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00:09 Marshall Islands are simply beautiful,
00:12 stunning, really, 00:13 750,000 square miles of deep blue Pacific Ocean. 00:18 But 1225 islands comprise the whole area, 00:23 was actually 29 atolls. 00:25 An atoll is an area that has a lagoon. 00:28 But all the other islands like you see in the distance 00:31 are dotted everywhere. 00:33 Unique, absolutely stunning and beautiful. 01:10 I've heard from so many people about the good work 01:12 the wellness center is doing in the neighborhoods. 01:14 I wanted to check it out for myself. 01:15 So let's see what's going on. 01:20 Tanner, is this pretty typical neighborhood? 01:23 Yes, it is. 01:24 Jim, this is a very typical neighborhood 01:26 you'll see here on Majuro with families 01:29 being pretty close knit, you know. 01:31 They'll actually have most of the family members, 01:34 you know, cousins, aunts, uncles in their little area. 01:37 Yeah. Okay. 01:39 And, kind of, is this a little typical 01:42 of the kind of a style or the quality of home 01:45 in the area too? 01:46 It is actually. 01:47 You usually see a lot of laundry, 01:49 of course, like you see here hanging outside. 01:51 A lot of times, they'll have the cooking done separately 01:54 from the inside of the house 01:56 where they'll just mainly have a flat bed, or mattress, 02:00 or sometimes just, 02:02 you know, sleeping on the dirt floor type of deal. 02:04 Now you've been organizing teams 02:06 and train them to go out in neighborhoods like this? 02:08 What are they doing? 02:09 So this program we started was with Ministry of Health 02:14 here in Majuro. 02:16 And they sent out teams already to see patients. 02:20 So we said, "Let's partner up with you guys. 02:23 And we'll send out our team of community health workers 02:26 to see the patients 02:27 and teach them lifestyle change. 02:30 And let's see if that doesn't help them 02:32 lower their blood sugar and their blood pressure, 02:35 help the wounds that they have on their feet, 02:37 a lot of times heal faster." 02:40 And right now, the program 02:42 has about four community health workers 02:45 that operate out of the wellness center 02:47 here in Majuro. 02:48 And then we see about 50 patients. 02:53 So tell me the success of this program to this point? 02:55 Right. 02:57 So the success so far we've seen 02:59 at least two people like 03:01 you see the woman in the background here 03:04 had a very bad wound on her heels. 03:06 I saw at her, it looked absolutely terrible. 03:08 Yeah. And this is from diabetes? 03:10 Exactly. 03:11 A lot of times, diabetics can't feel 03:14 when they get cuts on their feet. 03:16 It's called diabetic neuropathy in their feet. 03:19 So they don't feel that 03:20 and out here 03:21 things get infected very quickly. 03:23 So they got infected, 03:25 they don't know how to treat it. 03:26 They try maybe traditional medicine first. 03:29 That doesn't work. 03:31 So a lot of times by the time they come to the hospital, 03:34 it's too late for antibiotics to save the foot. 03:38 And the doctors have no choice but to amputate. 03:40 Wow. 03:41 So you're really doing intervention 03:44 in the neighborhoods before it gets to that point? 03:47 Exactly. That's what we wanna do. 03:48 We wanna get it before it gets bad, 03:51 where they have no choice but to chop off the leg. 03:54 The health workers we have went through a training course 03:57 with Secretary of the Pacific Community 04:00 where they were trained in how to help manage diabetes, 04:04 do self management goals with the patients. 04:07 And then each patient gets their blood sugar checked. 04:12 Blood pressure checked, if they have two legs, 04:15 they can get walking shoes to walk. 04:18 And then we'll also help them find wheelchairs 04:21 if they need wheelchairs. 04:23 Which is a real tough thing on this island. 04:25 Very tough thing. Yeah. 04:26 Very hard commodity to find. 04:29 And we'll also encourage them to get active 04:32 and exercise any way they can. 04:34 Like a lot of the patients we see at home 04:36 have had amputations already. 04:39 And so, we'll give them the exercise bands 04:41 that they can do and teach them how to do 04:43 the stretching exercises with those. 