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Series Code: OTG
Program Code: OTG000002
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00:50 One of the hardest things about aviation ministry is that
00:53 in order to maintain pilot safety we adhare to very-very 00:57 tight standards on the mechanical shape of our aircraft 01:01 every so many hours we have to send the airplane back to 01:05 the United States for refurbishment. 01:07 One of our airplanes actually is in that condition almost. 01:10 It will be by the end of this year. 01:13 The cost involved in maintenance is just hurrendes, it's really 01:17 unfortunate that it does cost so much, but it's so important, 01:19 because not only our pilots are flying those airplanes, 01:23 but passengers as well. 01:25 Safety is just an absolute assential item in this ministry 01:29 We are here to save lives. We want to keep everybody alive. 01:32 Today in the AWA Guyana mission field, 01:35 the pilots are undertaking a very important task. 01:38 They are inspecting the planes and performing general 01:41 maintenance to increase their performance and safety. 01:44 However, they have no airplane hangar or shelter to work under; 01:48 therefore they are forced to do their maintenance routine 01:51 exposed to the hot Guyana sun. 01:53 We are out here today at the airbase working on the airplane 01:56 doing some routine maintenance for our airplanes here. 02:00 We got a few problems, a few issues that we are dealing with 02:04 all the time and part of that is 02:07 that we just really have no place to work on the aircraft 02:10 and the other part is, that the weather is very hard 02:13 on the aircraft, a hangar is just desperately needed. 02:16 We are working on the logistics of placement of the hangar. 02:21 But, you know those things have not worked out yet. 02:25 It always takes money. A few things that we have to watch 02:29 out for the aircraft being outdoors is corrosion. 02:33 This is the tail section of the aircraft obviously, 02:36 And corrosion isn't quite as important maybe on the 02:39 fuselage as much as it is on the control surfaces. 02:42 If the control surfaces have corrosion issues, they can snap 02:45 and break and cause all sorts of serious problems 02:49 with the aircraft. So we need to be very careful that we are 02:52 watching out for corrosion. And having an aircraft inside 02:54 makes all the difference in the world. 02:57 The need for the hangar is not only important for the exterior 03:00 of the aircraft, but it is also important for the interior 03:01 of the aircraft. 03:03 We are not so worried about the looks of the interior, 03:04 it's not that important that they look good, 03:06 although that's nice to have a good looking aircraft, 03:09 but the instrument panel is very sensitive to heat, 03:11 and we try to protect it as best we can. So having an aircraft 03:15 outside exposed to the elements, also affects 03:18 the instrument controls. 03:19 To protect those, we really need to get these aircraft inside. 03:23 But not having shelter for the airplanes is more than just 03:26 an inconvenience for the pilots during their maintenance days; 03:29 leaving the planes in the open Guyana weather actually causes 03:33 harm to the planes themselves and it forces the pilots 03:36 to keep a closer eye and tighter maintenance standards 03:39 on their aircraft. 03:40 All the pilots work together during these maintenance days. 03:44 They check all the fluids, valves, engine components 03:47 and moveable parts. They also clean and wash their aircraft 03:51 so they can see any cracks or corrosion. 03:54 Since they don't have a work shop, the mechanics 03:57 have had to improvise. They constructed a make shift 04:00 trailer that they tow behind their only vehicle, 04:02 an arctic cat buggy. They pull their trailer out to 04:06 the airstrip and work out of it. 04:08 This way, in the event that it starts raining, 04:11 the tools and equipment are protected. 04:13 Jud Wickwire has been in Guyana for almost 5 years now. 04:18 He is the chief pilot and is most familiar with the mechanics 04:22 and maintenance needs of the two aircrafts stationed in Guyana. 04:25 However his term is almost finished and he will be moving 04:29 back to Canada soon, so the team is searching for someone 04:32 to take over his position. 04:34 This airplane in particular, this has been... it's been 04:37 in service with AWA now for 2,413 hours. 