Oscar what about you? 35:23 For me, it started in the academy I actually came into the school 35:29 out of a secular lifestyle. I grew up in a church, but I 35:34 didn't do my devotions, I wouldn't eat healthy 35:36 I basically did whatever I wanted. 35:40 But coming into the academy you know 35:43 they encourage you to do your devotions and I think that's one 35:47 way really that has improved my spiritual life. But in terms of 35:52 ministry there's also a lot of opportunity to encourage you to 35:57 like you know your friends at school. Because we all go 36:00 through discouragements and stuff like that. And you know 36:04 like academic life can get hard and discouraging. But there's 36:10 always an opportunity to pray with your friends and to kind of 36:14 share that Christ-like selflessness. And I think really 36:18 that has helped me. 36:19 So would you say you're less selfish? 36:24 Definitely, definitely. 36:26 Have you learned to work harder? 36:28 Yeah. Yeah. 36:31 You enjoy work... 36:32 I do enjoy work. Um I grew up with my dad as a mechanic and so 36:37 I would go with him sometimes and help him out. I still do 36:41 whenever I go home I go, you know, go help him out. But I 36:48 enjoy working on the farm. We have a few fields there and 36:52 greenhouses as well as in construction and maintenance and 36:55 stuff like that. 36:56 Tell us a little bit more about the greenhouses because I know 36:58 we talked about that with the academy students but we haven't 37:02 mentioned that here. You do have a really lovely farming program 37:06 and you raise your produce. 37:10 Yeah. So we have obviously a plethora of land there and we'll 37:18 grow stuff like corn and stuff like okra, watermelon, honeydew 37:25 and we typically use the greenhouse for some of the 37:31 smaller foods like beets, carrots, cilantro, coriander, 37:36 tomatoes, and all of that stuff. And usually like they let 37:43 us do the planting. So we set the seeds in the little 37:47 containers and then take them out and put them in the soil. 37:49 And that's pretty fun. 37:52 Yeah, see this one. He always raises our tomatoes from 37:56 heirloom seeds and we go through from the little pods out to 38:02 about four or five different pot sizes before they go into 38:04 the raised bed. 38:05 If I could just figure out how to not have $10 tomatoes. 38:11 Now Thaw you have a different perspective that anyone because 38:18 you've been to a secular college and come in here and how has 38:25 your life changed at Ouachita? 38:28 Yes, um coming to Ouachita there's a big difference, really 38:33 different, because what they teach over there and what 38:35 Ouachita teaches. Because coming from a public college, you 38:38 just see people doing whatever they want to do. 38:42 They're just living a life. But coming to Ouachita there's 38:47 actually, staff who care about you, who want you to get closer 38:48 to the Lord and ask how are you doing today? Are you doing 38:52 fine? They're looking at your homework saying oh look it looks 38:56 like your homework's not being turned in on time. But at public 38:59 college they don't care. (Mumbling) But at Ouachita they 39:04 actually are caring, like are you okay? How are you doing? 39:08 Is there any way we can help you The goal especially too with 39:14 Ouachita, when I came to Ouachita I started waking up 39:16 more early too for my morning devotion time. I used to think 39:21 6, 5 in the morning, that's crazy. I'm not going to wake 39:23 up at that time. But just coming to Ouachita seeing people how 39:28 the Lord used them because of when they're in prayer. Prayer's 39:32 so powerful, especially that morning prayer where you just 39:35 pray with the Lord in the morning. Your days seem so 39:38 different than when you don't pray in the morning. Just coming 39:41 to Ouachita like especially myself, I have grown spiritually 39:45 coming to Ouachita. But you know 39:47 it's interesting because you said to Oscar that you 39:49 pretty much did what you wanted to before you showed up. When 39:55 you're in a secular school there's a certain amount of peer 39:58 pressure and you've got people who have no real purpose in 40:01 their life and they're partying and they do...So your value 40:05 system when you come to a place like Ouachita Hills College is 40:11 very different. 40:12 Yes, um from what I've noticed being in a secular school...I 40:16 came out from a secular high school it's just kind of like 40:19 clicking, checking all the boxes It's not really like oh this is 40:27 important. It's more like I'm just going to do this because I 40:29 have to get through it. And that will get me to whatever job I 40:34 want. But when you come into Christian education specifically 40:40 Ouachita Hills College it's more like you're doing it for the 40:44 Lord. Everything that you're being taught prepares you to 40:49 be a more effective soul-winner for that. 40:54 That's beautiful, that's beautiful... 40:56 Let me ask Dr. Wright. You're sitting here listening to these 41:01 students. I think I'd be a proud parent. 41:06 Well I am proud to be the leader of the school, the academic dean 41:12 and hear them share the fact that they have been transformed. 