04:46 And what we've seen is over time, 04:48 their health improves. 04:50 You know, a lot of them when we start out, 04:51 they'll complain. 04:53 "Oh, you know, my body aches all the time. 04:56 My vision is blurred. 04:57 I'm dizzy all the time." 04:59 And within just a few weeks, 05:01 once they get their blood sugar under control, 05:06 those symptoms go away. 05:07 Yeah, I'm just guessing you're the nurse. 05:10 But just by you being around 05:13 and coming to the home doing those regular visits, 05:15 you're offering hope. 05:17 And that helps them also. 05:18 Yeah, you can see the smile come back to their face, 05:21 when they start feeling better, and they have more energy now. 05:25 And they start to see on their machine, you know, 05:27 "Hey, my blood sugar was 500, and now it's 300, 05:30 and then 200, and then 100." 05:33 And you just see that smile get bigger and bigger, 05:36 you know, and it's a real joy to see that. 05:39 And we have that happening all over the island 05:40 with these people. 05:42 Now their sugars are coming down, 05:44 you know, we check A1C levels on them. 05:47 A1C, translate that for me? 05:49 Okay, A1C is a blood test that checks 05:53 how well your blood sugar does over 90 days. 05:57 So you and me would be about 4%, 06:01 diabetic is usually above seven. 06:04 So a lot of the people 06:05 that we see here are 11, 13, 14. 06:08 And they're coming down to 8, 7, 6. 06:12 Now you also go right to the core of the problem 06:14 and changing their diet, 06:16 which is what originally caused 06:17 a lot of these problems, is that correct? 06:18 Right. 06:20 One of the keys to this program 06:21 is that we come to them 06:23 and meet them where they're at. 06:25 And we don't bring any food in there with us. 06:29 We teach them how to cook with the food 06:32 that they have at home. 06:33 Because if it's not familiar to them, 06:36 they're not going to eat it. 06:38 So we teach them, you know, if you're gonna eat chicken, 06:41 for example, a lot of people love to fry chicken, 06:44 and they deep fry it in a ton of oil. 06:47 So we teach them, "Okay, you can boil that, 06:50 and take the skin off the chicken, 06:53 reduce the fat, " 06:54 just simple little things like that, 06:56 that can make a ton of difference 06:58 in a person's diet. 06:59 But even that is a shocker to a lot of people 07:01 because they like that skin, they like all that flavor. 07:04 So how do you help them transition? 07:07 One of the things we do 07:09 is we encourage them to start garden. 07:12 So part of the program 07:14 is we bring each family to garden boxes, 07:18 and we supply them with the soil and the plants. 07:21 And we make sure that they understand, 07:23 you know, this is theirs now, 07:24 this is something that they can use 07:27 to supplement, you know, 07:29 the high costs that you see in the stores out here. 07:32 When you come out here, you're shocked 07:34 because a cucumber can cost you $5. 07:37 You know, so we have them growing easy stuff. 07:43 Spinach, kangkong 07:44 which is a Spinach type of deal 07:47 where you can cut it down and it will re-grow. 07:49 And they use that and we tell them, 07:51 you know, put it into your dish with your rice. 07:55 Now tell me about your future plans. 07:58 I've got a feeling you just don't wanna leave this 08:00 right where it is? 08:01 No, we don't at all. 08:02 This is a two year kind of pilot program 08:07 that we're doing here. 08:08 And we're hoping 08:09 that in conjunction with the hospital, 08:11 we're looking to form an actual home health team 08:16 that would reach island wide, 08:18 and then eventually 08:19 out to the outer islands as well. 08:21 Now I was talking just the other day 08:24 with a Senator 08:25 who as of now's Minister of Health, 08:27 he just had tremendous praise for the wellness center 08:30 and what you're doing because he said, 08:31 "We can't do it all." 08:33 So that's what you're looking for 08:34 is these partnerships to help. 08:36 Right. 08:38 You have to partner with people. 08:40 Out here, you can't 08:41 like you said you can't do it by yourself. 