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Sustainable Harvest Many people in develop- ing countries are already harvesting wood for fire- wood, Young said. If they can learn woodworking, they can improve their economic situation by us- ing the wood for construc- tion or create objects for themselves or to sell, he explained. From harvesting trees to finished product, every step of the woodworking process is done at IBCD Mission. It has been two years since the mission has had to harvest any trees from their 86-acre property for their woodwork, thanks to a bounty of wood washed down the Illinois river onto the property by historic floods. Even when the floods don't wash wood down the river onto the mission's property, the organization practices and teaches sus - tainable harvesting meth- ods, Young said. Once the trees are col- lected, they are sawed into boards by a sawmill that was donated to the orga- nization. The rough-cut boards are then put into a solar kiln to dry. The solar-powered kiln will dry up to 10,000 square board feet of wood at a time. In the summer, temperatures inside can reach up to 130 degrees. In the winter, the kiln floor is heated using the warmth from a wood boiler fueled by scrap wood. It takes six to eight weeks for the wood's cellular moisture to be reduced to 68 percent so that it is ready to be re - moved from the kiln and put into storage. "We basically make use of all the resources avail- able in God's creation, what God provides us, (for ex- ample) sunlight for heating the kiln," he said. Hardwood such as cher- ry, pecan, walnut, ash, hickory and oak are used for creating home furnish- ings or decorations. Other wood, such as pine and sycamore, are used for con- struction. In the wood shop, stu- dents learn to plane and sand the rough-hewn wood until it is silky smooth, then shape it into everything from furniture to kitchen utensils. In modern society, many people don't get outdoors much, but Young is hope - ful the designs that IBCM creates will bring nature into their living rooms and allow them to experience God's creation. Young pointed to the beautiful wood grain re - vealed by the process. "We call these God's fin- gerprints, you know," he said. "So there is a beautiful (fingerprint of God) and we want to reveal it and intro- duce it to society." Mary designs and art- directs the woodwork IBCD Mission creates with the goal of creating modern pieces that are neither or - nate or old-fashioned. Nothing in the process goes to waste. Even tiny pieces of wood are milled into ballpoint pens, and the wood shavings are col- lected and used for bedding for the chickens, then com- posted and used to fertilize the garden. "We try to be eco-friendly as much as we can, and fully recycle whatever God gives to us and make good use of it," Young said. "Our moral is bringing that cre - ation of beauty into the living room." Jesus was a workin' man A sign that states "Jesus was a workin' man," hangs over he IBCD Mission barn. A down-to-earth approach and work ethic are impor- tant to Young. Young said his friend Travis Chaney, a member of Sons of Otis Malone, had a small "Jesus was a workin' man," sign in his garage so Young made a large sign to hang on the barn door at the mission. "Traditionally, when you say Christian ministry, (you think of ) a guy with a white collar and doesn't touch dirt," Young said. "There is a huge problem of di - chotomy, if you look at the actual reality of developing countries, you need a lot of physical work to bring the kingdom together. (There is) this kind of white collar and blue collar segregation and looking down at blue collar and so on, but Jesus was blue collar, so we don't put down God-given intel - ligence either, but it has to be all level ground." "I'm sweaty and hot and dirty all the time, and I try to emphasize that and try to not look at that as a secondary choice. God created the physical world and a way to enjoy it and appreciate it." Everyone at the mission community does a lot of physical work and prac - tices positive work ethic, whether its working in the garden pulling weeds or working with wood. "Ministers from overseas come. … We shove them into chicken coops, they go to the garden, pull the weeds out, clean the floors, (it's) all God's created world," Young said. IBCD Mission student Grace Kim, no relation, said she has learned the value of hard work and fo - cusing on spiritual matters at the mission. Grace moved to the U.S. when she was in 10th grade to study at the community. She attended Fayetteville Christian School while also training at the mission. Last year, she took a gap year between high school and college and plans to start studying at JBU in the fall. "I learned a lot of things about recycling, farming, woodworking. … all of them were for learning to have relationships with the land and learning steward - ship — taking care of God's creation," she said. However, the most im- portant thing Grace said she has learned is to make God her first priority and live out her faith. For more information about IBCD Mission, visit ibcd.net. To view or pur - chase the mission's wood- working designs, visit C by M Creative, located at 200 S. Broadway St., in down- town Siloam Springs. WOOD Continued from Page 1C Photos by Janelle Jessen/Herald-Leader Young Kim, director of IBCD, showed what the raw lumber looks like after it is sawed and dried. Young Kim holds a finished cutting board. Small pieces of wood are turned on a lathe to create pens. In addition to woodworking, staff at the Institute for Bib- lical Community Develop- ment raise chickens, goats and a large garden so they can teach students about farming.

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