04:42 That's the tact time on the engine and that's been since 04:45 the engine's overhauled, but the same time, 04:47 or basically the same time the whole airplane was, 04:50 was restored, with a whole series of repairs and things 04:56 that were done anything that needed to be repaired was done. 04:57 It was all painted up, real nice and pretty. 04:59 A brand new engine, propellor, all those things in it. 05:02 So now after 2400 and some hours of service 05:10 it needs some help now. 05:11 Everything is actually working pretty well on it. 05:13 It's routine maintenance is keeping it going. 05:16 But there comes a time when, you can just see certain things 05:18 are starting to get to the point like the paint, for example. 05:21 On the wings, is coming off the leading edges. 05:24 And that actually is a factor of that is the rain is 05:26 that we fly in here. 05:29 At home you know in North America, 05:31 when you fly in the rain, it doesn't really have too much 05:33 impact on the airplanes as for as affect. 05:36 The rain drops are smaller. Here the rain drops are so large 05:41 and so intense, that it actually makes big nix in the prop. 05:45 It wears the prop out, it's taking the paint off the wings, 05:49 it takes the paint off the leading edges 05:51 of the landing gear. That combined with the sand 05:54 and stones from landing on those kind of runways, 05:56 you know, different needs... 06:00 So you just get to the point where an airplane has been 06:01 in service for a certain amount of time and it just needs to be 06:03 sent back and refurbished. 06:05 The radios for example are now giving a little bit of trouble. 06:08 They are getting dated in age. There is some great new 06:11 technology out now that, for navigation and communication 06:14 systems that would... that this airplane is now due to have. 06:18 And be put back into service with those. 06:20 So there a wide range of things that need to be done in the 06:22 refurbishment and this airplane, the is due for that now. 06:28 It's not really like a car where you fix things 06:30 as they need to be fixed. 06:31 With an airplane, when you overhaul something, 06:35 there are certain requirements that have to be met. 06:38 The new airplaines would require so many modifications to them 06:41 and they don't have the useful loads that the older ones have, 06:44 so a new airplane, well you'r looking at 06:46 about a half million dollars, and then you'r still going to 06:48 have to do a bunch of modifications to it to make it 06:50 useful for what we want to do and I'm not sure if even with 06:52 that, it would still be as good an airplane as this one here. 06:57 So we have to look at refurbishment like the engine. 07:01 Just to overhaul the engine alone is probably going to be 07:03 about $40,000. 07:04 The avionics, that's more difficult to pin point. 07:09 But you can easily spend 15-20 thousand dollars there 07:12 without doing very much at all really. 07:14 Of course paint; to do a proper strip, you take off all the old 07:19 paint, and treat the metal and repaint it, 07:22 that alone can be around twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. 07:28 A lot of this has to do with how much the labor component is, 07:33 for how much as far as... is time donated 07:34 or do we have to pay regular in a shop. 07:36 All three pilots here in Guyana are both skilled with knowledge 07:40 of how to operate the planes in the skies, as well as how to fix 07:43 and maintain them on the ground. 07:45 However, they do occasionally need assistance 07:48 for more complex repair endeavors. 07:50 We are capable here of doing pretty much 07:55 all the routine maintenance. The oil changes, the you know 07:58 compression check, clean and change the plugs as necessary, 08:01 the wheel bearings, dress the propeller. As parts wear out, 08:07 I mean like changing these hoses on the airplane, 08:09 you know these are things that we do here. 08:11 We can do on a more annual basis, we have more experienced 08:16 mechanics that come down and do, like if you have a particularly 08:20 sheet metal work needs to be done. 08:22 Last year we had to replace some parts on the elevator on the 206 08:25 which required skills that we don't really have. 08:28 So someone came and did that for us here. 08:31 We have most of the tools needed to do these things, 08:34 but not necessarily all the expertise. 08:35 But we do have the support of people that come down and 08:37 give us a hand when needed down here, to get the work done. 08:40 All of our parts and support has to come from the States. 