08:43 There's no way you can do it. 08:44 There's simply too much need. 08:46 So we've gone and developed over the last 10, 12 years, 08:51 many different relationships out here on the island, 08:55 with NGOs 08:56 and with government organizations 08:57 so that we have those connections now 09:00 that we can say, "Okay, 09:01 let's all sit down and talk about 09:03 how we can solve this problem together." 09:05 Give me a five year plan 09:07 or a dream actually at the moment 09:09 maybe but give me a five year dream? 09:12 Five Year dream 09:13 out of this would be that each village, 09:17 each village here is called watos. 09:18 Say it again? Watos. 09:20 Watos. 09:21 Yeah, each village would have 09:22 its own community health workers 09:25 that would be in charge of taking care of their area. 09:29 And they would be trained in diabetes counseling, 09:33 basic education on for nutrition. 09:36 They be trained in how to do cooking with the patients, 09:40 and they be kind of the overseers 09:42 of the health for that community. 09:45 Now, you've probably if you've done 09:47 that five year kind of dream, 09:49 how many workers 09:50 are we talking about to fulfill that? 09:53 I think the early estimates put it at about 25 at least. 09:56 Twenty five. At least. 09:58 I mean it's not out a reason to, 10:01 but simply if the money comes in. 10:04 Exactly, funding is a problem. 10:05 So that's, that's one of the big things. 10:09 You know, a lot of people say, 10:10 "Okay, if I'm gonna do this, 10:12 I'm not gonna do it for free, you need to pay me." 10:15 So we need to pay, find a way to pay 10:17 all these community health workers. 10:18 Which is understandable, 10:20 because they put in a lot of time. 10:21 Absolutely understandable. 10:23 So then you have 10:24 another big cost is the supplies. 10:27 Give me an idea on the supplies for one patient? 10:30 For one patient typically, 10:32 typically would go through about, 10:35 you know, 50 test strips, 10:39 for blood sugar tests each month. 10:42 And then, you know, 10:43 multiply that out over the years. 10:45 And roughly a cost? 10:47 About $15 a bag of strips. 10:52 So $15 a month roughly for just that? 10:55 Yes. 10:56 And a normal family here makes 30 to $50 a month. 11:00 So they couldn't afford it is what I'm kind of getting at. 11:03 There's no way they could afford it. 11:04 No, there's no way they could afford it. 11:06 I mean, your minimum wage out here is about $3 an hour, 11:09 you have a family on average of at least five people, 11:14 and then one person working. 11:16 So, if Canvasback 11:19 and the wellness center don't help these people, 11:22 they're not probably gonna be helped. 11:24 Yeah. Wow. 11:27 Well, I sure appreciate all the work you're doing here. 11:29 Thank you. Really appreciate it. 11:36 The people in the Marshall Islands 11:37 are so sweet. 11:38 They're just wonderful people. 11:40 And we've got a lot more to share with you about them. 11:42 So please stay tuned. 11:47 According to the World Health Organization, 11:50 depression is the leading cause of worldwide disability 11:54 that happens to a lot of people. 11:56 Are you depressed? 11:57 Have you become discouraged lately? 12:00 The list is endless of things 12:01 that can trigger discouragement, 12:03 despair, or even depression. 12:05 If you are someone you know is experiencing 12:07 one or more of these difficulties, 12:09 we have a great little booklet for you. 12:11 It's written by author 12:12 and international speaker Jim Ayer. 12:15 Overcoming the 3Ds 12:16 contains timely advice set in a lighthearted manner, 12:20 meant to help lift you up and out of your problems. 12:23 Understand, we all have problems, 12:25 trials and troubles, 12:26 but we don't need to focus on them. 12:29 You can obtain your copy right now 12:31 by going to canvasback.org. 12:33 And for a gift of any amount, that's for any gift amount, 12:37 you will receive your copy of Overcoming the 3Ds. 12:41 Get your copy today. 13:16 I understand that you started having 13:18 some physical problems while you were in school? 13:19 Yeah, when I was in, I think, fourth grade, 13:24 one night I was sleeping and then all of a sudden, 13:27 my ears started, like hurt. 13:30 And it was so painful 13:33 that my mom was working an overnight shift. 