41:16 I mean to the school and the fact that they are being 41:21 developed in all three dimensions: Spiritually mentally 41:25 and physically. So that is really important. It creates 41:30 that you know they're experiencing a balanced 41:33 education. And we have learned that for them to just go to 41:38 school like I have done in several of my schools just 41:43 learning academics. It's not enough. In fact, learning, a 41:48 vocational program actually helps them to do better mentally 41:52 And so... 41:54 Oh absolutely, it's kind of like what Oscar was saying. You can 42:00 go to college and always make straight A's. You can just tick, 42:04 tick, tick, study, cram...It... I've forgotten a whole lot more 42:09 then I learned. But if you know you're doing it for a purpose 42:14 you understand you're learning better but the vocational is 42:18 teaching you the planning, the creating. It's kind of like what 42:21 you were saying when we get off on these missionary trips. 42:24 Right, it makes them useful. We don't have a gym at our school. 42:30 But we have what we call vocational programs that make 42:34 them useful so they go on the farm they work on the farm, they 42:38 work in tiling and all these different areas of labor in 42:48 being useful. When many of them get married I can imagine Oscar 42:51 probably building his own house and tiling his house and fixing 42:56 his car and doing all of that and saving so much money. So 43:00 that's great. 43:04 From a gentleman's standpoint that's impressive. 43:07 Whenever I can sit 43:09 and talk to somebody and we'll be talking about oh yeah my 43:12 lawnmower went down. I guess I'll take it to the...Well why 43:16 not check for a new one you know and then it's down. I mean 43:21 you're just caught in this... And whenever you sit here and 43:24 you can talk to somebody who's ...well you know perhaps if you 43:28 tried this or tried that you know. I did this when I was 43:32 going to college and it's like what? what? Now this is the best 43:37 of both worlds. I mean you're... Number one you have a 43:42 relationship with Jesus. Doesn't get any better than that. We 43:44 started with that. Let's pray, let's start this day off 43:47 right. That's where we start. And then from there, we get to 43:50 do a little labor. Oh my goodness, you know. Labor, that's 43:54 what I'm trying to get away from And so it's kind of like well 43:58 wait a minute here you know you do a little bit of labor, you 44:01 start your day with prayer and then well come on over here 44:04 let's learn a little bit about algebra. We got to throw algebra 44:07 in there to let us know where we came from so now all of a sudden 44:11 we've got a whole person. Not just, well you know now I was 44:17 really good in everything but mechanics and I still just... 44:22 Well, what's the problem? Yeah, it's, its, it fascinates me 44:26 seeing Jesus as an example as well. He was in a carpenter shop 44:31 but he also studied the scriptures and you know he would 44:37 go out to the mountain and pray but he wouldn't just stop there. 44:39 He wouldn't just be like a monk isolated on the mountain but he 44:43 would go out and you know touch the people, heal them, preach... 44:47 (Multiple voices) And you know you said to learn to analyze. It's 44:56 reading people, it's developing discernment about people and 45:00 that's something you have to learn to rely on the Lord 45:04 as well because sometimes we think we know what is going on. 45:08 You were talking about what have they learned you know. My wife 45:11 and I had the privilege of working in a 90 percent non 45:15 Christian country a few years ago. And it was graduates of 45:21 this college who ran a canvassing program in that 45:24 country. And it was...we were very blessed to have them there 45:28 incredibly. 45:29 They knew how to lead. They were leaders. And that's part 45:33 of what they're learning they need. 45:35 And I hope you heard that. I mean you know because that is a 45:42 gift that you have to share with somebody in the future you know 45:46 as well as the present. 45:47 There's something I like, I like the fact that Paul who was so 45:49 well-educated was a tentmaker. Sometimes the highly 45:54 educated individuals do not gravitate towards vocational 45:58 work. But we should. 46:02 Picking up on that Ellen G. White says that Paul is because he 46:06 was a tentmaker was able to reach a class of people that he 46:10 never would have been able to meet before. And that's what the 46:15 trade skills allow you to do, to dial into people that one on 46:19 one relationship so many times that you wouldn't have an 46:22 opportunity to otherwise. 46:25 Have you all been on any missionary trips or do you have 46:28 anything planned for that? 46:29 I have. I've been in the academy every senior year every senior 46:37 class goes on a mission trip. Last year we went to Ukraine. 46:42 Mmmm. Right in the middle of everything. 46:48 We were on the safe side but... 46:49 (Right in the middle of it.) 46:50 We have something planned for this year. We're heading to 46:54 Belize so we're excited as a college to go. (Belize?) Belize. 