08:43 Here there is effectively nothing available here. 08:46 If we get in a jam one of the other operators may loan us 08:49 something or sell us something they have that's extra but if 08:51 it's the only one they have left of something, they probably 08:53 won't let us have it, because they want it for their airplanes 08:55 So we have to really try hard to keep ahead 08:58 of our parts needs. The consumable things, 09:01 like filters , that we know we are going to need, we try to 09:04 have it in advance, like bulbs, different things like that. 09:07 But everything has to be brought, or shipped down 09:10 from the States that we have here. 09:12 There is a verity of ways we do that. We send things down 09:14 in barrels. We have, people who are coming down bring things 09:17 with them when they fly down. Various things like that. 09:20 But everything has to... We have to really think ahead, 09:22 because if we have something big that we need to ship down, 09:25 not only is it really expensive but it also takes, 09:28 a container can take two or even three months to get down here. 09:31 So we have to think ahead on all the parts that we need. 09:33 Living in Guyana brings with it some difficulties. 09:35 One of the major ones is not having local access to parts 09:39 they need to keep their aircraft up and running. 09:41 If something breaks, it could take months before they can 09:45 have the part shipped to them and the team can't take the risk 09:48 of being grounded that long. 09:50 Yah, we have had a couple of times and it was when we had 09:53 only one air plane here where, this airplane was 09:57 broken down at one point, we needed an engine mount for it 09:59 and we weren't able to do that here. 10:01 And so it was down for almost two months. 10:03 It was very frustrating because we were not able to do 10:06 the work that we are here to do. 10:07 And we were getting requests for things and we had to say no, 10:09 we can't do it. And then when we did get a second airplane, 10:13 we also had to do an engine overhaul on one of the airplanes 10:17 then and we had to be down for a few months. 10:18 But at least then, we had a second airplane here so we 10:21 actually grounded. 10:22 We were just limited to what we could do. 10:23 Having the two airplanes really gives us a lot more protection 10:25 as far as having breakdowns where we can't do the work 10:28 that we are here to do. 10:29 We often talk about needing fuel to get the airplanes from 10:31 point A to point B to save lives you know and how important 10:33 that is, and you can't go without fuel, that's true 10:36 but what you really need to also remember is that the maintenance 10:39 is equally import. Because, the fuel may get you there, 10:41 but it's the maintenance, the parts, the service 10:44 that gets you there safely. 10:46 And that you know that you can not only get yourself there 10:47 safely, get your patient, person who is sick, pick them up 10:51 and take them out and know that, you know that safety is the most 10:53 is the most important thing. 10:55 They're going to get there and get the treatment they need. 10:57 Around airplanes, safety is the number one thing. 10:58 Anywhere. Not just here, but anywhere. 11:00 But it takes on a greater urgency and importance 11:04 in this environment here. 11:05 What we fly over, is just virgin jungle. 11:11 There is nothing out there. 11:12 And if something goes wrong and you go down in that jungle, 11:16 I mean you can just simply disappear. 11:17 We can't prevent absolute anything from happening 11:19 but we can certainly do our very very best to make sure 11:23 that these airplanes are in top mechanical condition 11:25 all the time, so that we are not putting ourselves, 11:28 and our families and the people here 11:29 that we are trying to help at risk. 11:31 And that is just the most important part; just maintaining 11:33 these airplanes, so that we know 11:34 that we can rely on them everyday, day in and day out. 11:37 (Music) 11:41 Jud is very familiar on why it's so important to keep the planes 11:45 in optimal flying condition. 11:47 A few weeks ago Jud received an emergency med-evac call 11:51 about a young boy who is badly hurt and needed to be 11:54 immediately transferred to Georgetown to receive a higher 11:57 level of care then what he can receive in his small village. 