13:35 I had to cry all the way through her workplace. 13:39 And then she put some hot water under it. 13:42 And I was able to sleep and overcome the pain. 13:46 But then the next day, I started, 13:50 I had discharge like it was coming out. 13:53 And then we didn't do anything about it 13:55 because we thought it was just maybe it was gonna go away. 13:59 And this started in fourth grade? 14:01 Yeah. In the fourth grade? 14:03 So now this went on for a year, then what? 14:05 And then we went to the hospital to check 14:09 and that's when they sent me to the Philippines. 14:12 And then I stayed there for four months. 14:14 Four months, 14:16 but they had it open but they said, 14:20 it will come back 14:22 somewhat one year from that time. 14:26 You went to the doctors here. 14:28 The doctors here couldn't do anything, 14:30 they sent you someplace else. 14:32 Tell me a little about that story? 14:34 So every time we heard about ENT doctors coming in, 14:40 we would go. 14:41 The first time I went was with Taiwan. 14:44 They came here, ENT, 14:47 and I went with them 14:48 and they wanted to take me with them to Taiwan 14:51 but instead they said 14:53 I have to go to the Philippines. 14:55 So I stayed there for four months. 14:57 Four months? Yes. 15:00 I couldn't hear people talking. 15:03 Even this short, I couldn't even hear. 15:07 So was just like, "What? 15:08 Can you talk louder?" 15:10 Now it really it started in both ears, 15:12 or it just it was so bad in one, 15:13 you just couldn't hear? 15:14 Yeah. Just the right one. 15:17 And then they had to open it up, 15:20 cleaned it inside, clean inside. 15:21 And then I came back here and it was good. 15:25 And then another year started coming back. 15:29 And now I was in seventh grade. 15:32 And then we would go to the hospital every day 15:36 just to find something 15:37 that would just give me the same. 15:40 They would give me prescriptions of ear drops, 15:44 and some medicines. 15:47 And, but still there was nothing. 15:49 How did you feel as a child 15:51 with all that going on in your life? 15:53 It was hard. 15:54 I mean, because people would get mad at me 15:57 for never hearing them. 15:59 I mean... 16:01 They thought you were ignoring them. 16:02 Yeah, they thought I was ignoring them. 16:04 And then I'm like, "Hey, I can't hear, I'm sorry." 16:07 I just can't hear. 16:08 And then they said, 16:10 "Then how can you talk so good?" 16:12 'Cause you know how some deaf couldn't hear, 16:14 and then they end up, can't talk." 16:16 And I'm like, "Oh, 'cause the left one is good. 16:18 So you have to talk on this side of me 16:21 because the right one is not good." 16:23 And they'd understand. 16:25 Now you're in the three or four years 16:27 of this misery going on? 16:29 Yes. 16:30 How did you deal with this? 16:32 There were people beside me that were very supportive. 16:36 Like, if someone's called for me, 16:39 and then they hear them calling for me, 16:40 they would, "Hey, you have to talk louder. 16:42 She cannot hear." 16:44 So other people that had to really help you 16:46 and support you that way? 16:47 Yes. Okay. 16:48 And so they wouldn't call for me, 16:50 but they would just come and tap my shoulder. 16:53 How many years did this go on? 16:55 For three years, 16:57 because my freshman year I met up with Canvasback, 17:02 my mom heard about them. 17:04 And then she gave her my name. 17:06 And they said, "They will come next year, 17:10 my 10th grade to do the surgery." 17:12 And then I had it. 17:14 And then they said, 17:15 "They would come back the next year 17:17 of my 11th grade to open it up again." 17:21 So, yeah, it opened up for the third time. 17:25 Like you said, third's the charm. 17:27 Third time's a charm 17:28 and you're doing wonderfully now? 17:30 Yes, yes. All right. 17:31 How long has it been now? 17:33 This year is 2018, three, four years. 17:36 If you could talk 17:37 with the people of Canvasback again, 17:38 what would you tell them? 17:40 I'll say thank you, in Marshallese Kommooltata. 17:46 How does everybody else respond now 17:47 that they don't have to help you anymore? 