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Today, thanks to Joyner's zeal,
時至今日，感謝喬伊納的熱忱、
as well as organizations such as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
感謝基督教長老會（美國）等組織、
and the Conservation Fund, which supplied logistical and financial support,
以及保護基金會給予我們的后勤以及資金支持，
that small plot has transformed into the 21-acre Conetoe Family Life Center.
這塊小區已經改造成占地21英畝的Conetoe家庭生活中心。
Its mission: "Improve the health of the community by increasing access to healthy foods,
該中心成立的宗旨是：“通過提高健康食品攝取、
increasing physical activities, and providing access to health services."
增加體育活動鍛煉，以及提供健康服務來改善社區人們的健康。”
The local hospital, schools, and restaurants help the center by buying its salad greens, peppers, broccoli,
當地的醫院、學校和餐館幫助購買蔬菜沙拉、辣椒、西蘭花、
strawberries, and other crops for their cafeterias and customers.
草莓，以及其他農作物供應給該家庭生活中心的自助食堂和顧客。
A fourth of the produce is distributed free to church members.
免費分發四分之一的農產品給教會成員，
The results have been dramatic.
成果十分可觀。
Research from East Carolina University found that Conetoe residents have lost weight,
東卡羅萊納大學研究發現，Conetoe居民的體重已經減輕，
lowered their blood pressure, and visited the emergency room less frequently
血壓降低了，去急診室的次數也減少了
because of the fresh food and health advice available at the center.
這一切都源于該中心的新鮮食物和健康咨詢。
And, Joyner says,
喬伊納還說，
his congregation spends far less on medication than it did a decade ago.
教會會眾在藥物治療上的費用比十年前要少得多。
Thinking back on the center's success as well as the town's sharecropping past,
回想起Conetoe家庭生活中心的成功以及這個小鎮分糧的歷史，
Joyner concedes, "The greatest pain in our lives could be our greatest deliverance."
喬伊納袒露，“生命中最大的痛苦可能是我們最好的救贖。”