12:00 Jud immediately rushes to the airstrip with the knowledge 12:03 that the planes are both ready and in their peak condition 12:06 to hit the skies. 12:08 However, today the skies do not seem to be so friendly. 12:11 Since they have no hangar, Jud must do his preflight inspection 12:15 He must check the entire plane for damage that might have 12:17 occurred over night, and also make sure there is no water 12:21 in the plane's oil or fuel. 12:23 Just as he finishes his check list, the ambulance pulls up 12:26 to the airstrip with the patient and his doctor. 12:29 The rain comes down relentlessly and makes the transport process 12:33 all the more difficult. 12:35 Over the phone Jud wasn't given very many details about today's 12:39 emergency, so he speaks to the ambulance driver 12:41 to get more information. 12:43 From the side door, the young crying boy 12:46 is carried towards the plane. 12:48 He has many cuts and scratches on his entire body 12:51 and his right leg is bandaged. 12:53 At first glance it's very apparent that his is 12:56 in a great deal of pain. 12:58 The transporters try to handle his leg with great care 13:01 but this is tricky when trying to place him in the plane. 13:04 (crying) 13:11 Jud has removed the back seat for the young boy so he can 13:13 lie down and keep his leg straight. 13:16 Once he is in the plane, they carefully strap him in. 13:20 Unfortunately the patient's families aren't always able 13:23 to accompany them to the hospital. 13:25 This child, no doubt scared, waves good bye to his mother 13:30 as he cries and holds tight to a stuffed toy. 13:33 (crying) 13:37 Scared and in pain, he must now bravely travel to Georgetown 13:41 with his doctor being the only familiar face he knows. 13:45 The AWA team has a practice of giving out small stuffed toys 13:49 to young children they transport. 13:52 Often it brings them comfort in this scary time 13:55 and they cling to them. 13:57 The patient's doctor climbs in beside the boy; 14:00 he attends to the boy's open wounds, on his head and face. 14:06 Jud starts the plane and begins to warm up the engine. 14:09 He checks all of his gages and settings before he moves forward 14:13 The doctor then shows an x-ray of the young boy's foot. 14:16 He has a broken ankle and his foot is bent 90 degrees 14:20 away from his leg bones. 14:22 This part is actually bulging out. 14:24 This part here, bulging through the skin. 14:27 (music) 14:29 Painful stuff. 14:32 Pilot Jud is now ready to take off. 14:35 The rain has eased up and Jud takes advantage of the break 14:38 and takes off into the sky. 14:40 It's an hour and a half flight into Georgetown and it will be 14:44 a very painful one for the young patient, if they are going to be 14:46 in turbulent weather the whole way. 14:48 The patient needs his leg to remain still and straight 14:52 however it looks like today the plane will be bounced around 14:55 by the winds and the rain. 14:57 (music) 15:02 The doctor does everything he can think of to help 15:03 the young boy have as comfortable flight as possible, 15:06 but in these conditions, there isn't much anyone 15:10 can do to ease his pain. 15:13 Alright, so we pick up this ahh, this patient. 15:16 He is nine years old. And they said he had a partial amputation 15:21 I didn't really realize what the problem was until 15:23 he got to the airplane. As it turns out, he was riding his 15:25 bicycle down this steep hill, and lost control and crashed 15:30 I guess he's got cuts on his face. They did some stitching 15:33 on him already, but his leg right down by his ankle is bent 15:37 about 90 degrees. And after they got him in, 15:40 I talked to him for a minute and he said that when he fell 15:44 his legs went between the spokes, and that's broke his leg 15:48 There's a doctor from the hospital escorting with us today 15:51 He's actually going to go with the patient to the hospital 15:54 in the capital of Georgetown and make sure that he gets 15:59 the surgery that he needs. It's really important that when 16:01 a patient goes in, that someone goes to escort them to the 16:04 hospital, otherwise, even if they go in an ambulance, 16:07 the ambulance may just drop them off at the at the emergency, 16:10 and they might, they just sit there for hours in a chair if 16:14 no one is there to see them through the system. 