17:52 They're happy for me. 17:55 And it's like it never happened before. 18:04 It's good. 18:05 When our viewers see someone like you 18:07 that their life has been completely changed, 18:09 really, almost a miracle. 18:13 What would you tell them 18:14 if they're thinking about supporting the ministry? 18:17 A lot of families can't afford medical. 18:21 And they can't go to the hospital 18:24 because they can't afford it. 18:27 So if a donor were to help the ministry, 18:31 it would be a big, big thing. 18:34 You can truly say for you. 18:36 It's life changing. All right? Yes, it's a very life changing. 18:39 What's the best part of being able to hear again? 18:43 To be able to hear again. To be able to hear again. 18:46 That make sense. Yeah. 18:50 But, yeah, the best part is hearing every word 18:54 from the first to the last. 18:57 And that is not being able to say, "What? 18:59 Can you say it again?" 19:00 Yeah. 19:01 I've got a feeling, 19:03 you smile a lot more now than you used to smile. 19:05 Yeah, it sounds very smiley. 19:11 Thank you so much. 19:12 I appreciate it. Thank you so much too. 19:17 Now Canvasback is making an impact 19:20 across the islands of the Pacific. 19:22 Stay tuned. There's a lot more to come. 19:31 As a leader in the field of health 19:33 in Micronesia, 19:35 Canvasback Missions has been helping people 19:38 reverse diabetes for years. 19:40 Yes, you heard correctly, reverse diabetes. 19:44 In addition, we are helping to reduce 19:46 the incident of heart disease. 19:49 At least 34 million people in the US have diabetes. 19:53 Many have no idea they have it until it's almost too late. 19:57 Many children have diabetes. 19:59 It's time to stop it in its tracks. 20:02 What's the key? 20:03 Certain foods, exercise 20:05 and many other simple 20:07 yet critical items are combined to produce amazing results. 20:11 Log on to canvasback.org to download your own free copy, 20:15 written by renowned author Brenda Davis. 20:18 Learn from an expert in the field 20:20 how to reverse this dreaded killer. 20:22 Remember, it's completely free. 20:24 Download a copy today for yourself, friend 20:27 or loved one, it will be life changing. 21:06 There were so many times 21:07 when Jesus found Himself by the seaside 21:10 teaching and preaching and sharing about God. 21:14 Jesus was God, 21:15 but He came down here to planet earth 21:17 in human form, 21:19 so that He might share with people 21:20 who God really was because the devil had lied. 21:23 The devil still lies 21:24 about how Jesus really is who God really is. 21:30 He came down here to die for you and for me. 21:33 One day toward the end 21:34 of His three and a half years of earthly ministry, 21:36 they captured Him, they took Him, 21:38 they beat Him, 21:39 they did all these things to Him. 21:41 And finally He stood before Pilate. 21:43 Pilate was the Roman 21:44 who held him up before the people 21:47 and asked 21:48 whether he should be crucified or not. 21:51 But then he said a very interesting thing. 21:53 He looked at him and he said, 21:55 "Behold, the man." 21:57 Behold the man. 21:59 I would invite you today to behold the man. 22:01 We behold Jesus, the great teacher, 22:03 who overlooking the Sea of Galilee 22:06 began sharing things 22:07 that no one had ever shared before. 22:10 Things that change hearts and lives, changed my life, 22:12 maybe it changed yours. 22:15 Behold the man. 22:16 We see Jesus who told the disciples 22:19 to cast out and go to the other side of the lake. 22:22 Out in the middle of that lake, He controlled the storm 22:25 because He was the creator of the universe. 22:28 Peter came to Him and said, "You know, Lord, 22:30 they've told us to pay taxes." 22:33 Jesus said, "Go to the sea, 22:35 catch a fish, the first fish, 22:37 and pull out a coin out of his mouth, 22:39 and use that to pay taxes." 22:41 And that's exactly what he did. 22:43 Seems, may be hard to imagine, hard to believe, 22:45 but not for the creator of the universe. 22:48 The disciples one time were fishing out on the sea, 22:52 they were casting their nets, they'd fished all night long. 22:56 And Jesus stood by the seashore, 22:57 and He called out to them, 22:59 cast your nets on the other side of the boat. 23:02 Well, it turned out 23:03 that was the side between He and the disciples. 