46:59 We're planning this and the academy will join us as well. 47:00 And Mr. Jenks is right next to me. He's the one 47:03 planning this trip. He's leading it. 47:05 My dear wife is from Belize. Okay so we were just there 47:09 spending a couple of weeks with family 47:10 and checking out what the options are. I haven't 47:13 set down with administration yet. That 'set for 47:16 a meeting for next week. We have about three different options. 47:19 We were hoping to choose one or two of those come this next 47:24 school year and make the trip in there. 47:26 That is wonderful because nothing like a missionary trip. 47:30 So if somebody's a young person if they're watching what would 47:38 you tell them. Why would you recommend people who may not 47:44 have a very strong relationship with the Lord, what would be one 47:49 of the top things that you would say about Ouachita Hills 47:52 College? 47:55 Well one thing is for sure is getting closer to the Lord. 47:59 Because I remember when I was just living the life in the 48:02 world, I did what I wanted to do I ate what I wanted to eat but 48:06 it just seems like there was a void in this heart. It was like 48:09 it was never filled until that moment when I actually came to 48:13 the Lord. This void here was filled. One thing I know for 48:18 sure as I've been reading Ecclesiastes even everything we 48:22 do is so pointless. This thing that's not pointless when we 48:26 bring a soul to Jesus. That's something that we can take to 48:29 heaven with us. We can't take anything else but someone. 48:32 Ecclesiastes Solomon said, God puts eternity in every heart so 48:41 there is that as Pascal said, God shaped hole in your heart that 48:45 nothing's going to satisfy until you invite the Lord to come in 48:50 and be your...not just your Savior but your Lord. Inara. 48:53 Well what I would say the disciplinary...you become so 48:58 disciplined by attending this school. Because everything's 49:01 like on a schedule. There's like, worship at eight. Me 49:04 I have breakfast prep at 5:30 a.m. so you want to be 49:07 there on time, you know have everything out. With your class 49:12 you have to be on time. With canvassing has got to be on time. 49:15 And so if you have any struggle with time like I did, sort of 49:19 I still kind of do. But if you struggle with time and 49:23 disciplining yourself, that's something Ouachita Hills has 49:28 really helped me within becoming more disciplined in 49:32 terms of you know your eating schedule, your sleep schedule, 49:35 being on time. I can't stress enough being on time. 49:40 You know time management is something that a lot of...I 49:44 worked with a genius was quite frustrating because there was no 49:50 concept of time. Projects would go to the very last second. He 49:56 was just...So it's a very important thing. 49:58 There's literally no way you can return home the same. It's like 50:02 it's kind of ingrained in you after being there for a while you 50:04 know. Right. You start being sleepy like at 9:30. At 5 50:10 o'clock you're like up and ready to go because after doing it 50:13 you know for so long. So... 50:14 Oscar, how about you? What would you tell somebody maybe that... 50:19 You know um for me I came to this school trying to leave 50:27 everything. I wanted to give everything worldly up. But the 50:34 one thing that I wanted to do above all else was that I wanted 50:37 to serve the Lord. And it's like why did Jesus come to this earth? 50:41 He came here to serve, to minister and not to be 50:47 ministered unto. So I would recommend if a student wants to 50:51 come to really have that mindset to not be there to receive 50:58 necessarily but to do something for God. You know, to do 51:04 something for the teachers, to do something for their friends 51:06 and classmates. Rather than just okay I'm just going to go over 51:10 there and get this good education and... 51:12 You're talking about character development and that's the only 51:15 thing you can take to heaven with you. 51:17 You know when I hear these young people saying you know 51:21 they're sensing that thrill of touching somebody's life and I 51:26 wish that I had realized that when I was a teenager. Now I got 51:31 my thrill from riding fast motorcycles and driving muscle 51:35 cars and it took me many years before I was able to watch a 51:40 young person who I had a little bit part to play in seeing them 51:43 get baptized. That was the greatest thrill. 51:46 It is. Well you know we want to tell you how you can get in 51:52 touch with Ouachita Hills College. So we're going to have 51:55 an address roll. We'll put their address and their phone number 51:58 up. And I know somebody out there is a saying, that maybe this could 52:02 be right for me or my child or my grandchild. Here's how you 52:06 can get in touch. 52:09 If you would like more information about Ouachita Hills 52:13 College you can write to 46 Madison Way, Amity, AR 71921 52:20 That's 46 Amity Way, Amity, AR 71921 52:25 You can call (870) 432-6210 They're online at ohc.org 52:39 Or you can email AcademicDean@ohc.org |
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