16:17 So hopefully he'll get in for surgery right away 16:19 with the doctor there with him. 16:22 So, but because he's by himself we'll try and keep track of 16:26 what's happen to him when he gets in there so that when he 16:29 does, get released, we will try and bring him back home. 16:33 We have a little bit of time while we are waiting 16:36 for the patient to get to the airstrip today I called ahead, 16:38 I'm going to call the Amerindian hostel, which is where people 16:42 from the interior, if they don't have family out there, 16:44 then they stay at the Amerindian hostel, so when they they get 16:47 discharged from the hospital they stay at the hostel until 16:50 they can find a way back. Either on their own or we can 16:54 come and give them a ride. So today we have actually have 16:56 three patients to pick up to bring back. 16:58 One, we are going to drop off in Port Kaituma 16:59 and two to come to Mabaruma. 17:01 And I don't know anything about who they are just yet 17:03 but they will bring them out to the airstrip to meet us 17:06 so we can bring them back. And we are also going to try 17:08 and get some oxygen. We just found out that the 17:10 hospital is out of oxygen. 17:12 There was a patient last night that we loaned our little bottle 17:15 to, who was having some distress Apparently they were supposed to 17:20 get 3 or 4 big bottles of oxygen on the last boat that came in 17:23 but none came so... I'm going to see if we can get a 17:26 couple of big bottles to take out with us today as well 17:27 so that they can have that to treat the patients. 17:30 Otherwise they have to wait for two more weeks 17:31 before they can get any. 17:33 Half way into the flight, the young boy is still crying. 17:37 No doubt he is in great pain, but he also has to face 17:40 making this trip to Georgetown alone; 17:42 a very intimidating endeavor for anyone, 17:45 let alone a young, injured, child. 17:48 As they get closer to their destination, Jud reaches the 17:52 Ogle air space. Ogle is the airport he intends to land in 17:56 and he must be in communication with them to inform them 17:58 of his current location. 18:00 The air traffic controler gives Jud permission to land 18:03 and Jud goes in for his final approach. 18:07 It's raining here in Georgetown as well, and Jud knows that 18:10 this landing might be a bit bumpier then he or his patient 18:13 would like. However despite the rain, he is 18:16 able to safely land the plane. 18:18 Now they are all safely at the Ogle airport in Georgetown. 18:21 This is where the AWA team delivers all their patients. 18:24 The local hospital sends out ambulances to the airport 18:27 to collect their new patients. However, it looks like there is 18:30 no one here to pick up the patient. The doctor breaths 18:33 a sigh of frustration because he knows how much pain 18:35 his patient is in. 18:37 During transport, the patient's leg began to bleed and it now 18:41 needs immediate attention. The young boy has pain written 18:44 all over his face and he anxiously looks around 18:48 for some sign of an ambulance. 18:50 Jud and the doctor are both anxious as well. 18:53 The boy's bleeding is heavier and he needs to be transported 18:56 and treated at the hospital right away. 18:59 There is very little they can do for him here, other then try 19:02 and keep him calm. So Jud calls the hospital to get an updated 19:06 location on the ambulance. 19:07 Jud and the doctor stay with the patient nearly 30 minutes 19:11 after they have touched down on the Ogle runway. 19:14 transportation to the hospital has arrived. 19:16 The airport security opens the gates for the vehicle 19:19 to drive to meet the patient still in the plane. 19:22 There are no stretchers or back boards to transport the patient 19:25 between vehicles, so Jud and the doctor 19:28 must pick him up and carry him. 19:30 The patient again begins to cry. The doctor gently picks up 19:35 the boy's leg while Jud secures the patients upper body. 19:38 They carefully pull him from the plane and walk him towards 19:42 the hospital truck. 19:43 They must be as quick as possible 19:45 since they are at a busy airport. 19:48 Finally the patient is handed over to the hospital's care 19:52 and Jud can breathe a sigh of relief. 19:54 Despite all the obstacles of the weather; the AWA team 19:58 and the AWA aircraft were able to safely transport 20:02 another patient today. 20:04 This incident is just one of many examples of why 20:08 it's so important to keep the AWA aircrafts working 20:12 in prime condition. 