23:08 They cast the nets in after a little bit of argument, 23:11 because they were seasoned fishermen, 23:12 they didn't wanna listen to Jesus. 23:14 Cast the nets in, the catch was huge. 23:17 They pulled up this mighty catch. 23:19 Why? 23:20 Because Jesus was the creator. 23:22 I invite you today to behold Jesus as the creator. 23:26 And Jesus, we see Him 23:27 just before the time of the crucifixion, 23:30 He's in the Garden of Gethsemane. 23:32 He stayed under a tree, 23:34 He poured out His heart to the Father, 23:35 because as the God man, He'd taken on human form, 23:39 human life, and a young man in His early 30s, 23:41 He didn't want to die. 23:43 He really didn't want to die, says, 23:45 "Father, please, if this cup can pass from Me, 23:48 let it be so." 23:49 No word, nothing. 23:51 "Nevertheless, Father, not My will, 23:54 but Your will be done." 23:55 That happened three times, 23:57 "Not My will, but Your will be done." 24:00 Finally, He was completely resigned 24:02 to the fact that He would do the Father's will, 24:05 He chose to do the Father's will. 24:08 He was then captured, taken to Pilate. 24:10 Were back to that same Pilate that said, 24:12 "Behold the man." 24:14 And then they took Him to Calvary's Cross. 24:17 He laid down on that cross willingly 24:19 because that's why He came to planet earth 24:21 in order to die for you and me. 24:23 Laid there as they pounded those nails 24:25 into His hand, into His feet. 24:29 He was bleeding hanging there. 24:31 He looked at the crowd, said, "Father, forgive them. 24:35 They don't know what they're doing." 24:37 Truly, they didn't, 24:38 they were crucifying God Himself. 24:42 And then they took Him, placed Him in a tomb. 24:45 I've had the opportunity to be in that tomb, 24:49 to lay almost in that tomb. 24:52 And guess what? The tomb was empty. 24:55 I've had the wonderful opportunity, 24:57 the team and I have to film all over the world, 25:01 many places and we filmed pieces of Buddha here, 25:03 pieces of Buddha there, pieces of this one here, 25:06 this one there. 25:07 They're all in the grave, but not Jesus, 25:10 that grave is empty 25:11 because the Father called Him forth. 25:14 He raised to eternal life. 25:16 What a God we serve and He said, 25:18 "You know, this same Jesus, 25:19 He's going to come again in the same way. 25:22 He's going to come back to planet earth, 25:24 and He's going to take those to Himself 25:26 who committed their lives fully and completely to Him." 25:29 Today, behold Jesus. 25:32 When you behold Jesus, you see Him with your own eyes, 25:35 He will change your life. 26:08 Can you imagine having an ear infection 26:11 that's so bad that you lose your hearing? 26:14 And having the pain 26:15 continue for years with no relief? 26:19 Would you want your child or grandchild 26:21 to suffer such an experience? 26:24 I know you wouldn't, 26:26 neither can we at Canvasback Missions. 26:29 That's why we've been working in partnership with donors 26:32 to help the Mimis of the Pacific Islands 26:35 for years. 26:36 Reestablishing 26:38 health and wellness is our mission. 26:41 We subscribe to the formula Jesus 26:43 so plainly laid out. 26:45 Some plant the seed, 26:47 others water and still others harvest. 26:51 Mimi smile is so wonderful. 26:54 Her life is so full of joy since the surgery 26:57 because she can hear again, and she's pain free. 27:02 I hope you'll join Canvasback Missions, 27:04 and helping to bring hope, 27:06 healing and happiness 27:08 to thousands of Mimis in the Pacific. 27:11 Thank you so much. 27:24 To be a part of this exciting ministry, 27:26 write us at Canvasback Missions, 27:28 940 Adams Street, Suite R, 27:30 Benicia, California 94510. 27:34 You can also log on to Canvasback.org 27:36 or call us at (707) 746-7828. 27:40 Thank you for watching. 27:41 Please join me again 27:43 for another exciting island adventure. 27:45 Remember, Canvasback is making an impact on hearts and lives, 27:49 one miracle at a time. |
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