20:13 The main things that we need on a consistent basis is a steady 20:17 known supply of regular consumable parts and a budget 20:23 to know that when we have greater parts needs and 20:26 maintenance needs that we can look after that. 20:28 In the longer term we need to know that we are putting 20:32 these hours on the airplanes and we need to know that those 20:35 when those airplanes reach a point and need to go back for 20:38 for major overhauls, the engines to paint and other components 20:42 that the budget is there to be able to send that airplane back 20:46 and get it restored and put back into the field as quickly 20:50 as possible where it's needed the most. 20:51 It costs a lot of money to run an airplane. 20:54 For new parts, and our planes are 20:56 starting to get a little bit old. 20:57 And we are starting to need new parts and new things for them 21:00 and its constant. We are constantly having 21:02 to have to change things out. And that costs money. 21:05 And even though it's not exciting, that's a huge need. 21:08 We are here to save lives both physically and for eternity 21:11 and the key to doing that is we have to have an aircraft that 21:14 is reliable, efficient, and trust worthy. 21:17 In order to be able to do that we have to maintain very tight 21:20 maintenance standards. And the cost of these maintenance items, 21:23 especially when we have to travel an airplane back to the 21:25 United States. It's very costly. 21:32 As the AWA pilots continue to work on the aircraft, 21:35 they draw the attention of the locals. 21:37 How many years you got? 21:39 Laura Labore takes advantage of the opportunity 21:42 and uses it for ministry and education. 21:45 She talks with one of the young village children and gives him 21:48 personal attention. Something all the village children crave. 21:52 The curious boy stays a few hours with the mechanics 21:55 and enjoys this opportunity to interact and learn with new 21:59 objects that he has never seen before. 22:03 We really need a hangar for the airplanes. 22:06 Every time we go out and work on the airplanes, 22:09 it's... whether its.. it's either hot sun or rain. 22:11 And this is an example of why we need a hangar at the airstrip 22:16 It's raining outside and the oil in the air plane 22:20 has to be changed. 22:24 And these are the conditions we deal with. 22:28 Having a hangar at the airport here would allow us to do our 22:32 own maintenance here on site and not have to do so many trips 22:34 to Georgetown. 22:36 Place to store our tools and a sheltered area to work. 22:41 Laura begins to wash the plane. 22:45 It's kind of a hassle washing airplanes here because there is 22:47 is nowhere to wash them at. 22:49 There is a ditch over there, in rainy season it fills up with 22:52 water and we can get our water from there but... 22:54 We need to keep them clean not just for appearance sake, 22:56 but also you can see if anything is wrong better. 23:00 If it's clean and corrosion, it's also good for not having 23:05 corrosion develop. We try and keep them clean 23:07 but it's not easy. Especially after you've been flying all day 23:10 the last thing you want to do is come back and wash the airplane. 23:13 So ours look like we've been 4 x 4ing all day long. 23:16 And we kind of have been. 23:23 These are all new scratches. 23:26 Because we're parked out here with no hangar, 23:28 people come and just mess with stuff. 23:31 We've come out with hand writing on here and stuff. 23:35 We have had a few problems with people vandalizing. 23:38 It's not as bad as a problem as I thought it would be. 23:42 People like to come by and there's something called 23:45 the static wick, these little things that stick out and 23:47 everyone loves to go by and just break those. And pop those 23:51 and those are hundreds of dollars to buy a new one. 23:53 Children coming out here writing on it, scratching the windows, 23:56 scratching the paint, trying to get into the key hole. 23:59 That's been damaged because someone took scissors 24:02 and tried to get in. 24:03 And it is not only the children, it is also GDF, 24:06 which is the army. Because they are based right behind us. 24:09 And come out here and you know we'll find stuff. 24:14 We know that they've been messing around. 24:15 We desperately need a hangar. Now we have a hangar, 24:19 it's in a container in Texas, waiting, ready to be shipped. 24:23 The problem is, we don't have a place to put it. 24:25 And in Mabaruma where we are right now, because it is 24:29 a bigger town, there is just no physical space to put it. 24:32 And so we are thinking. We have been trying 24:35 for years now to move to a different village. 24:37 A 30 minute flight away is the Bemidji strip, 24:40 the location the AWA team would like to call their new home. 24:44 Here they have plenty of room to put up 24:46 their so desperately needed airplane hangar. 24:49 We are in Bemidji, which is in the region of Moruca 24:53 and this is the Bemidji strip. 24:54 We'v been trying for years now to move here. 24:56 It's been really difficult because of political issues 24:59 and things, but we really need a hangar. 25:01 And Moruca is basically centrally located between 25:04 Georgetown and Mabaruma where we currently live. 25:07 It's a location that we've looked at for a while 25:10 as a possible base for our operation. 25:12 We need to have a hangar for the airplanes. 25:15 You know, we have our pilots working out in the hot sun 25:18 doing mechanical work out there, it's very difficult 25:20 and it's just not ideal at all. 25:23 So we've been searching for a base and this opportunity 25:25 has come up here at Maruca. 25:26 We've been talking to local authorities and working with 25:30 them for almost, two years now and I think we are finally 25:32 getting close to where we can close the deal 25:34 for some acres of land. 25:36 Right behind me, is the area that we are looking at. 25:38 The hangar would be positioned right here. 25:40 The airstrip is right there. And our housing 25:44 we would build three houses. 25:46 One for each of our families, a volunteer house for volunteers 25:50 to stay in that would house maybe 15-20 people with hammocks 25:53 and tents and things like that. And also an outreach center 25:56 where we can have literature there and health teaching, 26:01 and a variety of things of that nature. And this is the area 26:05 really where that's going to happen. 26:06 We're praying for that anyway. 26:07 This is considered Amerindian land and so we're not allowed 26:12 to buy it. And we can only live on it by leasing it 26:15 and with an agreement. 26:17 And so it's taken the counsel this long to try and say 26:20 that yes we can move here. 26:22 There's lots of people on the Amerindian counsel who would say 26:25 "yes please come move here" There's a couple people at first 26:27 who were opposed. 26:29 One person in particular who was opposed to us, we ended up 26:32 med-evacing out, with a heart attack. 26:34 and so he changed his mind. So ... just waiting for approval. 26:40 And everything moves slow here. So all we have to do is 26:44 get the permission. And we will sign a lease. 26:46 I think it's a 50 year lease, that we will sign to be here. 26:50 So there are 7 acres that we've been it's about 7 acres that 26:53 we are trying to get. 26:55 And it goes back this way, till there's a creek. 26:59 Originally our goal here was to be able to assist missionaries, 27:04 who are on the ground, we would be the infrastructure for them. 27:07 But there aren't any missionaries on the ground. 27:10 So we kind of feel like we are doing everything. 27:11 We're trying to do Bible studies, and fly 27:14 and outreach and everything. 27:15 The needs are so great here. 27:17 And basically we're just short on workers. 27:20 Jesus said in the great Gospel Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 27:24 that we are to go into all the world! 27:27 Well, Adventist World Aviation is dedicated to doing just that! 27:30 There are between six and a half and seven billion people 27:34 now living on planet earth. And two billion of them have 27:37 never heard of Jesus. 27:38 Of the two billion, eight hundred million 27:42 of them can only be reached like means like aircraft. 27:45 or through aviation support. 27:47 We go into the un-reached areas of the world. 27:51 What we find when we go in there 27:52 we find death and disease and despair. 27:55 What we bring them is hope, health and life. 28:00 And a great Gospel message that Jesus loves them. 28:02 That there is somebody out there, who does care. 28:06 They often ask, why do you do this? 28:08 We say, because Jesus loves you! 28:10 And so the message that we bring them is absolute hope. 28:14 Since it's inception, 1995, AWA, or Adventist World Aviation 28:19 has been able to relieve over thirty five epidemics. 28:22 We've literally flown millions of missionary miles. 28:26 We are relieving the pain and suffering of those who live 28:28 in these remote parts of the world. Helping them. 28:31 Will you pray for us! 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